How C++ Evolves

In this episode of The Curious Developer, Jesper Pedersen (KDAB) sits down with bestselling C++ author and long‑time standards committee member Nicolai Josuttis to talk about how C++ standards actually evolve, why C++23 is so hard to cover, and how years of teaching shape his “complete guide” books for both beginners and experts.

Chapters:

00:00 Welcome

01:26 Where did the writing start?

02:23 Where is C++ 23 the complete guide?

04:07 Writing books / teaching classes?

07:53 C++ standard committee work

11:11 The speed of developing C++ by committee

Links:

• Nicolai Josuttis' books
• Nicolai Josuttis' C++ 23 ebook
• CppCon Conference
• C++ Committee
• Bjarne Stroustrup's interview from QtWS 2025
• Video on Reflection in C++26
• Link to episode 17B with Nicolai Josuttis
• Link to episode 17C with Nicolai Josuttis
• All parts of Nicolai's interview

All 'The Curious Developers' videos.

About the guest:

Nicolai Josuttis (www.josuttis.com) is well known in the C++ Community for writing with authority (being the author of C++20: The Complete Guide, C+++17: The Complete Guide, C++ Move Semantics, The C++ Standard Library, and as co-author C++ Templates) but also speaking as an innovative presenter.

He is an active member of C++ standardization committee for more than 20 years now.