A look at the Boost Bind and Function libraries

// BoostCommandPattern.cpp : Defines the entry point for the console application.
//
#include "stdafx.h"

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>
using namespace std;

#include "boost\function.hpp"
#include "boost\bind.hpp"
#include "boost\shared_ptr.hpp"

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// Final Approach
struct Final
{
	void incAlt() {cout << "Throttle up..." << endl;}
	void decAlt() {cout << "Throttle down..." << endl;}
	void incSpeed() {cout << "Decrease back pressure. yoke forward..." << endl;}
	void decSpeed() {cout << "Increase back pressure..." << endl;}
	void comm(string s) {cout << "This is N123456, " << s << endl;}
};

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// command object
class command
{
 private:
	 boost::function<void ()> _f;
 public:
	 command() {;}
	 command(boost::function<void ()> f) : _f(f) {;}

	 template <typename T> void setFunction (T t) {_f = t;}
	 void execute()
	 {
	  if(!_f.empty())
			_f();
	 }
};

///////////////////////////////////////////
/// main
int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
	/// prepare for final
	boost::shared_ptr<Final> final(new Final);

	string s = "request landing One-Four with information Papa.";

	// PART 1
	/////////////////////////////////
	/// create commands and execute
	command c;
	c.setFunction(boost::bind(&Final::comm, final, s));

	command da(boost::bind(&Final::decAlt, final));
	command ds(boost::bind(&Final::decSpeed, final));
	
	c.execute();
	da.execute();
  ds.execute();
	
  cout << endl << "Part2" << endl;
	// PART 2
	/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	//create a series of commands and stuff them into a container to be sequenced later
	vector<boost::shared_ptr<command> > v;

	boost::shared_ptr<command> spCmd1(new command(boost::bind(&Final::incAlt, final)));
  boost::shared_ptr<command> spCmd2(new command(boost::bind(&Final::decSpeed, final)));
  boost::shared_ptr<command> spCmd3(new command(boost::bind(&Final::decAlt, final)));

	v.push_back(spCmd1);
	v.push_back(spCmd2);
	v.push_back(spCmd3);

	// run the command sequence
	for_each(v.begin(), v.end(), boost::bind(&command::execute, _1));
	return 0;
}