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C++ Extensions: Rich Pointers

Some time towards the end of 2011 I officially became a member of the ISO C++ Committee as part of Google's delegation. Around the same time I wrote about a few extensions to C++ that I wanted to propose or at least help champion to the next version...

Published 01-13-2012 9:35 AM by C++ Soup!

Filed under: project, standards

New C++ Standard, New Focus

Now that the new version of C++, C++11 is out in the wild as an ISO C++ Standard, there’s a renewed focus on getting applications, tools, and books up to date with the new standard. The leaders of the ISO Committee have weighed in on the latest...

Published 10-31-2011 7:18 AM by C++ Soup!

Filed under: thoughts, community, c++0x, Uncategorized, cpp-netlib

Minus the Header-Only Dogma

I’ve been working on the C++ Network Library for a few years already total but have been on-and-off with it until recently. One of the first decisions that I made in implementing the library was to try and do a header-only approach to implementing...

Published 08-25-2011 10:25 AM by C++ Soup!

Filed under: thoughts, community, insights, cpp-netlib

C++0x Is Official: Unanimously

Herb Sutter, one of the rock stars of the C++ development world has posted his thoughts and shares with the world that C++0x has been approved unanimously as an International Standard. From his post: The final ISO ballot on C++0x closed on Wednesday,...

Published 08-13-2011 4:45 AM by C++ Soup!

Filed under: c++0x, updates

cpp-netlib 0.9.1 Released!

Today marks another important day in my calendar as I’m proud to announce the general availability of cpp-netlib 0.9.1. You can now download the source packages from the Github download page. If you want to see what’s new you can head on to...

Published 08-04-2011 12:36 AM by C++ Soup!

Filed under: updates, announcement, boost, cpp-netlib

What You’ve Missed With C++: 2011 So Far

The past few months have been a jam-packed with a few developments in terms of C++. Not only did C++0x get the almost unanimous nod of the industry to be good enough to be called C++11 but there’s also a few stories that have come out that need...

Published 07-05-2011 9:18 AM by C++ Soup!

Filed under: thoughts, insights, roundup

cpp-netlib 0.9.0 Released!

After the one-week beta period for the 0.9.0 release, I’m happy to announce that the official 0.9.0 release is now available for general availability at the Github project downloads page. This 0.9.0 release is the first version of the library to...

Published 04-18-2011 9:19 AM by C++ Soup!

Filed under: project, announcement, boost, cpp-netlib

Memcache++ 0.12.2 Out, Last Release by Me

I have just finished tagging and uploading the 0.12.2 release of memcache++ which is a maintenance release that includes one diff away from 0.12.1 — you can download the library here. This release is the final release that I will be managing and...

Published 04-11-2011 2:26 AM by C++ Soup!

Filed under: project, library, announcement, memcache++

cpp-netlib 0.9-beta Out Now!

After months and months of delays, finally the 0.9-beta version of The C++ Network Library project is out now. The beta period will take a full week before an official release is made available for general availability. The 0.9 release will be the version...

Published 04-09-2011 5:42 AM by C++ Soup!

Filed under: announcement, cpp-netlib

C++0x will be C++ 2011

As you might already have heard from other places and read from other sources, the ISO C++ committee has now finally voted to publish the current Final Draft International Standard (FDIS) for the language referred to affectionately as C++0x. This means...

Published 03-28-2011 7:47 AM by C++ Soup!

Filed under: thoughts, insights, c++0x

Broken C++: Old Compilers

Up until recently I’ve only had to deal with standard-compliant C++. I’ve pretty much enjoyed writing C++ code that abides by an accepted and well-defined standard. This means I have been for the most part using most of the standard features...

Published 02-25-2011 4:04 AM by C++ Soup!

Filed under: thoughts, insights, rant

Software Engineering and C++

There is a largely unspoken understanding between/among C++ developers that goes a little something like this: “any sufficiently complex problem can be solved by working with the appropriate abstractions”. This is not a hard/fast rule but...

Published 01-25-2011 12:07 PM by C++ Soup!

Filed under: thoughts, insights

Hiatus, Coming Back!

If you follow the blog you will know that I typically try my best to write something meaningful either at the end or at the start of a new year. If you haven’t been following the blog that long I think you will find that it’s typical for blogs...

Published 01-13-2011 2:28 PM by C++ Soup!

Filed under: Uncategorized

2010 in review

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow. Crunchy numbers A helper monkey made this abstract painting, inspired...

Published 01-02-2011 5:13 AM by C++ Soup!

Filed under: Uncategorized

Agile C++ Development

I haven’t been writing much lately and that’s mostly because I’ve been ramping up work with a new client. That said, I’ve always wanted to write about how to do Agile Software Development with C++, but I didn’t have enough...

Published 12-14-2010 9:46 AM by C++ Soup!

Filed under: thoughts, insights, project

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