C++0x standard is in "real soon now" mode for quite some time. I'm definitely excited by the possibilities, but somewhat unhappy over the current state of compi

C++0x standard is in "real soon now" mode for quite some time. I'm definitely excited by the possibilities, but somewhat unhappy over the current state of compilers, see e.g., http://wiki.apache.org/stdcxx/C++0xCompilerSupport http://wiki.apache.org/stdcxx/C++0xCompilerSupport and http://gcc.gnu.org/projects/cxx0x.html http://gcc.gnu.org/projects/cxx0x.html In such as scenario, writing code that runs with different OS-compiler combinations while leveraging the cool features such as concepts, lambda expressions and closures, variadic templates and unicode is going to be difficult in the short term. Of course, if a project sticks to a single compiler, then it won't be much of an issue. Nowhere near the power offered by LISP, but huge leap of convenience while writing in C++