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The C++ Network Library: New Release and Updates

C++ Soup! — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:32:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Post-Kona Mailing and More Libraries

C++ Soup! — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 14:08:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Rich Pointers: Frequently Asked Questions

C++ Soup! — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:34:00 GMT

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 ...(read more)

C++ Extensions: Rich Pointers

C++ Soup! — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:35:00 GMT

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...(read more)

New C++ Standard, New Focus

C++ Soup! — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:18:39 GMT

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...(read more)

Minus the Header-Only Dogma

C++ Soup! — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:25:40 GMT

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...(read more)

C++0x Is Official: Unanimously

C++ Soup! — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 08:45:40 GMT

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,...(read more)

cpp-netlib 0.9.1 Released!

C++ Soup! — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 04:36:42 GMT

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...(read more)

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

C++ Soup! — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 13:18:06 GMT

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...(read more)

cpp-netlib 0.9.0 Released!

C++ Soup! — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:19:55 GMT

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...(read more)

Memcache++ 0.12.2 Out, Last Release by Me

C++ Soup! — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 06:26:44 GMT

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...(read more)

cpp-netlib 0.9-beta Out Now!

C++ Soup! — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 09:42:56 GMT

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...(read more)

C++0x will be C++ 2011

C++ Soup! — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:47:07 GMT

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...(read more)

Broken C++: Old Compilers

C++ Soup! — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 09:04:02 GMT

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...(read more)

Software Engineering and C++

C++ Soup! — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:07:04 GMT

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...(read more)