March 23-28, London, UK
By Hartmut Kaiser | Oct 22, 2013 05:35 AM | Tags: c++now c++11
Building upon the resounding success of C++Now 2013 and five years of BoostCon, C++Now 2014 will present leading speakers from the whole C++ community. We invite you to submit session proposals to the third annual C++Now Conference:
C++Now 2014
May 12 – 17, 2014
Aspen CO, USA
By Meeting C++ | Oct 10, 2013 07:52 AM | Tags: community
A short overview over the upcoming C++ User Group Meetings in October:
C++ User Group Meetings in October
by Jens Weller
From the Article:
Also in October a lot of C++ User Groups are meeting again. For Europe its 6 User Groups meetings, with a new one in Wroclaw, Poland!
By Blog Staff | Oct 9, 2013 12:06 PM | Tags: None
Ready for a full day of C++11/14/17 content in the Spanish language?
using std:cpp
November 26, 2013
University Carlos III of Madrid in Leganés
The site and the event are entirely in Spanish. For convenience, here is an automatic translation of the event page:
Welcome to using std::cpp 2013
using std::cpp 2013 aims to be a forum for exchanging experiences using the C++ language, paying special attention to the recent standard C++11 and the upcoming C++14 and C++17.
Who should attend using std::cpp 2013?
The event is aimed at professional developers using C++ as a language for application development or infrastructure software. It is also aimed at students of last years of career, interested in the use of C++ as a programming language to produce complex computer systems with high performance.
What can I find in using std:cpp 2013?
We have prepared an intensive programme with presentations by leading developers from leading companies in their sectors (Indizen, TCP-SI, BBVA, Telefónica, Digital, INDRA, Biicode, Microsoft, Programming Research Group).
You can refer to the detailed program to see topics you can expect.
When does using std::cpp take place?
using std::cpp 2013 will be held on November 26, 2013 at the School Politécnica Superior of the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid in Leganes and will last for a full day.
Do I need to register?
using std::cpp 2013 attendance is free, but you must register to facilitate the organization of the event. You can register here.
By Blog Staff | Oct 8, 2013 03:13 PM | Tags: None
Preparations are underway for the ACCU 2014 conference, to be held April 8-12, 2014 somewhere in the U.K. The conference has historically had strong C++ representation, and this year features a keynote by Howard Hinnant, longtime ISO C++ participant and former Library Working Group chair, and now a principal developer on Clang's libc++ implementation of the ISO C++ standard library. It also includes sessions on other languages and environments besides C++.
The conference has issued a call for papers which will close on Monday, November 5. From the call:
We have a long tradition of high quality sessions covering many aspects of software development, from programming languages (e.g., Java, Javascript, C#, Clojure, Python, Erlang, Haskell, Ruby, Groovy, C, C++, etc.), and technologies (libraries, frameworks, databases, etc.) to subjects about the wider development environment such as testing, architecture and design, development process, analysis, patterns, project management, and softer aspects such as team building, communication and leadership.
Sessions are usually tutorial-based, presentations of case studies, or interactive workshops, but we are always open to novel formats.
Pre-conference workshops are all day. Main conference sessions are 90 minutes. There are also a few 45 minutes sessions (reserved for less experienced speakers).
[...]
The Call for Papers lasts 5 weeks and will close on Monday 5th November 2013. Remember, remember, the 5th of November...
Full conference schedule will be announced 1st Jan 2014.
See the call for details on how to submit a proposed session.
By Blog Staff | Oct 4, 2013 10:06 AM | Tags: None
Bjarne Stroustrup will be giving his "The Essence of C++" talk live in person next week at the UNT College of Engineering near Dallas, TX, USA.
The Essence of C++
by Bjarne Stroustrup
Location: UNC College of Engineering (map)
Friday, October 11, 2013
Talk: 2:00 p.m. –- 3:30 p.m.
Reception: 3:30 -- 4:00 p.m.
Abstract
C++11 is being deployed and the shape of C++14 is becoming clear. This talk examines the foundations of C++. What is essential? What sets C++ apart from other languages? How does new and old features support (or distract from) design and programming relying on this essence.
