Bjarne Stroustrup offers a sneak peek at the next version of standard C++ (”C++0x”) which should be complete by 2009.
A Brief Look at C++0x
The C++0x improvements should be done in such a way that the resulting language is
easier to learn and use. Among the rules of thumb for the committee are:

Provide stability and compatibility (with C++98, and, if possible, with C)
Prefer standard library facilities to language extensions
Make only changes that change the way people think
Prefer generality to specialization
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