<p> The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Organization_for_Standardization"> International Organization for Standardization</a> (ISO) has blessed seven C++ language revisions since 1998. The language is mostly developed by ISO's <a href="https://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/"> Working Group 21</a>, which considers proposed additions and amendments, integrates them into a document, and then presents that document to the main ISO body to be voted on as a standard. On October 23, for the first time ever, ISO declined to ratify a document presented by Working Group 21, leaving the future of the C++26 standard in doubt. The decision was driven by controversy around a proposed new "contracts" feature that would add pre- and post-conditions to function signatures. </p>
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