The Future of C++, by Bjarne Stroustrup

 Bjarne Stroustrup, the father of C++, wrote this essay (pdf) about the future of C++, named C++0x. Slashdot note: "Bjarne Stroustrup, the father of C++, has written an essay [PDF] on the features of the upcoming C++0x standard. In his essay, he argues that new features should whenever possible go into the standard library and not into the language, but that the language needs to shave of a few rough corners to make it easier to use for novices."