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Secure Coding in C/C++ with Robert C. Seacord of NCC Group

In episode 35 of The Secure Developer with Robert C. Seacord of NCC Group

 

Secure Coding in C/C++

with Robert C. Seacord of NCC Group

 

In episode 35 of The Secure Developer, Guy is joined by Robert C. Seacord of NCC Group, who champions the continued practice of coding security in C and C++, and offers practical advantages to using various programming languages in the Agile era.

std::format in C++20--Victor Zverovich

Just great!

std::format in C++20

by Victor Zverovich

From the article:

I’m happy to announce that the Text Formatting proposal (std::format) made it into the C++20 Committee Draft at the Cologne meeting, just in time before the feature freeze. This concludes a three-year long design, implementation, and standardization effort.

Here’s a brief history of the proposal aka “what took you so long?”...

Trip report: Summer ISO C++ standards meeting (Cologne)--Herb Sutter

Many things happened!

Trip report: Summer ISO C++ standards meeting (Cologne)

by Herb Sutter

From the article:

Obligatory comment: The C++20 Eagle has wings.

At noon today, July 20 2019, the ISO C++ committee completed its summer meeting in Cologne, Germany, hosted with thanks by Think-Cell, SIGS Datacom, SimuNova, Silexica, Meeting C++, Josuttis Eckstein, Xara, Volker Dörr, Mike Spertus, and the Standard C++ Foundation...

Use constexpr for faster, smaller, and safer code--Trail of Bits

More safety, maybe more speed.

Use constexpr for faster, smaller, and safer code

by Trail of Bits

From the article:

With the release of C++14, the standards committee strengthened one of the coolest modern features of C++: constexpr. Now, C++ developers can write constant expressions and force their evaluation at compile-time, rather than at every invocation by users. This results in faster execution, smaller executables and, surprisingly, safer code...