A group working on the development of the hugely popular C++ programming language has outlined a path to make the language "memory safe" -- just like its younger rival, Rust. Widespread warnings about ...

Bjarne Stroustrup, creator of C++, has issued a call for the C++ community to defend the programming language, which has been shunned by cybersecurity agencies and technical experts in recent years ...

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I just ran across a "leaked" interview with programming language C++ author Bjarne Stroustrup where he clames to have developed C++ for the express intent of creating a demand for programmers after ...

The International Organization for Standardization's (ISO) C++ group, Working Group 21 (WG21), has agreed upon the finalized version of 'C++20', the first major update to the 35 year-old programming ...

A meta-program is "executed" as the result of template instantiation (therefore, before compiled code is produced). Meta-program results are then compiled and merged into object code, including any ...

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The vaunted C++ programming language, which overtook Java last month in the monthly Tiobe Index of language popularity, was the index’s biggest gainer in 2022, Tiobe announced this week. C++ ...

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Bjarne Stroustrup is on a mission to simplify generic programming. In a recently published paper titled “Concepts: The Future of Generic Programming,” Stroustrup makes the case for concepts as a ...