My favorite quote from the C++17 specs (https://isocpp.org/files/papers/D4492.pdf https://isocpp.org/files/papers/D4492.pdf): """ The note was written for com

My favorite quote from the C++17 specs (https://isocpp.org/files/papers/D4492.pdf https://isocpp.org/files/papers/D4492.pdf): """ The note was written for committee members, but “escaped into the wild.” Here are a few comments from the web: • http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/33us7z/what_will_c17_be_bjarne_stroustr http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/33us7z/what_wil... up_on_c17_goals/ • http://forums.theregister.co.uk/forum/1/2015/04/27/c_daddy_bjarne_stroustrup_outlines_dir http://forums.theregister.co.uk/forum/1/2015/04/27/c_daddy_b... ections_for_v17/#c_2500733 • https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9441245 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9441245 As you see, people outside the committee also have strong opinions. Those opinions can depart radically from the ones I hear in the committee and from reality. """