Scott Meyers Retires From Involvement With C++ (blogspot.com)

Posted by Soulskill on Friday January 1, 2016 @03:20AM from the so-long,-and-thanks-for-all-the-best-practices dept.

An anonymous reader writes: If you've studied C++ any time in the past 25 years, you've probably read something by Scott Meyers. He wrote Effective C++, regarded by many as one of the top two books for learning to work with the language. He also wrote similar books about changes in C++11 and C++14, as well as making good use of the Standard Template Library. He's been a seemingly endless source of instructional videos, articles, and helpful answers on Usenet and StackOverflow. Unfortunately for us, Meyers has now decided to move on. "25 years after publication of my first academic papers involving C++, I'm retiring from active involvement with the language. It's a good time for it. My job is explaining C++ and how to use it, but the C++ explanation biz is bustling. ... My voice is dropping out, but a great chorus will continue." Thanks for all the help, Scott.

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Another shameless profit-monger... by andrewa · 2016-01-01 04:08 · Score: 3, Funny

Scott was one of the many greedy people to profit from Stroustrup's clever industry cons! Read this revealing leaked interview (Invention of C++) from 1998 and learn the truth!

Sarcasm mode off...
Thanks Scott! You will be missed!

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Re: Rust is the successor to C++. by Anonymous Coward · 2016-01-01 04:29 · Score: 2, Funny

Let's cobble together a newfangled language with a hip new syntax every few years. Yeah, that'll be great for the industry.