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CppCast

Mathieu Ropert & Jason Turnercppcast.com
Once a month, Jason sits down with guests from the C++ community to discuss the latest news and what they have been up to. Find us at cppcast.com
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Rcpp

Dirk Eddelbuettel joins Rob and Jason. They first talk about an updated C++ web framework, and whether C should be considered a programming language or a protocol. Then they talk to Dirk about the R programming language, and RCPP the R/C++ interop library. News Crow v1.0 released C++23 will be really awesome C isn't A Programming Language Anymore Links Rcpp Rcpp: Seamless R and C++ Integration Patreon CppCast Patreon...

Apr 21, 20221 hrEp. 346

CppNorth

Diana Ojeda from Intel and Stephanie Brenham from Ubisoft join Rob and Jason. They first talk about the upcoming Pure Virtual C++ conference, an update to WxWidgets and Apple's release of a Metal interface for C++. Then they talk to Diana and Stephanie about the upcoming CppNorth conference, how they got involved and much more. News Sign Up for the Pure Virtual C++ 2022 Conference wxWidgets 3.1.6 Released Getting started with Metal-cpp Links CppNorth CppNorth Workshops CppNorth Registration Patr...

Apr 14, 20221 hrEp. 345

Mentorship

Rainer Grimm joins Rob and Jason. They first talk about a new implementation of the ninja build system and updates to Qt Creator and CMake. Then they talk to Rainer Grimm about his mentorship program, and history of teaching C++. News N2: revisiting ninja Qt Creator 7 released Cmake 3.23.0 available C++20 Ranges: The Key Advantage - Algorithm Composition Links Modernes C++ Rainer's German Blog Mentoring Program Sponsors Use code JetBrainsForCppCast during checkout at JetBrains.com for a 25% disc...

Apr 07, 20221 hrEp. 344

Julia

Logan Kilpatrick joins Rob and Jason. They first talk about a GDB frontend and an IDE like autocompletion tool for the terminal. Then they talk to Logan Kilpatrick about the Julia programming language. They discuss the origin of the language, and where it fits in today amongst other languages in the scientific computing domain. News Seer - a new gui frontend to gdb IDE style autocomplete for your terminal Nvidia: 'We are a Quantum Computing Company' Links Julia Sponsors Use code JetBrainsForCppC...

Mar 31, 20221 hrEp. 343

Zig

Andrew Kelley joins Rob and Jason. They first say Happy 25th Birthday to Visual Studio and discuss a tool for parsing GCC error logs. Then they talk to Andrew Kelley, the president of the Zig Software Foundation. He talks about the Zig language, upcoming changes to its build tooling, and how Zig can be used with C and C++. News Happy 25th birthday Visual Studio GCC Explorer: A utility for exploring GCC error logs GCC Explorer Divide & Conquer and Sets: The 114 C++ algorithms series C++ Best ...

Mar 25, 20221 hrEp. 342

Swift and C++ Interoperability

Dave Abrahams joins Rob and Jason. They first talk about JeanHeyd Meneid's blog post on saving C's ABI. Then they talk to Dave about his history as a founding contributor of boost and the current workgroup he is a part of to enable bidirectional interop between swift and C++. News To Save C, We Must Save the ABI Jluna C++ interop for Julia Emulating template named arguments in C++ 20 Links Swift and C++ interoperability workgroup announcement C++ Interoperability Status Getting started with C++ ...

Mar 17, 20221 hrEp. 341

New C++ Scope and Debugging Support

René Ferdinand Rivera Morell joins Rob and Jason. They first talk about a new cmake initialization project and some projects in the C++ show and tell. Then they talk to René about his open letter to the C++ committee about expanding its scope to include tooling and other related technologies. News Execution and Static Analysis Support for MSVC on Compiler Explorer Cmake-init C++ Show and Tell experiment Links New C++ Scope Attending C++ Standards Committee Meetings During a Pandemic Debugging Su...

Mar 10, 20221 hrEp. 340

Secure Coding and Integers

Robert Seacord joins Rob and Jason. They first talk about a constexpr wordle game and constexpr unique_ptr being added to the standard. Then they talk to Robert Seacord about secure coding and his thoughts on integers. News Wordlexpr: compile-time wordle in C++20 January ISO Mailing Constexpr unique_ptr accepted Rainer's bundle on sale 1/2 off with sales going to support Ukraine Links Joy of Coding Humble Bundle Effective C - An Introduction to Professional C Programming Secure Coding in C and C...

