My BeCPP talk video posted: “C++ — Growing in a world of competition, safety, and AI”

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BeCPP just posted this video of my talk at their March 30 Symposium. This is the first time I’ve given this material on camera — it’s extension of themes in my New Year’s Eve blog post, with major updates because some big industry changes happened in the first quarter of 2026.

This talk is different from other talks I’ve given before because it’s focused, not on C++ code examples, but on three major industry trends that are fundamentally shifting our world right now and that directly affect C++:

  • record-shattering CapEx in 2026 especially for power generation;
  • a security sea change from 2021 to 2026;
  • and, of course, AI’s impact (and non-impact).

The slides are here (PDF). I’ve pasted the key summary slide below. I hope you find the talk interesting and useful.

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Herb Sutter is an author and speaker, a technical fellow at Citadel Securities, and serves as chair of the Standard C++ Foundation and chair emeritus of the ISO C++ standards committee.

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