The next step for the C++ standard is for compilers to conform to it in the next year or two, Sutter said. "While that happens, the standards committee will continue to build on the great new language features already in C+11 by continuing to add to C++'s standard library so that a larger portable library (that does not require new language features beyond those already in C++11) will be available 'in the box' with every C++ implementation." Also under consideration is another round of language extensions, such as template concepts or stronger C++11 lamdbas.

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