Recap: GoingNative 2012 is a global live C++11-fest that kicks off this Thursday at 9:30am U.S. Pacific time. 350 live in the room. Unlimited free worldwide attendance – both live and on demand. Note that because of technical limitations, watching the livestream requires Silverlight (watching the stored videos later on demand will not). Silverlight is [...]
Archive for January, 2012
GoingNative 2012: Minus 3 Days
Posted in C++ on 2012-01-30 | 6 Comments »
GoingNative 2012: Minus 5 Days
Posted in C++ on 2012-01-28 | 4 Comments »
Recap: GoingNative 2012, the world’s first globally simulcast C++ convention, starts with Bjarne Stroustrup’s opening keynote “C++ Style” this Thursday at 9:30am U.S. Pacific time (time zone converter). In-room attendance is sold out, but worldwide attendance is unlimited and free – all sessions will be livestreamed, and later after a short processing delay will also [...]
GoingNative 2012: Minus One Week
Posted in C++ on 2012-01-26 | 1 Comment »
GoingNative 2012 is sold out for in-person attendees, but online attendance is free and unlimited – live-stream and on-demand. Watch the main page for links. GoingNative 2012 is a 48 hour technical event for those who push the boundaries of general purpose computing by exploiting the true capabilities of the underlying machine: C++ developers. Distinguished [...]
GotW #103: Smart Pointers, Part 1 (Difficulty: 3/10)
Posted in C++, GotW on 2012-01-20 | 11 Comments »
JG Question 1. When should you use shared_ptr vs. unique_ptr? List as many considerations as you can. Guru Questions 2. Why should you always use make_shared to allocate objects whose lifetimes will be managed by shared_ptr? Explain. 3. What’s the deal with auto_ptr?
The solution to GotW #102 is now live.
C++11 “GoingNative 2012”: Speakers and Sessions
Posted in C++ on 2012-01-16 | 10 Comments »
The speakers and sessions for GoingNative 2012 (Feb 2-3, Redmond WA USA) have now been posted. With the focus squarely on C++11 on all compilers and platforms, I think this is going to be the C++ event of the first half of 2012, and I’m very pleased with the caliber of our speakers and their [...]
Map of C++
Posted in C++ on 2012-01-10 | 12 Comments »
Hilarious and apt. Nice work, Alena and Jim.
