You’ve no doubt noticed the recent acceleration of the transition from Flash in favor of HTML5, thanks in large part to Apple’s refusal to support Flash on iPhone and iPad. First YouTube, and now TED, Vimeo, CBS, and Time and The New York Times are adding support for HTML5 in addition to, or instead of, [...]
Archive for March, 2010
Flash In the Pan
Posted in Opinion & Editorial on 2010-03-30 | 9 Comments »
C++0x FCD launches, will be freely available online in about a week
Posted in C++ on 2010-03-26 | 4 Comments »
This morning, the C++0x Final Committee Draft (FCD) text was completed by our tireless project editor Pete Becker, approved by the review committee of Steve Adamczyk and Howard Hinnant, and sent to SC22 for FCD ballot. The SC22 secretariat has informed us that the FCD ballot will begin today and close on July 26. Thank [...]
Links I enjoyed reading this week
Posted in Software Development on 2010-03-22 | Comments Off
Software-related PDF the Most Common Malware Vector (Schneier) It’s almost non-news, because it’s been obvious for years that this was coming. Malware writers target the common programs and formats. Several years ago, I talked to senior developers from a major software company on multiple occasions about memory safety and secure coding, and at the time [...]
Warren Buffett Rocks
Posted in Friday Thoughts on 2010-03-19 | 2 Comments »
Really. Direct link.
Comment policy
Posted in Uncategorized on 2010-03-16 | 8 Comments »
[Updated 3/17 for clarity.] On this blog, I’ve always been happy to follow a policy of not editing or filtering comments, and to let comments stand whether the commenter agrees with me or not. However, recently a few comments have strayed into name-calling (e.g., I’d never heard the term “freetard” until last week), and I’ve [...]
Trip Report: March 2010 ISO C++ Standards Meeting
Posted in C++ on 2010-03-13 | 42 Comments »
[Note: I usually post trip reports after the public post-meeting mailing goes live a few weeks after the meeting, so that I can provide links to minutes and papers. This time, I wanted to post the report right away to share the news. If you’re interested in the post-meeting papers, including the official minutes, watch [...]
Links I enjoyed reading this week
Posted in Concurrency, Hardware, Software Development on 2010-03-13 | 1 Comment »
Concurrency-related (more or less directly) Samples updated for ConcRT, PPL and Agents (Microsoft Parallel Programming blog) Update to the samples for the Visual Studio 2010 Release Candidate. Hmm, I suppose I should include a link to that too: Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Release Candidate (Microsoft) Freely downloadable, includes C++0x features like auto [...]
Where can you get the ISO C++ standard, and what does “open standard” mean?
Posted in C++ on 2010-03-03 | 82 Comments »
In my role as convener of the ISO C++ committee, I get to field a number of questions about the committee and its process. It occurred to me that some of them might be of more general interest, so I’ll occasionally publish an edited version of my reply here in case other people have similar [...]
Effective Concurrency Europe 2010
Posted in Concurrency, Software Development, Talks & Events on 2010-03-01 | 5 Comments »
Last May, I gave a public Effective Concurrency course in Stockholm. It was well-attended, and a number of people have asked if it will be offered again. The answer is yes. I’m happy to report that Effective Concurrency Europe 2010 will be held on May 5-7, 2010, in Stockholm, Sweden. There’s an early-bird rate available [...]
