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Recently I started reading (just a bit) the current draft for the future C++11 standard. There are lots of new features, some of them already available via Boost Libs. Of course, I'm pretty happy with this new standard and I'd like to play with all the new features as soon as possibile. Anyway, speaking about this draft with some friends, long-time C++ devs, some worries emerged. So, I ask you (to answer them): 1) The language itself This update is huge, maybe too huge for a single standard update. Huge for the compiler vendors (even if most of them already started implementing some features) but also for the end-users. In particular, a friend of mine told me " this is a sort of new language ". Can we consider it a brand new language after this update? Do you plan to switch to the new standard or keep up with the "old" standard(s)? 2) Knowledge of the language How the learning curve will be impacted by the new standard? Teaching the language will be more difficult? Some features, while pretty awesome, seem a bit too "academic" to me (as definition I mean). Am I wrong? Mastering all these new additions could be a nightmare, couldn't it?

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