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Welcome to this board!
 
Welcome to the lounge forum in C++.com! In this forum, users can to talk about topics other than programming. Feel free to participate in a constructive and p...
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Guidelines are not rules
 
See: https://arne-mertz.de/2024/03/core-guidelines-are-not-rules/
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C++ Safety in Context
 
See: https://herbsutter.com/2024/03/11/safety-in-context/
[2 replies] Last: @seeplus Thanks for you post, great to see some fight back for the BS ... (by TheIdeasMan)
Program testing works... when you’ve enabled it...
 
Spent two hours trying to figure out why my X11 window wasn’t getting keyboard focus and input. It was. ...I had just turned off all my debugging output ...
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Where to get dictionaries for spellcheck during coding?
 
I'm coding in VSCode and use the extension called cSpell which let's me set custom dictionaries to spell check code, comments and any text in source files. P...
[7 replies] Last: You’re welcome. :O) (by Duthomhas)
by jonnin
moron in chief teams with M$ to diss C++
 
Looks like the US government wants to fix all our problems for us... brought to you by the same guy who thinks firing your shotgun thru the door at a unknown an...
[5 replies] Last: Governments are always trying to remove the innate ability of programm... (by seeplus)
Finally switched to Linux Mint (1,2)
 
Got a new PC (finally) and since it is really nice, modern hardware I am finally making the move from Windows. I liked Windows 7. Very clean, good OS. Windo...
[25 replies] Last: Unlike MacOS or Windows there are more than one option available for ... (by jonnin)
Visual Studio 17.9 now available
 
Fair warning, to just install this update requires .NET Framework 4.7.2 or later. Boo!
[1 reply] : Oops! I forgot the release notes link: https://learn.microsoft.com/e... (by George P)
My daughter is awesome II
 
My wife and daughter were sitting on the bed just now, watching New Year's videos, and something flashy came on with apparently kind of cool content. wife: T...
[2 replies] Last: Well, tonight my daughter and I played a violin duet in public for the... (by Duthomhas)
Oh, my!
 
Now at least one person is talking about proposed C+++26 features: https://www.cppstories.com/2024/constexpr-number-parsing-cpp23/ I'm still wrapping my b...
[13 replies] Last: I don't think that's the direction it's going in. I know being reaso... (by George P)
Visual Studio, C++23's import std; and VS Intellisense
 
Gotta love the very clear and easy to understand error message for a C++23 bit of code: Error (active) E3467 the partition "syntax.binary-fold-expression" s...
[4 replies] Last: M'ok, so I misread what was going on. I admit I just gave the link a ... (by George P)
Woo-hoo!
 
I was able to successfully fork, update and make a pull request on a GitHub repository! For this self-taught programming hobbyist this is a "BIG DEAL!" I fo...
[3 replies] Last: That "no mercy for beginners" is very evident, and was making it hard ... (by George P)
How much will you forget in 1yr, 2yrs..etc?
 
Just curious if you guys have gone months without looking at C++ & how much do you forget? It is probably a function of how long you have been doing it in the f...
[16 replies] Last: Six months seems like record time, wish I was exposed to C++ starting ... (by SubZeroWins)
I really can’t stand SO
 
The philosophy behind the site creation seemed nice, but in actual operation it is straight up evil and frustrating. I stopped posting answers because I fund...
[6 replies] Last: I'm honestly surprised it gets any new questions at all More and mor... (by George P)
Clang with Visual Studio
 
With VS2022 17.6.5 (latest version that works with Windows 7) the Clang version installed is 15.0.1 Is it possible to update this version of clang to the la...
[5 replies] Last: IIRC all C++20 features should be available in that particular VS 20... (by George P)
by lul
how do you improve your skills over the years
 
Joined a big tech company and got promoted to L4. Joined another big tech company as sde2, being put to dev plan for underperforming. The company I'm in i...
[4 replies] Last: @George P thank you for the comment. It really inspires me a lot (by lul)
Interesting std::string changes in C++20/23
 
Six Handy Operations for String Processing in C++20/23 https://www.cppstories.com/2023/six-handy-ops-for-string-processing/ starts_with(), ends_with(), co...
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Visual Studio 17.8 now available
 
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/visual-studio-17-8-now-available/
[1 reply] : Also: Introducing Visual Studio 17.9 – Preview 1 is Here https://d... (by George P)
CMake officially supports C++20 modules
 
https://www.kitware.com/import-cmake-the-experiment-is-over/ C++ 20 named modules are now supported in CMake 3.28 and newer when using Ninja and Visual Studi...
[3 replies] Last: One of the easiest ways to use modules: just change the #include to im... (by George P)
Rainer Grimm
 
This is Grimm's latest blog re ranges: https://www.modernescpp.com/index.php/the-ranges-library-in-c20-design-choices/ In it he also discloses that he has the...
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