I focus on the abstraction mechanisms (as opposed to the mapping to the machine): Classes and templates. Fundamentally, if you understand
vector, you understand C++.Type safety and resource safety are key design aims for a program. These aims must be met without limiting the range of applications and without imposing significant run-time or space overheads. I address issues of resource management (garbage collection is not an ideal answer and pointers should not be used as resource handles), generic programming (we must make it simpler and safer), compile-time computation (how and when?), and type safety (casts belongs in the lowest-level hardware interface). I will touch upon move semantics, exceptions, concepts, type aliases, and more. My aim is not so much to present novel features and technique, but to explore how C++’s feature set supports a new and more effective design and programming style.
By Blog Staff | Sep 1, 2013 03:23 PM | Tags: None
The GoingNative 2013 conference starts Wednesday and is just about sold out. A few seats remain, so register now (or get on the waitlist in case there's a last-minute cancellation you can snag).
It's decidedly desirable to be physically in the room to get the full experience, and hundreds of people from over 10 countries are already on their way. But if you can't come in person to Redmond, WA, USA for this week's C++ fest, you'll be glad to know the talks will be livestreamed as well on the Channel 9 homepage. The streaming is compatible with all major platforms. For those of you around the world, please note that the talk times are in North American Pacific Daylight Time.
Talks include the following, including both full-length talks and a number of 20- and 30-minute "nuggets."
By Meeting C++ | Sep 1, 2013 12:57 PM | Tags: community basics advanced
I've created a short overview over the C++ Conferences this Fall:
- Going Native (Seattle, 4.th-6.9) SOLD OUT
- International Workshop on OpenMP (Canberra (AU), 16-18.9)
- (not a conference, but...) Fall ISO C++ meeting (Chicago, 23-28.9)
- QtDevDays Europe (Berlin, 7th - 9.10)
- QtDevDays US (San Francisco, 6th-8.11)
- Meeting C++ 2013 (Düsseldorf, 8th-9.11)
- C++ and Beyond (Snoqualmie Falls (WA/US), 9th-12.12) SOLD OUT
by Jens Weller
By Blog Staff | Jul 29, 2013 07:30 AM | Tags: None
GoingNative 2013 will be held on September 4-6. Register soon -- in-room space is limited.
The day 1 and 2 talks have now been posted:
Opening Keynote (Bjarne Stroustrup, Texas A&M University)
Bjarne Stroustrup, creator of C++, will open the show.
C++ Seasoning (Sean Parent, Adobe)
A look at many of the new features in C++ and a couple of old features you may not have known about. With the goal of correctness in mind, we’ll see how to utilize these features to create simple, clear, and beautiful code. Just a little pinch can really spice things up.
Writing Quick Code in C++, Quickly (Andrei Alexandrescu, Facebook)
Contemporary computer architectures make it possible for slow code to work reasonably well. They also make it difficult to write really fast code that exploits the CPU amenities to their fullest. And the smart money is on fast code -- we’re running out of cool things to do with slow code, and the battle will be on doing really interesting and challenging things at the envelope of what the computing fabric endures.
So how to write quick code, quickly? Turns out it’s quite difficult because today’s complex architectures defy simple rules to be applied everywhere. It is not uncommon that innocuous high-level artifacts have a surprisingly high impact on the bottom line of an application’s run time (and power consumed).
This talk is an attempt to set forth a few pieces of tactical advice for writing quick code in C++. Applying these is not guaranteed to produce optimal code, but is likely to put it reasonably within the ballpark.These tips are based on practical experience but also motivated by the inner workings of modern CPUs.
Don’t Help the Compiler (Stephan T. Lavavej, Microsoft)
C++ has powerful rules for dealing with low-level program structure. Before a program is ever executed, the compiler determines valuable information about every expression in the source code. The compiler understands exactly how long each object's resources will be needed (lifetime), whether each expression refers to an object that the program has no other way of accessing (rvalueness), and what operations can be performed on each object (type). Using examples from C++98 through C++14, this presentation will demonstrate how to write code that works with the compiler's knowledge to increase robustness, efficiency, and clarity. This presentation will also demonstrate the horrible things that happen when programmers think they can do tasks that are better left to compilers.
Day 1 Panel (all speakers)
Interactive panel. Topic TBD. Attendee-driven Q&A.
Day 2 Keynote: One C++ (Herb Sutter, Microsoft)
Herb Sutter, language architect of Visual C++ and Chairman of the ISO C++ Committee, opens Day 2 with a brand new talk, "One C++."
