ISO working group faces a fight over runtime checks, complexity, and the language release timetable The next version of the C++ programming language may be delayed at the last minute due to a dispute over a security enhancing Contracts feature. Contracts have deeply split C++ technical maintainers. One group backs the C++ creator Bjarne Stroustrup , who is against the technology in its present form in grounds it was hastily implemented. But others are eager to see Contracts implemented, even...