/prog/ challenge++

Task: Write an C extension language that doesn't suck ass.
Requirements: decent macro support, user-defined namespacing, closures.

Deadline: Before C++0x is approved by ISO.

>>1
C++0x was already approved on March 26th, 2011. The final technical vote was passed, and C++0x will become C++11 (check em). All that's left is bureaucratic formality.

http://herbsutter.com/2011/03/25/we-have-fdis-trip-report-march-2011-c-standards-meeting/