Myths of My Blog Readers

by Rainer Grimm

I was very curious about your C++ myths. In particular, my German readers were quite active. I got a few E-Mails and observed a vivid discussion on Heise Developer...

Call for Open Content Sessions

As we do every year, we offer Open Content session in the early morning, over lunch, and in the evening...

C++ Core Guidelines: More Non-Rules and Myths

by Rainer Grimm

Demystifying non-rules and myths in C++ is a laborious but absolutely necessary job. The goal is simple: use the powerful tool C++ appropriately...

CppCon Advice

Hello all, I've been programming in C++ for about 5 years now, 4 years in a university setting and 1 at my current employer. Recently, I put in a request to attend CppCon and it was accepted, which I'm thrilled about...

CppCon 2019 Class, Presentation and Book Signing

by Anthony Williams

It is now less than a month to this year's CppCon, which is going to be in Aurora, Colorado, USA for the first time this year, in a change from Bellevue where it has been for the last few years...

Talks and Speakers of Meeting C++ 2019 are online!

by Jens Weller

The details of the talks and speakers for Meeting C++ 2019 are now online.

“C++17 Standard Library Quick Reference” Now Available

by Marc Gregoire

Together with Peter Van Weert, we finished our new book titled “C++17 Standard Library Quick Reference”. It’s published by Apress...

Making C++ Pipes Compatible with STL Algorithms

by Jonathan Boccara

As we saw in the previous post, the Smart output iterators are now called Pipes...

Remember the Vasa! or, plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose

by Ben Deane

I’ve been programming in C++ for almost a quarter of a century now. I grew up, professionally, with C++, and in many ways, it grew up along with me...

Overload 152 is now available

Reactive or Proactive.
Reactive systems are all the rage. Frances Buontempo compares them with a proactive approach.

A Low-Latency Logging Framework.
Logging can be a bottleneck in systems. Wesley Maness and Richard Reich demonstrate a low-latency logging framework that avoids common problems.

Empty Scoped Enums as Strong Aliases for Integral Types.
Scoped enums have many advantages. Lukas Böger demonstrates their use as strong types of numbers.

C++ Reflection for Python Binding.
There are various approaches to generating Python bindings in C++. Russell Standish shows how Classdesc can be used to achieve this.

Trip Report: Italian C++ 2019.
Milan held Italy’s largest C++ conference. Hans Vredeveld reports back.

Afterwood.
Many people are risk-averse. Chris Oldwood considers this position – in verse.