Mar 03, 20221 hrEp. 339

Teaching Embedded Development

Khalil Estell joins Rob and Jason. They first talk about Matt Godbolt's recent keynote at CPPP on C++'s Superpower. Then they talk to Khalil about teaching C++ embedded development and some of his thoughts on embedded development, including why not to avoid runtime polymorphism. News CPPP Keynote: C++'s Superpower - Matt Godbolt Visual Studio 2022 17.1 is now available Making a cross platform mobile & desktop app with Qt 6.2 VSCode Map Preview Links libembeddedhal San Jose State University G...

Feb 25, 20221 hrEp. 338

GDAL and PDAL

Howard Butler joins Rob and Jason. They first talk about an announcement from Swift on a C++ interoperability workgroup. Then they talk to Howard Butler about the C++ Geospatial libraries GDAL and PDAL, and his involvement with geospatial development. News Swift and C++ interoperability workgroup announcement The mystery of the crash that seems to be on a std::move operation How we used C++20 to eliminate an entire class of runtime bugs Links hobu GDAL GDAL on GitHub PDAL PDAL on GitHub Cloud Op...

Feb 18, 20221 hrEp. 337

5G Network Computing

Yacob Cohen-Arazi joins Rob and Jason. They first talk about an update to Microsoft's GSL library and the upcoming LLVM v14. Then they talk to Kobi about work he's done at Qualcomm with 5G networks and how 5G is about a lot more then just bandwidth improvements. News Nerd Talk - Doug McIlroy & Brian Kernighan GSL 4.0.0 is Available Now gsl-lite I don't know which container to use (and at this point I'm too afraid to ask) LLVM/Clang 14 ends Feature Development with better C++20 support, Armv9...

Feb 11, 20221 hrEp. 336

Unix and C History

Brian Kernighan joins Rob and Jason. They first talk about the pros and cons of virtual teaching and training during COVID times, and the news that BOLT has been merged into LLVM. Then they talk to Brian about the history of UNIX and C development at Bell Labs. News More than a year of virtual classes experience - The good parts BOLT merged into LLVM C++ Cheat Sheets Links Brian Kernighan Unix: A History and a Memoir (Amazon) The C Programming Language (Amazon) Sponsors Indicate the #cppcast has...

Feb 04, 20221 hrEp. 335

Docker Development and Modernizing OOD

Yacob Cohen-Arazi joins Rob and Jason. They first talk about the first ISO mailing of the year and some upcoming conference dates. Then they talk to Yacob about his experience building and running docker containers for C++ software development and his work updating code examples for an upcoming C++ Object Oriented book. News Amazon: Copy and Reference Puzzlers Leanpub: Copy and Reference Puzzlers ISO January Mailing C++ Discord Bot Library CLIon UX Study C++Now 2022 Call For Submissions CppCon 2...

Jan 27, 20221 hrEp. 334

Binary Exploits

Marit Tokle and Christian Ressell join Rob and Jason. They first talk about a Y2K like bug that unexpectedly hit us in the new year. Then they talk about binary exploits, why they're still relevant, and a particular binary exploit that Marit and Christian demonstrated during their recent talk at NDC Techtown. They also talk about 'Capture The Flag' security competitions. News YYMMDDHHMM just overflowed a signed 32 bit int James Webb Space Telescope runs on C++ My Mentoring Program "Fundamentals ...

Jan 20, 20221 hrEp. 333

C++ Compile Time Parser Generator

Rob and Jason are joined by Piotr Winter. They first talk about include guards vs pragma once, testing for constexpr and the preview of Catch v3. Then they talk to Piotr Winter about CTPG, the C++ Compile Time Parser Generator. News Include guards or #pragma once Test an expression for constexpr friendliness Catch v3 Preview 4 Links C++ Compile Time Parser Generator Peter Winter's Blog Deadline24 2013 | Future Processing Sponsors Indicate the #cppcast hashtag and request your PVS-Studio one-mont...

