How many versions of the C++ Standards are there?

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In C there's C89, C99, and C11; what about C++? Is there any upgrade since it came out?

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Prasoon Saurav picture Prasoon Saurav · Oct 15, 2010

  • C++98 (ISO/IEC 14882:1998) is the first edition.

  • C++03 (ISO/IEC 14882:2003) is the second edition and often considered a bugfix, but it has many changes.

  • C++11 is the third edition.

  • C++14 is the fourth edition.

  • C++17 is the latest edition (as of 2017).

You can download PDFs of the standards and drafts.

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