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Talks and Speaker for Meeting C++ 2022 released

Since yesterday its possible to have a first look at the program of Meeting C++ 2022

A first view on the talks and speakers of Meeting C++ 2022

by Jens Weller

From the article:

I'm excited to release this update for Meeting C++ 2022: the talks and speakers for this years conference!

As you can see in the talk listing, this is still an ongoing process, getting the speaker pictures from the new speakers for this year will still take a while. Creating the schedule will also take a few weeks, as of now Tracks A and B are planned on site, with Tracks C and D being part of the online part.

vcpkg June 2022 Release is Now Available: Force Download vcpkg Dependencies...--Augustin Popa

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vcpkg June 2022 Release is Now Available: Force Download vcpkg Dependencies, Documentation Changes, and More

by Augustin Popa

From the article:

The June 2022 release of the vcpkg package manager is available. This includes a hotfix that fixed a regression in the binary caching experience. This blog post summarizes changes from May 11th, 2022 to June 15th, 2022 for the microsoft/vcpkg and microsoft/vcpkg-tool GitHub repos...

Advancing the State of the Art for std::unordered_map Implementations -- boost.org

Several Boost authors have embarked on a project to improve the performance of boost's associative containers.

Boost.Unordered

by boost.org

About the improvements:

Boost.Unordered's new implementation of std::unordered_map (and multimap, set and multiset variants), and to extend its portfolio of available containers to offer faster, non-standard alternatives based on open addressing.

The first goal of the project has been completed in time for Boost 1.80 (due August 2022). We describe here the technical innovations introduced in boost::unordered_map that makes it the fastest implementation of std::unordered_map on the market.

 

CLion 2022.2 EAP3: CMakeCache Editor, Symbol Servers for Debug, Evaluation of...--Anastasia Kazakova

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CLion 2022.2 EAP3: CMakeCache Editor, Symbol Servers for Debug, Evaluation of Constant Values in the Editor

by Anastasia Kazakova

From the article:

A new CLion 2022.2 EAP3, 222.2889.11, is available from our website, via the Toolbox App, or as a snap package (if you are using Ubuntu). If you are on macOS, there is a separate build for Apple Silicon (M1 chip). Those who are already using EAP2 can apply a patch to update to EAP3...

Embracing Modern C++ Safely, Book Review--Bartlomiej Filipek

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Embracing Modern C++ Safely, Book Review

by Bartlomiej Filipek

From the article:

C++11 has been around for around 11 years and C++14 for 8. From my experience, I see that even today, many companies struggle to use those standards in production in the most efficient way. As always, with new stuff came benefits, risks, and increased learning effort. Fortunately, with a new book written by top C++ Experts, we have a solid guide on what is safe and what might be problematic in Modern C++.

The book is called “Embracing Modern C++ Safely”.

Let’s see what’s inside...