By Jon Kalb | Aug 28, 2016 10:42 AM | Tags: community
CppCon is recuiting volunteers.
Call for Volunteers
for CppCon 2016
From the call:
We need people to help assemble registration packets and badges, register attendees, assist speakers with Audio/Video, and in general be on hand to make things run smoothly. In exchange, we’ll see to it that you’ll spend at least half of your time in sessions.
By Bryce Adelstein Lelbach | Aug 11, 2016 02:12 PM | Tags: None
David Schwartz, the Chief Cryptographer of the Ripple distributed payment system, will be presenting a keynote at CppCon 2016 about developing blockchain software in C++.
Also, Jason Turner will give a plenary talk about using C++17 to write high-performance code on the Commodore 64.
You can read more about their talks here.
There’s still time to register for CppCon 2016! Come join us in September!
By Adrien Hamelin | Aug 8, 2016 02:05 PM | Tags: performance efficiency
An interesting workshop in perspective!
CppCon 2016 Workshop and Talk
by Anthony Williams
From the announcement:
I will be running my new 2-day workshop on Concurrent Thinking, as well as doing a session on The Continuing Future of Concurrency in C++ at CppCon 2016 in September.
By Meeting C++ | Jul 31, 2016 06:16 AM | Tags: user groups community
The monthly overview on upcoming C++ User Group meetings on Meeting C++:
C++ User Group Meetings in August
by Jens Weller
From the article:
The monthly overview on the upcoming C++ User Group meetings. As there is again a group meeting at the first, I have to publish this today, so that there will still be some groups not in the listing, as they are publishing their meetings in the coming days. Still, already 26 groups will meet in August!
There are 3 new C++ User Groups: Copenhagen, Singapore, and Gdansk.
By Adrien Hamelin | Jul 27, 2016 01:13 PM | Tags: performance community
Are you interested?
C++/Graphics Workshop
by Stephanie Hurlburt
Description of the event:
Ever been curious about C++ and graphics programming, but not sure where to start?
Maybe you are an artist who'd like to build your own tools. Maybe you're a game developer wishing your games would run faster, or have even better graphics effects. Regardless, knowledge of the way graphics work at a low level is an empowering skill.
We'll be covering real-time graphics with C++/OpenGL as well as raytracing. It'll be aimed at beginners, but everyone is welcome.
This'll be an intimate workshop, meant for around 20 people. We'll give a talk and then walk you through some hands-on examples. Be sure to bring a laptop if you can!
By Bryce Adelstein Lelbach | Jul 21, 2016 12:13 PM | Tags: None
The full CppCon 2016 program has been published:
Program Published, Bjarne Stroustrup Keynote, T-Shirt Design Contest
We're pleased to announce that Bjarne will once again be keynoting this year. Also, we'll be holding a contest to select a design for the CppCon t-shirts we'll give out this year!
By Meeting C++ | Jul 20, 2016 02:01 AM | Tags: intermediate experimental c++17 c++14 boost advanced
With the announcement of the closing keynote the full schedule for Meeting C++ 2016 stands!
Closing keynote & full schedule of Meeting C++ 2016
by Jens Weller
From the article:
Since mid of June the program of the 5th Meeting C++ conference was taking shape. With the selection of the talks it was also clear in which tracks they go, so that the schedule it self was almost ready, except a last detail: the closing keynote.
The closing keynote will be held by Louis Dionne on "C++ metaprogramming: evolution and future directions".
By Bryce Adelstein Lelbach | Jul 15, 2016 12:38 PM | Tags: None
We have more CppCon 2016 program previews today! A selection of talks on concurrency, modules and finance, including talks by Hans Boehm, Anthony Williams and Richard Smith.
Program Preview: Concurrency, Modules, Finance
From the article:
Speaking for the first time in the US, Anthony Williams, the maintainer of Boost.Thread and the author of C++ Concurrency in Action will be joining us this year at CppCon! His talk, The Continuing Future of Concurrency in C++, will provide overview of the additions to the standard C++ concurrency libraries in the Technical Specifications for Concurrency and Parallelism and the C++14 and C++17 standards. ... [and much more]
By Bryce Adelstein Lelbach | Jul 12, 2016 09:45 AM | Tags: None
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I'm very pleased to announce that Dan Saks will be one of the keynotes at CppCon 2016! Dan is one of the world's leading experts on the C and C++ programming languages and their use in developing embedded systems.
He is the president of Saks & Associates, which offers training and consulting in C, C++ and embedded programming. Dan has previously served as secretary of the ANSI and ISO C++ Standards committees and as a member of the ANSI C Standards committee.
Dan used to write the “Programming Pointers” column for embedded.com. He has also written for numerous publications including The C/C++ Users Journal, The C++ Report, The Journal of C Language Translation, Software Development, Embedded Systems Design and Dr. Dobb's Journal. With Thomas Plum, he wrote C++ Programming Guidelines, which won a 1992 Computer Language Magazine Productivity Award. He has presented at conferences such as Software Development and Embedded Systems. More recently, he contributed to the CERT Secure C Coding Standard and the CERT Secure C++ Coding Standard.
Dan's keynote, extern “C”: Talking to C Programmers About C++, will be about migrating C code (and C programmers) to modern C++:
Most of us have heard this story. We’ve even told it ourselves… C++ is nearly all of C, plus a whole lot more. Migrating code from C to C++ is pretty easy. Moreover, the migration itself can yield immediate benefits by exposing questionable type conversions that can be sources of latent bugs. After migration, the code performs as well in C++ as in the original C. And now that it’s C++, you have ready access to a wealth of advanced features you can (but don’t have to) use to implement enhancements. Who wouldn’t want that? Legions of C programmers, apparently. Despite the success of C++ in numerous application domains, C remains considerably more popular, especially in embedded, automotive, and aerospace applications. In many cases, projects resist C++ because their managers think the risks outweigh the benefits. In other cases, the resistance comes from programmers who persist in believing bad things about C++, even when those things aren’t true. What can the C++ community do to overcome this resistance? Drawing on lessons from cognitive science, linguistics and psychology, and (of course) computer science, this talk offers suggestions about how to make the case for C++ more persuasive to C programmers.
We've also got some CppCon program previews from three tracks today. The full program will be announced this Sunday. Here's some of our content on embedded programming:
We've also got a lot of great talks about the upcoming Coroutines TS:
And finally, some talks about accelerator and GPU programming:
Come join us at CppCon in Bellevue this September - registration is still open!
-- Bryce Adelstein Lelbach, CppCon Program Committee
By Meeting C++ | Jul 2, 2016 08:25 AM | Tags: community
The monthly overview of upcoming C++ User Group meetings at Meeting C++:
C++ User Group Meetings in July
by Jens Weller
From the article:
In July there are 23 C++ User Groups meeting already, and a few more are probably still planning their meetings.
There are 2 new C++ User Groups: Stockholm and Copenhagen.