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C++
Standards
Like C, C++ is standardized by ISO under the id: ISO/IEC 14882.
The latest standard costs 30 dollars as of 2013, but free drafts are also available.
Links to several versions: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/81656/where-do-i-find-the-current-c-or-c-standard-documents
Drafts are freely available at: http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2012/. N3337 seems to be very close to C++11.
Like any standard C++ has several versions noted by year. There are also minor revisions knows as technical reports.
C++89
First version.
C++03
Bug fix release, not many new features.
TR1
Technical report 1
2005 draft for extending C++11.
Most of its propositions were accepted for C++11, and before that many compilers implemented its propositions.
TR2
Technical report 2
TODO when was it made?
Not in C++11, maybe C++1Y.
It proposes many inclusions from Boost.
C++11
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%2B%2B11
Previously known as C++0x, but took too long to come out.
Unlike C++03, lots of new features: standard passes from 800 to 1300 lines.
In gcc used to be enabled via -std=c++0x flag, now -std=c++11. Still marked experimental, but good support for the basic features.
C++14
Will come after C++11. Known as C++1Y as many have doubts it will come out in 2014.
stdlib
STL vs stlib
The term STL is not mentioned in the C++ ISO standard.
It seems that it was once a separate library which heavily influenced the C++ ISO standrad when it was created.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5205491/whats-this-stl-vs-c-standard-library-fight-all-about
Therefore: never use that word, unless you are really talking about the non stdlib library which has had most of its functionality implemented on the stdlib.
Write stdlib and say "Standard Library" instead.
stdlib implementations
GCC libstdc++
GCC comes with an implementation of libstdc++.
Apache C++ Standard Library
Dead.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_C%2B%2B_Standard_Library
Interesting libraries
C++ has many major interesting non standard libs.
unit testing
Google unit test framework: http://code.google.com/p/googletest/
linear algebra
eigen
http://eigen.tuxfamily.org/index.php?title=Main_Page
Linear algebra, differential equations.
blitz++
Linear algebra.
armadillo
Linear algebra.
tokamak
Rigid body physical engine.
Funny
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https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/comp.lang.c++.moderated/VRhp2vEaheU/IN1YDXhz8TMJ
Obscure language features.
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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1642028/what-is-the-name-of-this-operator
How can this have so many upvotes?
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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6163683/cycles-in-family-tree-software
Funny...