what do you mean? C++ is a language designed by committee. C++14 is meant as a "tock" release, fixing some of the things in the C++11 "tick" release. ("tick"

what do you mean? C++ is a language designed by committee. C++14 is meant as a "tock" release, fixing some of the things in the C++11 "tick" release. ("tick" releases are larger, and "tock releases fix some of the problems in the "tick" release). Compilers then attempt to implement the standard, and have their own versioning system.