CppCast

Rob and Jason are joined by Ian Lance Taylor from Google. They first discuss an announcement from Conan and a blog post about embedding files into C++ applications using string literals. Then they talk to Ian Lance Taylor about the Go programming language. News Join the new Conan 2.0 Tribe C++ 70x faster file embeds using string literals Online meetups Links Go Go's GitHub repository Sponsors Clang Power Tools

Rob and Jason are joined by Josh Filstrup from Netflix. They first discuss an update to wxWidgets and a bug fix update in GCC. Then they talk to Josh about his background in Programming Languages and how he transitioned to work in the Visual Effects industry, including his current job at the studio engineering group at Netflix. News wxWidgets 3.14 Release GCC 10.2 Release C++ On Sea videos coming online Links USD VFX Platform Resurrecting the SuperH architecture DCDigital - REAL Dreamcast 1080p HDMI Output CppCon 2014: Chandler Carruth "Efficiency with Algorithms, Performance with Data Structures" Sponsors PVS-Studio. Write #cppcast in the message field on the download page and get one month license PVS-Studio is now in Compiler Explorer! Free PVS-Studio for Students and Teachers

Rob and Jason are joined by Andrew Selle from Google. They first discuss Ranges support being added to Visual Studio, and Compiler Explorer's support for using some libraries. Then they talk to Andrew Selle from Google about Machine Learning with Tensorflow and Tensorflow Lite which he was one of the initial architects for. News Initial support for Ranges in MSVC Support for Libraries in Compiler Explorer Cmake 3.18 Release Links TensorFlow TensorFlow users TensorFlow on small and mobile devices Eigen library for linear algebra using expression templates C Bindings for TensorFlow AI Responsibilities Sponsors PVS-Studio. Write #cppcast in the message field on the download page and get one month license PVS-Studio is now in Compiler Explorer! Free PVS-Studio for Students and Teachers

Rob and Jason are joined by Bruno Cardoso Lopes. They first discuss an update to Mesonbuild and CppCon going virtual. Then they talk about Bruno's work on Clang including clang modules and work on a pattern matching implementation. News Meson Release Notes 0.55 Writing an LLVM Optimization CppCon Going Virtual Links SHRINK: Reducing the ISA complexity via instruction recycling SPARC16: A New Compression Approach for the SPARC Architecture P1247R0 - Disabling static destructors Sponsors Clang Power Tools

Rob and Jason are joined by Yining Karl Li and David Adler from Disney Animation Studios. They first discuss C++ conformance changes in Visual Studio 2019. Then Karl and David talk about the Hyperion Renderer and more. News C++20 Features and Fixes in VS 2019 16.1 through 16.6 JSExport: C++ in the browser made easy Magnum 2020.06 released Cpp On Sea: Full schedule, Nico Josuttis Keynote and Remo as a platform Links Disney's Hyperion Renderer Sorted Deferred Shading for Production Path Tracing The Design and Evolution of Disney’s Hyperion Renderer VFX Reference Platform Sponsors Clang Power Tools

Rob and Jason are joined by Michael Wong from CodePlay. They first discuss GCC 11 changing its default dialect to C++17 and polymorphic allocators. Then Michael shares an announcement of a new version of SYCL that was just released. And shares information about the multiple standards groups he is a member or chair of. News GCC 11: Change the default dialect to C++17 Build Bench Polymorphic Allocators, std::vector Growth and Hacking Links SYCL P2000 Michael Wong "Writing Safety Critical Automotive C++ Software for High Performance AI Hardware:" CppCon 2016: Gordon Brown & Michael Wong "Towards Heterogeneous Programming in C++" Sponsors PVS-Studio. Write #cppcast in the message field on the download page and get one month license Read the article "Checking the GCC 10 Compiler with PVS-Studio" covering 10 heroically found errors despite the great number of macros in the GCC code.

Rob and Jason are joined by Tara Walker from Microsoft. They first discuss the results of JetBrains C++ ecosystem survey and an article about bugs in Command & Conquer. Then Tara tells Rob and Jason all about Azure IoT, including the announcement of a new C++ SDK for embedded MCUs. News The Developer Ecosystem in 2020: How C++ is Doing The Code of the Command & Conquer Game: Bugs From the 90's. Volume one Compile-time Merge Sort [C++] Links Azure SDK for Embedded C Azure IoT Hub Paho TensorFlow Lite for Microcontrollers Sponsors PVS-Studio. Write #cppcast in the message field on the download page and get one month license Read the article "Checking the GCC 10 Compiler with PVS-Studio" covering 10 heroically found errors despite the great number of macros in the GCC code.

Rob and Jason are joined by Gabriel Dos Reis from Microsoft. They first discuss the recent articles about Microsoft switching from C++ to Rust and let Gaby set the record straight. Then Gaby talks about the final state of Modules, how Microsoft is using them internally, and Gaby's plans for the future of Modules and much more. News r/cpp comments on Web Assembly Use Cases Microsoft: Rust is the Industry's 'Best Chance' at Safe Systems Programming Why is std implementation so damn ugly Italian C++ Conference 2020 Videos Links Practical C++20 Modules and the future of tooling around C++ Modules with Cameron DaCamara Peeking Safely at a Table with Concepts with Gabriel Dos Reis CppCon 2019: Gabriel Dos Reis "Programming with C++ Modules: Guide for the Working" CPPP 2019 - C++ Modules: What You Should Know - Gabriel Dos Reis RustSec Advisory Database Sponsors Clang Power Tools Use code JetBrainsForCppCast during checkout at JetBrains.com for a 25% discount

Rob and Jason are joined by Ben Smith from Google, chair of the Web Assembly working group. They first discuss a blog post on how to ask for C++ coding help, conference news and a discussion on C++ IDEs and tools. Then Ben talks to them about the current state of Web Assembly, the future and alternative uses for Web Assembly like Virtual Machines and Emulators. News Toml++ v1.3.0 released How to ask for C++ coding help C++ On Sea Updates Huge discussion on C++ IDEs and editing tools Links Web Assembly Wasmtime Wasmer CppCon 2019: Ben Smith "Applied WebAssembly: Compiling and Running C++ in Your Web Browser" A Talk Near the Future of Python (a.k.a., Dave live-codes a WebAssembly Interpreter) Sponsors Clang Power Tools Use code JetBrainsForCppCast during checkout at JetBrains.com for a 25% discount

Rob and Jason are joined by author and ISO committee member Nico Josuttis. They first discuss a blog post on faster integer parsing and CppCon registration opening up. Then they talk to Nico about the book he is currently finishing on C++ Move Semantics and other books he's written in the past. They also discuss proposals that Nico has worked on for the ISO committee. News Black Lives Matter ACLU 15 Tech Organizations Actively Supporting Black Coders Black Tech for Black Lives Faster integer parsing Bjarna AMA CppCon Registration Open Links C++ Move Semantics - The Complete Guide CppCon 2019: Nicolai Josuttis "When C++ Style Guides Contradict" p0660 - Stop Tokens and a Joining Thread The C++ Standard Library C++ Templates - The Complete Guide C++17 - The Complete Guide Sponsors Clang Power Tools Use code JetBrainsForCppCast during checkout at JetBrains.com for a 25% discount