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The Future of C++ As Seen By Its Creator

Posted by Zonk on from the fun-name-to-say dept.

holden writes "In a rare public talk, C++ creator Dr. Bjarne Stroustrup discusses his ideal in programming languages, as well how he sees the next version (and beyond) of C++ developing. He explains the general selection criteria used for adding new features, some of the legacy of C++, and many other interesting topics. Especially interesting is during the Q&A he explains his views of the embrace and extend mentality some implementations, such as VC++, have taken."

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  1. Torrents of vid available by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    Please use the torrents, and keep those torrent up and running after you're done d/l'ing.

    http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/files/stroustrup.ogg.to rrent Ogg/Theora (Recommended)
    http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/files/stroustrup.avi.to rrent XviD
    http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/files/stroustrup.mp4.to rrent MP4
    http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/files/stroustrup.mpg.to rrent MPEG

    AC to prevent karma whoring.

  2. Re:C Plus Plus Bye Bye by Omni-Cognate · · Score: 4, Informative

    Not that job listings are a particularly good indicator of anything, but from Monster:

    The C++ ones include plenty of new systems.

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    "The Milliard Gargantubrain? A mere abacus - mention it not."

  3. Re:The problem with VC++ by Jugalator · · Score: 4, Informative

    This discussion came up again with Visual Studio 2008 "Orcas" and plans seemingly a bit lacking once again for an improved C++ feature set and general love for IntelliSense, etc.

    Microsoft had the following to say:
    http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?Pos tID=970938&SiteID=1

    See bdunlap's response.

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    Beware: In C++, your friends can see your privates!
  4. Re:uh... by cerberusss · · Score: 4, Informative

    This thing's been forwarded around the net without the original author attached. However, I think I tracked it down to cddukes@unity.ncsu.edu... Any readers correct me if I'm wrong.

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