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A Medley of C++C++ on Sea 20222022-07-05
Seven short C++ nuggets: a classification scheme that places every type into 16 type categories and a practical detection idiom using sizeof(T) to test…
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Computing in the 1960sC++ on Sea 20222022-07-05
A walk through actual 1960s tooling and oddities from punch card decks to removable disk packs with 2 million digit capacity and drum memory spinning at 12,500…
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Crazy Code, Crazy CodersMeeting C++ 20192019-11-14
A rapid survey of concrete, production-proven errors and fixes: sanitized real snippets that crashed missiles, GPS and municipal systems, plus everyday bugs…
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Thank You (I’m sorry that it’s taken me so long to say it)CppCon 20182018-09-23
A brief, personal thank-you that names mentors and recalls concrete moments: learning GOTRAN and the era of 1800 punch cards per compile, a teacher who…
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Communicating via Diagnostics: Observations and Tips for AuthorsCppCon 20182018-09-23
Diagnostics matter: state the violated contract, the actual value and the valid range, and give a clear corrective step; call out precondition failures and…
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C++ Function Templates: How Do They Really Work?CppCon 20182018-09-23
Claim: function templates are blueprints not functions, compilers synthesize signatures and instantiate definitions only as needed from calls. Crucial…
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Whitespace ≤ Comments << CodeCppCon 20172017-09-24
Claim: comments often do more harm than good when they duplicate or contradict code and they outlive fixes. Concrete rules: use assertions to record…
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A C++20 Preview: operator <=>CppCon 20172017-09-24
A new operator<=> (the three‑way or "spaceship" operator) is being added for C++20 with precedence and associativity defined and library support proposed as…
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“Programming with C++ Constraints: Background, Utility, and Gotchas"CppCon 20172017-09-24
Claims that C++ will adopt compile-time constraints via requires-clauses and that they integrate with existing tools like enable_if and constexpr if…
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“What C++ Programmers Need to Know about Header <random>"CppCon 20162016-09-18
Explains why the <random> header separates engine vs distribution (use an engine as a bits source and let a distribution produce the shaped variates), shows…
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Grill the CommitteeCppCon 20142014-09-07
Lots of concrete, behind‑the‑scenes detail about what actually makes it into the standard: discussions name features (move elision, polymorphic and scoped…
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Modern Template Metaprogramming: A Compendium, Part IICppCon 20142014-09-07
http://www.cppcon.org — Presentation Slides, PDFs, Source Code and other presenter materials are available at: https://github.com/CppCon/CppCon2014 -- Template…
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Modern Template Metaprogramming: A Compendium, Part ICppCon 20142014-09-07
Demonstrates concrete template techniques and reproduces standard-library facilities: type traits like rank and remove_const, alias helpers (_t and _v), SFINAE…
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