Jan 13, 20221 hrEp. 332

Modern C for Absolute Beginners

Rob and Jason are joined by Slobodan Dmitrovic. They first talk about the latest update to the {fmt} library, another Raymond Chen blogpost, and a summary of ISO standardization progress made in 2021. Then they talk to Slobodan about his new book Modern C for Absolute Beginners. News {fmt} v8.1.0 released You can't copy code with memcpy 2021 C++ Standardization Highlights Links Modern C for Absolute Beginners C++ and Friends Patreon CppCast Patreon...

Jan 06, 20221 hrEp. 331

New Years 2022

Rob and Jason discuss various news articles, libraries and announcements on the last episode of 2021 before the new year. News C++ logging library - something I've been working on, Pt. 2 Do vectors get more use than what my textbook implies? This year receive the gift of a free Meson manual Microsoft VS 2022 and Floating-point to Integer Conversions Top 10 bugs found in C++ projects in 2021 Visual Studio Code C++ December 2021 Update: clang-tidy ImGui Command Palette Brand new C++20 serializatio...

Dec 31, 20211 hr 1 minEp. 330

Distributing C++ Modules

Rob and Jason are joined by Daniel Ruoso and Bret Brown from Bloomberg. They first talk about Jason's new Object Lifetime Puzzle book and a blost post from Kevlin Henney on Agile processes. Then they talk to Daniel and Bret about their research into using Modules at Bloomberg, and some of the changes still needed from compilers and build systems to use Modules in large scale software development. News Boost v1.78 Object Lifetime Puzzlers Book 1 Agility ≠ Speed Links p2409: Requirements for Usage...

Dec 16, 20211 hrEp. 329

Beautiful C++

Rob and Jason are joined by Kate Gregory and Guy Davidson. They first talk about a free online game development course and updates to CLion. Then they talk to Kate and Guy about their upcoming book: Beautiful C++: 30 Core Guidelines for Writing Clean, Safe, and Fast Code. News C++ Game Programming course on YouTube CLion 2021.3 Modernizing Your Code With C++20 Links Beautiful C++: 30 Core Guidelines for Writing Clean, Safe, and Fast Code on Amazon Kate Gregory's Blog - Beautiful C++: 30 Core Gui...

Dec 09, 20211 hrEp. 328

Software Architecture with C++

Rob and Jason are joined by Adrian Ostrowski and Piotr Gaczowki. They first talk about profiling tools and reverse iterators. Then they talk to Adrian and Piotr about their book on C++ Software Architecture, and what all C++ developers can learn from it. News Another way of looking at C++ reverse iterators C++ Profiling and Benchmarking Tools in 2021 A footnote on "Three reasons to pass std::string_view by value" Links Software Architecture with C++ Software Architecture with C++ on Amazon Spons...

Dec 02, 20211 hrEp. 327

Mdspan and Too Cute C++ Tricks

Rob and Conor are joined by Daisy Hollman. They first talk about C++23's approaching feature freeze including Daisy's work on the mdspan proposal. Then they talk to Daisy about her recent 'too cute' CppCon talk and whether you should be writing cute code in production. News JetBrains CppCon Talks C++23: Near the Finish Line Cmake 3.22.0 available for download Links p0009 mdspan Daisy Hollman - What you can learn from being too cute - Meeting C++ online Petrify App PMD Source Code Analyzer #inclu...

Nov 25, 20211 hrEp. 326

Deducing This

Rob and Jason are joined by Gašper Ažman. They first talk about some resources for learning C++ and learning how to work on the LLVM compiler. Then they talk to Gašper about the Deducing This feature coming to C++23, how the feature worked its way through the ISO committee and what it will change. News ADSP: The Podcast The Array Cast C++ By Example JetBrains CppCon Early Access CppCon 2021 trip report How to learn Compilers LLVM Edition Links p0847 Deducing This Defining Contracts Sponsors Use ...

Nov 11, 20211 hrEp. 325

Visual Studio 2022

Rob and Jason are joined by Sy Brand from Microsoft. They first talk about the recent CppCon conference, the hybrid format and some of their favorite talks. Then they talk to Sy about the upcoming Visual Studio 2022 release, what's new in the IDE and new features and improvements for C++ developers. News WG21 October Mailing CppCon 2021 Virtual Trip Report, A User Story Extending and Simplifying C++: Thoughts on Pattern Matching using is and as - Herb Sutter Links Visual Studio 2022 Release Note...

