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CppCon 2014: Herb Sutter "Back to the Basics! Essentials of Modern C++ Style"

CppCon · talk · Watch on YouTube

C, C++, Rust, Go & systems languages

What it is

Herb Sutter revisits basic C++ questions in light of C++11 and C++14: how to declare and initialize variables, pass values to functions, write loops, and use smart pointers. It covers auto, rvalue references, range-for, uniform initialization, lambdas, unique_ptr and shared_ptr.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN people list it among the go-to talks for learning or refreshing modern C++ style, and cite it for Sutter's guidance on function parameter passing.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2014, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “Read it! And watch the youtube video in [1].”

    Herb Sutter's talk on modern C++.

    jerv, 2014-12 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: How to refresh on modern features of C++?”

  2. “Back to the Basics! Essentials of Modern C++ Style”

    Listed among Sutter talks for learning modern C++.

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

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Topics: c++11, c++14, smart pointers, herb sutter, cppcon

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