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CppCon 2015: Herb Sutter "Writing Good C++14... By Default"

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C, C++, Rust, Go & systems languagesCompilers, interpreters & program analysis

What it is

Herb Sutter's CppCon 2015 plenary on writing safe, modern C++ by default using the C++ Core Guidelines. It includes a demo of lifetime-checking static analysis tooling.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN cites it in C++ versus Rust safety debates for its lifetime profile demo, and recommends it as a modern C++ talk.

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 5 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2015, last 2018

What HN commenters said

  1. “Take a look at Herb Sutter's CppCon talk this year”

    Points to Sutter's talk on making C++ code safe by default.

    something123, 2015-09 · Recommendation · in “When Rust Makes Sense, or The State of Typed Languages”

  2. “Here is a video of his talk and includes a demo of the upcoming static analysis tool”

    Sutter addresses lifetime safety with a demo of an upcoming static analysis tool.

    jbandela1, 2015-11 · Recommendation · in “Rust Lifetimes”

  3. “Is also rather uplifting”

    Uplifting talk on modern C++ among a curated CppCon playlist.

    e12e, 2016-05 · Recommendation · in “Why I don't spend time with Modern C++ anymore”

  4. “Some of the Herb Sutter videos, "Writing Good C++14... By Default”

    One of several recommended talks for learning modern C++.

    pjmlp, 2018-03 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: Best way to learn modern C++?”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: c++ core guidelines, lifetime profile, static analysis, herb sutter, cppcon

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