Nov 04, 20211 hrEp. 324

C++23 ISO Progress

Rob and Jason are joined by Bryce Adelstein Lelbach. They first talk about SonarLint analysis, and searching algorithm performance and an observation on compiler diversity. Then they talk to Bryce about the proposals that are heading for C++23, including major changes to the executor and networking proposals. News Supercharge your C++ analysis with SonarLint for Clion Efficiently searching an array with GCC, Clang and ICC C++ Committee polling results for asynchronous programming Links P0443R13 ...

Oct 28, 20211 hrEp. 323

JIT Compilation and Exascale Computing

Rob and Jason are joined by Hal Finkel from the US Department of Energy. They first talk to Hal about the LLVM 13 release and why the release notes were lacking. Then they talk to Hal about his C++ JIT Proposal, the Clang prototype and how it could be used. They also talk about Hal's work at DOE, Exascale computing and more. News LLVM 13 released Some lesser-known powers of std::optional Barbarian, an open and distributed Conan package index! Links ClangJIT P1609R1 C++ Should Support Just-in-Tim...

Oct 21, 20211 hrEp. 322

EVE - the Expressive Vector Engine

Rob and Jason are joined by Joël Falcou and Denis Yaroshevskiy. They first talk about the 6.2 release of Qt and the range-based for loop bug that won't be getting fixed in C++23. Then they talk to Joel and Denis about EVE, a C++20 SIMD library that evolved from Boost.SIMD. News QT 6.2 LTS Released GDBFrontend C++ Committee don’t want to fix range-based for loop in C++23 (broken for 10yrs) Links EVE on GitHub EVE example on Compiler Explorer CppCon 2021: SIMD in C++20: EVE of a new Era Meeting C+...

Oct 14, 20211 hrEp. 321

Autonomous UAS

Rob and Jason are joined by Brandon Duick and Billy Sisson from Exyn Technologies. They first discuss the upcoming CppCon hybrid conference and a new tuple library for C++20. Then they talk to Brandon and Billy about the autonomous UAS/Drone software they work on at Exyn Technologies. News CppCon 2021 Program Announced Tuplet: A lightweight Tuple Library for Modern C++ Span should have a converting constructor from initializer_list Links Exyn Technology Careers Exyn - Autonomy Level 4 First Dog ...

Oct 07, 20211 hrEp. 320

Joedb

Rob and Jason are joined by Remi Coulom from Kayufu. They first discuss another blog posts about the ongoing ABI problems in C++ and another on common mistakes with comparison functions. Then they talk to Remi about Joedb, the Journal-Only Embedded Database. News Dicontinue Sourcetrail Binary Banshees and Digital Demons Djinni generator release v1.2.0 Opzioni Everybody Makes Mistakes When Writing Comparison Functions Links Joedb - Journal-Only Embedded Database Kayufu - Artificial Intelligence i...

Sep 30, 20211 hrEp. 319

CoreCpp 2021

Rob and Jason are joined by Amir Kirsh and Avi Lachmish from Incredibuild. They first discuss Idle, a new C++ framework, the September ISO mailing and an Algorithm Intuition Chart. Then they talk to Amir and Avi about the recent CoreCpp conference, Bjarne's keynote and other talks from the conference. News Idle: an asynchronous and hot-reloadable C++ dynamic component framework September ISO Mailing Algorithm Intuition Chart Links Core Cpp Conference Bjarne Stroustrup Live on Core C++ Conference...

Sep 23, 20211 hrEp. 318

Dart and Crafting Interpreters

Rob and Jason are joined by Bob Nystrom from Google. They first discuss git commands explained via cats and an analysis of how Visual Studio 2022 could use all your RAM. Then they talk to Bob about some of the programming languages he's created, his two books 'Crafting Interpreters' and 'Game Programming Patterns' and his work on the Dart programming language at Google. News Safer Usage of C++ in Chrome Git commands explained with cats Meeting Embedded 2021 How Visual Studio 2022 ate up to 100GB...

Sep 16, 20211 hrEp. 317
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