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C++ User Group Meetings in January

The monthly update of C++ User Group Meetings at Meeting C++:

C++ User Group Meetings in January 2016

by Jens Weller

From the article:

The monthly overview on upcoming C++ User Group meetings! There is a new C++ User Group in Iasi, Romania and a lot of C++ User Groups which are meeting in January!

Maybe you want to start a C++ User Group in 2016? Also feel free to contact me on the topic!

A flexible lexicographical comparator for C++ structs--Björn Fahller

An interesting article:

A flexible lexicographical comparator for C++ structs

by Björn Fahller

From the article:

We've all hand crafted comparison operators for structs with many members, and we've all cursed the tedium. It's all right for equality comparison, but lexicographical ordering relations is a different story when there are more than two members.

Hopefully all C++ developers have by now learned about the std::tie()-idiom.

struct S
{
  int a;
  int b;
  int c;
};

bool operator<(const S& lh, const S& rh)
{
  return std::tie(lh.a, lh.b, lh.c)
       < std::tie(rh.a, rh.b, rh.c);
}

Levels of Exception Safety--Arne Mertz

A nice introduction to C++ exceptions:

Levels of Exception Safety

by Arne Mertz

From the article:

Exceptions are part of C++. They are thrown by the standard library classes, and sometimes even if we are not really using the standard library. So, unless we are in a very restrictive environment like embedded programming and have exceptions disabled in the compiler, we need to be prepared and deal with the fact that exceptions simply can happen.

Starting a tech startup with C++ -- James Perry

A nice and short (5-minute read) entrepreneur's perspective about technology choices while starting a modern web company, with nice shout-outs to Folly, Proxygen, and Wangle:

Starting a tech startup with C++

by James Perry

From the article:

A lot of my peers think it is bizarre that I am building a cloud service with C++ and not with a dynamic language — such as Ruby or Python — that provides high productivity to ship quickly.

It started to question my own judgement to use C++ and I decided to research whether it is good idea or not.

Interlude (a C++ 2015 retrospective) -- Agustín "K-ballo" Bergé

kballo2015.PNGAs we enter 2016, here is another reminder of just how much has happened for C++ in just the past year:

Interlude (a C++ 2015 retrospective)

by Agustín "K-ballo" Bergé

From the article:

One year down the road, 2015 has gone by but not without modifications to the C++ lands. Several Technical Specification (TS) documents were published, and heavy work continues to go into both existing and new ones. Meanwhile, work is underway for what it is intended to be C++17...

... During 2015, the C++ lands grew bigger at an outstanding rate! As the TS model -- which allows to decouple and publish work independently from the standard -- is proving to be a success, 2016 it's certainly looking to be a good year for C++.

C++ status at the end of 2015, a user's view -- Bartlomiej Filipek

A lot has happened in C++ in 2015! As we close out the year, here's a retrospective from an experienced C++ developer:

C++ status at the end of 2015

by Bartlomiej Filipek

From the article:

Maybe I’ll be boring with this note, but again I need to write that this was another good year for C++! Here’s a bunch of facts:

  • Visual Studio 2015 was released with great support for C++14/17 and even more experimental features.
  • Long-awaited GCC 5.0 was released at the beginning of the year.
  • C++ gained a huge boost is popularity around July, 3rd stable place in the Tiobe Ranking.
  • At CppCon 2015 there were some really important announcements made.
  • C++17 seems to be just around the corner!

See my full report below...

Both keynotes from Meeting C++ 2015 are now online!

See Chandler Carruth and Lars Knoll giving the keynotes at Meeting C++ this year:

Both Keynotes from Meeting C++ 2015 are online!

by Jens Weller

From the article:

Great news: Since yesterday, both of the keynotes from this years Meeting C++ conference are on youtube! Both keynote speakers chose to speak on a specific topic, and delivered very well. There is also a playlist for Meeting C++ 2015.

Fun with folds--Nick Athanasiou

Everything is in the title:

Fun with folds

by Nick Athanasiou

From the article:

A fold is a higher order function (a function that has one or more function parameters and/or returns a function) that is recursively applied over a data structure...