Tag Archives: C++
C++ Initialization, Spanish Edition, and a Bonus
Late last year I got in touch with Bartłomiej (Bartek) Filipek, a renowned author and poster, to translate his C++ Initialization Story book to Spanish. Alas, Bartek not only agreed to the translation, but decided to provide the book for … Continue reading
CPPCON2022 Keynote Review – Can C++ be 10x Simpler & Safer?
The first time I heard about Herb Sutter was when he took over as editor of the now defunct C++ Report magazine. IIRC, the introduction by the then editor mentioned that Herb could remember over 100 digits of Pi. We’ll … Continue reading
CppCon 2021 Virtual Trip Report, A User Story
This is the first CppCon hybrid (in person and virtual) conference, and in my opinion, it was a success in terms of content and organization, particularly from the virtual side. Sure, there were the occasional quirks, or the first day … Continue reading
Lambdas en C++
Look what the Chihuahua dragged in! Well, in the absence of cats, a Chihuahua will do. Lambdas en C++ is a Spanish translation of C++ Lambda Story, a collaboration with well-known author and blogger Bartłomiej Filipek. You can follow his … Continue reading
Look what the cat dragged in…
Well, in reality I like birds better. Disclaimer: I got C++ Lambda Story as a gift from the author, Bartłomiej Filipek, and in a previous post I shared that I had covered the book end to end. Nonetheless, it’s nice … Continue reading
CPPCON2020 Plenary Session Review: Performance Matters
This was my favorite session. I must confess that I’ve seen it three times, and had the time to go slowly over the topic discussed: performance. Emery Berger needs no introduction. Just check his LinkedIn profile, but just in case, … Continue reading
CPPCON2020 Session Review: Back to Basics: Concurrency
Arthur O’Dwyer’s session is a lap around the concurrency facilities present in C++, starting with C++11. He starts the session with a gentle introduction to concurrency and parallelism pre-C++11 and walks you towards the memory model present in Modern C++, … Continue reading
CPPCON2020 Session Review: Test Driven C++
I was interested in this talk by Phil Nash to see his approach with C++. TDD is an approach that, as it states it is test driven (and Phil clarifies that it is different from test first). Saying that, there … Continue reading
CPPCON2020 Session Review: Retiring the Singleton Pattern: Concrete suggestions for what to use instead
The Singleton design pattern has been discussed ad naseaum over the years. Peter Muldoon starts with the motivation for this talk: an occurrence of Singleton in the workplace, oh my! The premise of the talk, is not whether to keep … Continue reading
CPPCON2020 Session Review: Back to Basics: Class Layout
There are two types of knowledge: timely and timeless. Knowing how your types are laid out onto physical hardware is programmer’s gold and it is timeless knowledge. It never leaves you. I would recommend strongly this talk if you work … Continue reading
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