Computer: I know you've been heavily involved in the C++ standards process, but what other projects are you involved in currently and how will you continue working to evolve C++?
Stroustrup: I'm suffering from having successfully completed a very large project. The ISO C++ standard is done. The third edition of The C++ Programming Language is there to acquaint serious programmers with what Standard C++ has to offer and how best to use it. And The Design and Evolution documents the design decisions that shaped C++. There is more to be done, but nothing that requires a full-time language designer. Now is the time to enjoy the flexibility and power of C++ by writing code, rather than focusing on possible changes.
Apart from that, I'm taking the opportunity to learn a few things-a couple of new languages and something about how software is used in a large business-and planning some experiments in distributed computing.
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