K-ballo's look at the achievements of C++ completed in 2013 and coming up in 2014, with an overview of draft C++14 features.

Interlude

by K-ballo

From the article:

One year down the road, 2013 has gone by but not without modifications to the C++ lands. Two major compilers have reached C++11 conformance ---GCC and Clang---. Shortly after, the Committee Draft (CD) for C++14 was completed, which is now just around the corner...

All things considered, it was an impressive year for C++ conformance. And notably, it looks like for the first time there will be feature complete compilers for a C++ standard on the very same year it is ratified. The following slide from GoingNative's Keynote: Herb Sutter -- One C++ summarizes the situation nicely:

[... lots of discussion of C++14 features ...]

The C++ lands grew bigger during 2013, and we can only expect this trend to intensify during 2014. With the likely ratification of C++14 and at least some of the TS, it will certainly be a good year for C++.