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An update on the Meeting C++ Workshop Day

By Meeting C++ | Jul 25, 2016 08:09 AM | Tags: training intermediate experimental boost

I finally can announce that the workshops will end with talks by James McNellis and Michael Caisse:

An Update on the workshop day

by Jens Weller

From the article:

Michael Caisse - boost.fusion: power to the tuples

    Tuples provide heterogeneous, compile-time containers; however, they can be difficult to use at run-time. Boost.Fusion brings together compile-time and run-time semantics to produce the STL of the meta-programming world. It is the machinery behind several Boost libraries and is a common element in many of the solutions provided by Ciere Consulting.


James McNellis - Practical C++ Coroutines

    One of the most interesting new features being proposed for C++ standardization is coroutines, formerly known as “resumable functions”. C++ coroutines are designed to be highly scalable, highly efficient (no overhead), and highly extensible, while still interacting seamlessly with the rest of the C++ language.

CppCon 2015 Parallelizing the C++ Standard Template Library--Grant Mercer & Danial Bourgeois

By Adrien Hamelin | Jul 22, 2016 01:41 PM | Tags: performance experimental

Have you registered for CppCon 2016 in September? Don’t delay – Registration is open now.

While we wait for this year’s event, we’re featuring videos of some of the 100+ talks from CppCon 2015 for you to enjoy. Here is today’s feature:

Parallelizing the C++ Standard Template Library

by Grant Mercer & Danial Bourgeois

(watch on YouTube) (watch on Channel 9)

Summary of the talk:

As the era of frequency scaling comes to an end, multi-core parallelism has become an essential focal point in computational research. Mainstream languages, however, have not yet adapted to take full advantage of parallelism provided by the hardware. While new languages such as Rust and Swift are catching on and implementing multi-core algorithms in their libraries, C++ has only started to do so. A parallel Standard Library could bring with it many positive features that users can begin taking advantage of.

This talk will focus around two standards proposals, N4409 and N4406. N4409 outlines the details of a parallel Standard Library and features of these new parallel algorithms. The complementary N4406 outlines abstractions to take advantage of various mechanisms for parallel execution. We will cover the reasons why the new Standard Library would be beneficial to C++ users and our experience implementing these algorithms in HPX. The presentation will address what exactly the two proposals define, the challenges we faced, and the results we collected. In addition, we will discuss extensions made to these proposals and the C++11/14 standard in HPX to support these semantics in a distributed environment.

CppChat - Slashing on C++--Jon Kalb

By Adrien Hamelin | Jul 20, 2016 02:16 PM | Tags: experimental

The first video of CppChat is here:

CppChat - Slashing on C++

by Jon Kalb

From the description:

A live conversation about the latest in the C++ world. This week we'll be talking about Oulu, C++17, CppCon, and the latest conversations on C++.

We'll be featuring Bryce Adelstein Lelbach, Michael Caisse, and Jon Kalb. Bryce will be overflowing about his trip to Oulu, Jon will be overflowing about CppCon, and Michael will keep us on track.

This is our first time so it is likely to be very rough. But you'll join us for the content, not the polish.

Meeting C++ 2016: closing keynote & full schedule

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".

Red Hat at the ISO C++ Standards Meeting (June 2016, Oulu): Library--JWAKELY

By Adrien Hamelin | Jul 19, 2016 02:02 PM | Tags: experimental advanced

C++ continues to evolve:

Red Hat at the ISO C++ Standards Meeting (June 2016, Oulu): Library

by JWAKELY

From the article:

The recent WG21 meeting in Oulu, Finland, was an especially busy one for the Library Working Group. Every day was spent working through the list of proposals intended for inclusion in C++17, and we also had three “evening” sessions that ran well past the evening (until nearly midnight, although the sun was still up to trick us into working late)...

 

Red Hat at the ISO C++ Standards Meeting (June 2016, Oulu): Core Language--Jason Merrill

By Adrien Hamelin | Jul 19, 2016 02:00 PM | Tags: experimental advanced

C++ continues to evolve:

Red Hat at the ISO C++ Standards Meeting (June 2016, Oulu): Core Language

by Jason Merrill

From the article:

It was quite a trek to get to Oulu, Finland for the June 2016 C++ Standards Committee meeting, but we were warmly received and the meeting went well once we arrived. We had very pleasant weather most of the week, and it was fun to experience the midnight sun, even though it played havoc with my sleep schedule.

Red Hat at the ISO C++ Standards Meeting (June 2016, Oulu): Parallelism and Concurrency--Torvald Rie

By Adrien Hamelin | Jul 19, 2016 01:55 PM | Tags: experimental advanced

C++ continues to evolve:

Red Hat at the ISO C++ Standards Meeting (June 2016, Oulu): Parallelism and Concurrency

by Torvald Riegel

From the article:

Several Red Hat engineers recently attended the JTC1/SC22/WG21 C++ Standards Committee meetings in Oulu, Finland.  This post focuses on the sessions of SG1 (the standards committee sub-group 1 – for concurrency and parallelism) as well as on coroutines-related sessions. Jason already gave an overview of the meeting in his post.

CppCon 2015 Large Scale C++ with Modules: What You Should Know--Gabriel Dos Reis

By Adrien Hamelin | Jul 18, 2016 01:22 PM | Tags: experimental efficiency

Have you registered for CppCon 2016 in September? Don’t delay – Registration is open now.

While we wait for this year’s event, we’re featuring videos of some of the 100+ talks from CppCon 2015 for you to enjoy. Here is today’s feature:

Large Scale C++ with Modules: What You Should Know

by Gabriel Dos Reis

(watch on YouTube) (watch on Channel 9)

Summary of the talk:

“Modules” are a frequently requested and long-awaited feature by C++ programmers. In a nutshell, the idea is to have a direct language support for (a) expressing the boundaries and dependencies of a program component; (b) isolating source codes from macro vagaries; (c) scaling compile time, especially for large projects, given the ubiquity of “headers-only” template libraries; (d) spur innovation and deployment of semantics-aware developer tools.

This presentation will focus on three major points: (1) the design of the module proposal currently being considered by the C++ standards committee (design goals, properties, constraints); (2) implementations currently under way; and (3) early user experience and migration.

Modules directly address a problem (scalability) listed as one of the three major areas where C++17 is expected to significantly improve daily experience of the working C++ programmer. Naturally, this feature is also on the top ten list of C++17 functionalities Bjarne Stroustrup put forward in his “Thought on C++17.”

CppCon 2015 functional: What's New, And Proper Usage--Stephan T. Lavavej

By Adrien Hamelin | Jul 4, 2016 08:00 AM | Tags: intermediate experimental c++11

Have you registered for CppCon 2016 in September? Don’t delay – Registration is open now.

While we wait for this year’s event, we’re featuring videos of some of the 100+ talks from CppCon 2015 for you to enjoy. Here is today’s feature:

functional: What's New, And Proper Usage

by Stephan T. Lavavej

(watch on YouTube) (watch on Channel 9)

Summary of the talk:

functional gained lots of machinery in C++11, with further changes in C++14 and C++17. This talk will cover what's new in 11/14/17, focusing on how to use it properly. For example, you've probably used std::function, but do you know the criteria for activating the Small Functor Optimization? (It's not just being small!) We'll also look at bind(), mem_fn(), C++17's invoke(), and more.