An Effective C++11/14 Sampler (Scott Meyers)
After years of intensive study (first of C++0x, then of C++11, and most recently of C++14), Scott thinks he finally has a clue. About the effective use of C++11, that is (including C++14 revisions). At last year’s Going Native, Herb Sutter predicted that Scott would produce a new version of Effective C++ in the 2013-14 time frame, and Scott’s working on proving him almost right. Rather than revise Effective C++, Scott decided to write a new book that focuses exclusively on C++11/14: on the things the experts almost always do (or almost always avoid doing) to produce clear, efficient, effective code. In this presentation, Scott will present a taste of the Items he expects to include in Effective C++11/14. If all goes as planned, he’ll also solicit your help in choosing a cover for the book.
C++14: Through the Looking Glass (Michael Wong, IBM)
“The time has come,” the ISO said,
“To talk of many things:
Of move-capture -- and literals --
Of making lambdas sing --
And why deduction is so hot --
nd if digits should grow wings?”So have you heard of the next C++ Standard? No, it is not C++11. Even though C++11 has just been ratified, C++14 will likely replace C++11 by next year. By now, we have enough experience with C++11 to know where we are missing various fingers and toes such as:
- Why do we not have move capture in lambdas?
- How about some real user-defined literal suffixes?
- Why did we stop with monomorphic lambdas?
- If lambda returns can be deduced, why not normal functions?
- Could we get digit separators?
C++14 will be more than a bug-fix release, and will contain some important enhancements on top of C++11. It will remove some of the major annoyances from C++11, that we already know of. But more importantly, how will this change the language, library and some important idioms?
The Care and Feeding of C++’s Dragons (Chandler Carruth, Google)
Last year I described C++ as bearing the cautionary label ‘Here Be Dragons.’ And yet we’re all still writing C++ because it is the best programming language for the problems we face. In turn, we need a strategy to deal with the “dragons” that reside in large C++ code bases. The Dragon Book (my old compiler textbook) taught about a collection of tools to address the complexity of compiler design, and while our challenge is somewhat different, the approach remains the same. When a mere mortal programmer ventures forth to battle the complexity of large software systems in C++, they’re going to need some really good tools to help them. At Google, we’ve been building up a platform of such tools. I will introduce the platform and toolset, and show how to use them to write fast and correct C++ code, quickly and correctly.
I will also give a peek into the future of the next generation of tools we’re working on and some of the really interesting changes to C++ that are coming in the next few years to help both programmers and these tools be ever more effective.
Day 2 Panel (all speakers)Interactive panel. Topic TBD. Attendee-driven Q&A.
By Blog Staff | Jul 29, 2013 05:11 AM | Tags: intermediate
This course is being held in English and German:
Boost Your Productivity with C++11 and Templates
by Peter Gottschling
- September 9-13 (German)
- October 7-11 (English)
Abstract:
Templates (generic programming)
- Function templates
- Class templates
- Variadic Templates (C++11)
- Concepts
- Specialization
- Template arguments that are not types
- Functors
- Lambda functions (C++11)
Standard Template Library
- Iterator concept
- Containers
- Functions
- Meta-programming
- Let the compiler compute
- Providing type informations
- Auto and decltype (C++11)
- Const-adaptive classes
- Expression templates
Other advanced and new techniques
- Calling functions from derived classes without overhead
- RValues and move semantics (C++11)
- Initialization lists (C++11)
- New for-loops (C++11)
Peter Gottschling is author of the Matrix Template Library 4, co-author of the Boost Graph Library and other scientific libraries. He is vice-chair of DIN's programming language group and head of the German delegation in the ISO committee for C++ standardization. He is managing director of SimuNova and taught C++ at TU Dresden, TU Berlin and Indiana University.
By Blog Staff | Jun 30, 2013 08:22 PM | Tags: None
Note: This paper explores potential future standardization directions and alternatives. It does not discuss or propose to amend the C++14 Committee Draft paper whose ballot is currently in progress.
A new WG21 paper is available. A copy is linked below, and the paper will also appear in the next normal WG21 mailing. If you are not a committee member, please use the comments section below or the std-proposals forum for public discussion.
Document number: N3698
Date: 2013-06-30
July 25-26 Santa Clara SG1 Meeting Announcement and Agenda
by Hans Boehm
Excerpt:
Location
Nvidia, 2701 San Tomas Expressway, Santa Clara, CA. Meet at Building E lobby.
Agenda
2 Discuss parallellism and concurrency extensions for future C++ standards
2.1 Discuss previously submitted concurrency proposals that were insufficiently addressed at the Bristol meeting.
2.2 Discuss other proposals.