First, I'd like to see the basic tools such as compilers, debuggers, profilers, database interfaces, GUI builders, CAD tools, and so forth fully support the ISO standard.

I would encourage nonproprietary standards for tools and libraries.

Personally, I look forward to better tools for analyzing C++ source code.

Thus, the standard library will serve as both a tool and as a teacher.

My list of basic tools is a partial answer to the question about what has changed: Over the past few years, large numbers of programmers have come to depend on elaborate tools to interface code with systems facilities.

The standard library saves programmers from having to reinvent the wheel.