Counting from 98 to 20 11 in C++
This book is a (quite opinionated) overview of many features added in the C++ language and the standard library since the huge major update called C++11.
My hope is that the reader will find here an intermediate view on the language, between the cold factual description from the standard and the various low level subtleties one can find on various forums and blogs. So, if by reading this book you learn something about the language or if you suddenly understand why some feature has been added at some point, I will have completed my mission. Additionally, I will sometimes complete a section with personnal or critical comments based on my own experience.
The sections are quite short and suppose some basic knowledge of the language (pre-11 knowledge is enough). The casual C++ programmer will appreciate skimming through its content to get an overview the available tools.
Please note that only C++11 is covered in the current state of this document.
Contributing
Writing is hard, and at some point sentences and words become a fog of blurry shapes where I can't even see my own words. Sometimes also, the mood is not there and the tone becomes harsh. If you find any typo or badly formulated sentences, feel free to open a pull request.
Large contributions are a delicate topic. Since the book is full of my personal opinion, and since my name is on the cover, I probably cannot accept biased contributions unless I fully agree with their author. If you want to address a topic, please do it in a neutral way.
Finally, if you want to add a section about a not yet discussed feature, please do it. The idea is to present the features in a kind of tangible way, preferably based on the experience of someone actually using it in production code.
License
The book is available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International License.
Note that I don't require the transfer of copyright ownership on the contributions, so a good way to keep this book forever free is simply to contribute! (wink).