I’m very pleased to announce the C++ event of the first half of 2012: GoingNative 2012, to be held on February 2-3 in Redmond, WA, USA. (C++ and Beyond will also be great, but won’t be till the second half of the year – and there are other C++ conferences/events coming too. I can’t remember [...]
Archive for November, 2011
C++ Spring: GoingNative, Feb 2-3, 2012
Posted in C++ on 2011-11-23 | 28 Comments »
GotW #101: Compilation Firewalls, Part 2 (Difficulty: 8/10)
Posted in C++, GotW on 2011-11-16 | 10 Comments »
GotW #100 demonstrated the best way to express the Pimpl idiom using only standard C++11 features: Guru Question Is it possible to make the widget code easier to write by wrapping the Pimpl pattern in some sort of library helper? If so, how? Try to make the widget code as convenient and concise as possible [...]
GotW #100: Solution
Posted in C++, GotW on 2011-11-16 | 8 Comments »
The solution to GotW #100 is now live.
GotW #100: Compilation Firewalls
Posted in C++, GotW on 2011-11-04 | 23 Comments »
JG Questions 1. What is the Pimpl Idiom, and why is it useful? Guru Questions 2. What is the best way to express the basic Pimpl Idiom in C++11? 3. What parts of the class should go into the impl object? Some potential options include: put all private data (but not functions) into impl; put [...]
A Passing of Giants
Posted in Friday Thoughts, Opinion & Editorial on 2011-11-02 |
I don’t normally blog poetry, but the passing of our giants this past month has put me in such a mood. . What is built becomes our future Hand-constructed, stone by stone Quarried by our elders’ labors Fashioned with their strength and bone Dare to dream, and dare to conquer Fears by building castles grand [...]
Scott Meyers’ C++11 Materials: The Best Available Overview of C++11
Posted in C++ on 2011-11-01 | 8 Comments »
People keep asking me where to find good information on C++11. Until now I’ve had to point them to blogs, and say that we’re all working on revising our books but it’ll take a while. It’s been an unsatisfying answer. Finally I have a C++11 “book” I can direct people to: Today Scott Meyers [...]
