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Hiatus and Reflections

So I've left one hanging promise at least fall off my radar -- a manual vtable based implementation of the concept-based polymorphism implementation. As you all have known for a while now I've been working at Google Australia for two years now...

Published 05-03-2013 12:30 AM by C++ Soup!

Filed under: thoughts, insights

cpp-netlib.org is here!

This is a short post just to direct your attention to the new cpp-netlib project website! The project's new home is now at http://cpp-netlib.org/ (links to the old site should automatically redirect to this domain). We're looking at scaling the...

Published 01-24-2013 11:22 PM by C++ Soup!

Filed under: announcement, cpp-netlib

Different Forms of Polymorphism

In the previous post I teased a little about vtables, how they work, and whether people were familiar with them. Before I go into detail into that I'd like to rehash the notion of polymorphism first. It may be obvious already to OOP programmers or...

Published 11-09-2012 8:54 AM by C++ Soup!

Filed under: tips, cool stuff, generic programming, c++11

Value Semantics and Polymorphism

Lately I've been interested in formalising the notion of value semantics for one reason or another. I've been in email conversations with other people who have been interested in making value semantics and value-oriented programming the norm in...

Published 10-30-2012 9:03 AM by C++ Soup!

Filed under: thoughts, generic programming

Musings: Design and Computation

I have a personal theory that the fundamental source of bugs in most software is the impedance mismatch between the notion of design and computation. We as software engineers are torn pulled in usually two seemingly different dimensions -- that of elegance...

Published 10-02-2012 8:46 AM by C++ Soup!

Filed under: thoughts, c++11

Rich Pointers (Update) and Reflection

The Portland meeting is just a few weeks away and even though I'm not going I along with my co-authors have prepared an update to the rich pointers paper. It took a while for us to update the paper because contributing to the C++ standard isn't...

Published 09-28-2012 12:00 PM by C++ Soup!

Filed under: standards

cpp-netlib: HTTP API Plans Update; Part III - Details

This is the final part of the series on the HTTP API Plans. The previous two posts shed light on the history and the current issues with cpp-netlib's implementation and why we'd like to make changes to the client and server API now. In this post...

Published 09-27-2012 12:00 PM by C++ Soup!

Filed under: cpp-netlib

cpp-netlib: HTTP API Plans Update; Part II - Current Issues

Yesterday's article was an abbreviated history of the cpp-netlib project. Before I go into greater detail on the planned HTTP API updates (see the document here ) I'll write about what the current challenges are with the library and getting changes...

Published 09-26-2012 12:00 PM by C++ Soup!

Filed under: cpp-netlib

cpp-netlib: HTTP API Plan Updates; Part I - History

With Glyn's work on the URI proposal the C++ Network Library project has been moving forward onto bigger goals. One of these goals is the overhaul and update of the library to use more C++11 features and to update the HTTP client and server implementations...

Published 09-25-2012 12:00 PM by C++ Soup!

Filed under: cpp-netlib

C++ Standard Proposals: A Standard URI Type

Much has been going on with The C++ Network Library project even though I've not personally been productive this past few months. Glyn Matthews (follow @glynos and on Google+ ) has been hard at work in getting the URI library implementation in cpp...

Published 09-24-2012 12:00 PM by C++ Soup!

Filed under: cpp-netlib, standards

Portland Meeting: Oct. 15-19, 2012

It's just a few weeks away and the ISO C++ Committee will be meeting again this time in Portland, Oregon. If you're interested in the agenda, you can find it from the official Post-Kona Mailing ( N3373 ). Just like the previous meeting the committee...

Published 09-19-2012 8:00 AM by C++ Soup!

Filed under: updates, standards, c++11

C++11 -- The Time is Now

All the compiler vendors are racing to get C++11 features supported. There's currently a C++ "arms race" that's only benefitting users and the community at large. I don't currently have the time to survey the various language features...

Published 09-14-2012 7:38 AM by C++ Soup!

Filed under: thoughts, c++11

The C++ Network Library: New Release and Updates

After a bit of development (and a little stagnation) since the 0.9.2 release, I'm proud to announce that cpp-netlib 0.9.3 is now available for general availability. This release will be supported for one year until March 30, 2013. You can download...

Published 03-21-2012 8:32 AM by C++ Soup!

Filed under: community, cpp-netlib

Post-Kona Mailing and More Libraries

Beach, laptop, flip-flops, and C++. Kona, Hawai'i. It took a while for me to get to writing up my experiences on the first ever ISO C++ Committee meeting that I attended in Kona, Hawai'i. There are around 70 attendees and I'm one of the few...

Published 03-06-2012 9:08 AM by C++ Soup!

Filed under: library, updates, standards

Rich Pointers: Frequently Asked Questions

Towards the end of last week the Pre-Kona ISO C++ Committee Mailing was released. This featured a few very important papers for the Evolution Working Group (EWG) regarding Concepts ( N3351 ), Modules ( N3347 ), and Static If ( N3322 ). Rich Pointers ...

Published 01-23-2012 2:34 AM by C++ Soup!

Filed under: standards

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Hiatus and Reflections

cpp-netlib.org is here!

Different Forms of Polymorphism

Value Semantics and Polymorphism

Musings: Design and Computation

Rich Pointers (Update) and Reflection

cpp-netlib: HTTP API Plans Update; Part III - Details

cpp-netlib: HTTP API Plans Update; Part II - Current Issues

cpp-netlib: HTTP API Plan Updates; Part I - History

C++ Standard Proposals: A Standard URI Type

Portland Meeting: Oct. 15-19, 2012

C++11 -- The Time is Now

The C++ Network Library: New Release and Updates

Post-Kona Mailing and More Libraries

Rich Pointers: Frequently Asked Questions