So I've been playing with C++ and XML (Xerces C++ DOM), and am working on a simple prototype class factory that creates instances of various classes based on the contents of a given XML file.

Stroustrup: C++ is specified by its ISO C++ standards ... from functions and improve the performance of standard-library types, such as string and vector. People in high-performance areas will ...

the planned next version of the C++ programming language due to be finalized in 2023, is set to move forward with support for a standard library module and faster compilation. The upgrade to the ...