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C++ Creator Bjarne Stroustrup Presents Language Development Roadmap Until 2033
London, 2023. At the C++Now 2023 conference, C++ creator Bjarne Stroustrup delivered a keynote speech detailing the language's development plans for the next decade. The main focus is on radically improving memory safety without losing performance — a key problem faced by systems software developers.
"We are at a turning point," Stroustrup stated. "C++ must evolve to remain relevant in the era of Rust and new cybersecurity requirements. Our goal is to make C++ three times safer by 2028, while preserving its philosophy of zero overhead."
Key Points of the Roadmap
- Safety Profiles: Introduction of static analysis at the compiler level, which will automatically verify memory safety. The first working prototype is expected in C++26.
- Modular Standard Library: Splitting the monolithic std into modules, which will reduce compilation time by 40-60% for large projects.
- New Ownership Model: Experimental annotations for static borrow checking, but with the ability to disable them for performance-critical sections.
According to a 2023 JetBrains survey, 68% of C++ developers consider memory safety the language's main problem. At the same time, 82% of respondents are not ready to switch to Rust due to the need to rewrite existing codebases.
"C++ will not die, but it must change," comments Andrei Alexandrescu, author of the Dlib library. "Stroustrup's plan is ambitious but realistic. If they manage to implement safety profiles without breaking backward compatibility, this will be the biggest breakthrough since C++11."
Other announcements include: integration with AI tools for automatic refactoring of legacy code, support for new architectures (RISC-V, CHERI), and improved handling of heterogeneous computing (CPU+GPU).
The C++26 release is scheduled for 2026, with full implementation of the roadmap expected by 2030-2033. The full text of the report is available on the official website.
