Reviews guidelines developed years ago for throwing exceptions and how to use exception specifications.

This article describes a simple method of adding exhaustive testing of the exception paths to the test suite.

Article by Bjarne Stroustrup. Bjarne identifies some non-issues as he continues his case for compatibility between C and C++.

Article by Bjarne Stroustrup. We're at a crossroads for compatibility between C and C++. Can siblings go their separate ways and still remain on speaking terms?

Article by Bjarne Stroustrup. Reconcilable differences? You decide.

Introduces smart pointers and takes a look at Boosts various smart pointer templates (scoped_ptr, scoped_array, shared_ptr, and shared_array).

Presents a solution that is easily extensible and maintainable; what's more, it is particularly well suited to creating objects from XML data.

Bjarne Stroustrup provides insights on what will likely be added or changed in the upcoming version of the C++ standard.

Discussion forum, papers, articles, faqs, suggested reading, libraries, compilers, tools, links.

Introduces people and groups involved in the C++ standardization process.