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This week we chat with Harald Achitz about a new ISO mirror in Sweden, the C++ community - in Sweden, and worldwide - and other topics (which may or may not include Cobol) We explore the underbelly of getting involved with standards work - not just the C++ one, as well as community building, language evolution and static analysis. Links: Svenska institutet för standarder (SIS)- Swedish Institute for StandardsStockholmCpp- Meetup pagegbgcpp - Gothenburg C++ Meetup- Meetup pageLinkCpp - Linköpings C++ User Group- Meetup pageMalmö C++ User Group- Meetup pageThe C++ user groups of Sweden- User groups in Sweden and worldwide

We're back! Again! And so is Dave Abrahams, after a long period outside the C++ community. So we thought we should hear about what he's been up to and what he's doing now. We end up getting some fascinating insights into the design and evolution of the Swift programming language, which Dave joined the team behind quite early on. While Swift draws inspiration from many languages, the core of the team behind it - including Dave - were C++ experts - but experts who wanted to take from the best, yet learn from the mistakes, of the past. Listen to this episode to find out if they pulled it off! Links: C++ on Sea 2022- Announcing next year's eventC++ North 2022 CfP- New C++ conference in TorontoC++Now 2022 Call For SubmissionsIntroducing Remote Development for JetBrains IDEsJetBrains Fleet- Early access for upcoming distributed editor/ IDEModernizing your code with C++20- Phil's post on the SonarSource blogDave's C++ Template Metaprogramming bookQuantum Physics For Dummies

This week, err... month, no, episode, we're joined by Anastasia Kazakova for a cross-over show with No Diagnostic Required - the other show that Phil co-hosts with Anastasia. We cover articles on static analysis, move semantics and expressive interfaces, three new std proposals, then chat about conferences, especially CppCon, which just finished for this year. Links: No Diagnostic RequiredC++ tools evolution: static code analyzers- from the PVS Studio blogEasy Way To Make Your Interface ExpressiveMoves in ReturnsP2445R0 - std::forward_likeP2461R0 - Closure-Based Syntax for ContractsP2465R1 - Standard Library Modules std and std.compatCppCast episode with Bryce- he talks about the std and std.compat modulesTimur Doumler's CppCon trip reportMeeting C++ 2021ADC (The Audio Developer Conference)C++ RussiaCPPP- "usually" in Paris

This episode is slightly different to the normal. Rather than being a pure cpp.chat session, it's a recording of an interview, conducted by KDAB, of a panel of C++ experts, including our own Jon Kalb - but also past cpp.chat guests Ivan Čukić and Jens Weller, as well as Matthias Kalle Dalheimer. The interview is around the future of C++, but also takes a look at its past and present. Links: C++, How it Got Here, Where it's Going- Write up of some of the topics discussedThe video version of the interview on KDAB's channel

In this episode we welcome back Tony and Klaus to talk about the SOLID Principles, and how they relate (or not), to C++. Tony is about to give a keynote at C++ Now about his take on the SOLID Principles. Klaus has been giving a talk on applying SOLID to C++ and even Phil has recently given a talk on a similar topic. Perhaps somebody should have mentioned this to Tony before! Along the way we get plenty of SOLID advice, discover what the single responsibility is that Tony's objects have, what COLID is, who is going to argue against Liskov, and who is just there for the jokes. The answer, of course, is: it depends. Links: Tony's upcoming C++ Now Keynote, 'SOLID, Revisited'Phil's talk at ACCU 2021, err, also called 'SOLID, Revisited'- Subtitle: The State of the MatterA SOLID talk from Klaus- 'Breaking Dependencies: The SOLID Principles'Jon's talk, 'Object-Oriented Programming: Best Practices'The SOLID Principles (wikipedia)Kevlin Henney's talk, 'SOLID Deconstruction'Dan North's talk (slides), 'Why Every Element of SOLID Is Wrong!'Phil's talk, 'Seeking Simplicity'C++ NowC++ on Sea

This week we get back on track and chat with Christopher Di Bella from Google about working on the Chrome OS toolchain - including his newly finished concepts implementation. We talk a bit about the practicalities of bringing C++ 20 features to compilers, interoperating GCC and Clang and how to deal, portably, with std libraries that can’t be implemented without compiler support. Links: Concepts support in libc++- tweet, from Chris#include c++- a global, inclusive, and diverse community for developers interested in C++No Diagnostic Required- Phil's new(ish) podcast (with Anastasia Kazakova)Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs- Conor Hoekstra and Bryce Adelstein Lelbach's new(ish) podcastC++ Now- Registrations open, at time of releaseC++ on Sea- Call for Speakers, and early-bird registrations open, at time of release

This week we have a special panel made up of members of the C++ community, joined by members of the Rust community. We have a round table discussion of how the two languages relate, differ - and how entwined their fates may be. We also learn why Rust doesn't have random numbers, but why it's lucky to have Burnt Sushi. Links: The Rust Lang websiteFerrous Systems- Rust training and consultancyCppCast- The _other_ podcast, by C++ developers, for C++ developersGarden- A plant oriented game, written in Rust#include c++- a global, inclusive, and diverse community for developers interested in C++Burnt Sushi- Prolific Rust cargo author, Andrew Gallant, on github

This week we chat with Isabella (Izzy) Muerte about modules, build systems and more. We talk about xyr new job (which, at the time of recording, was with Netlify), and how that still involves working on build systems - but particularly CMake, where xe has found an intriguing special use for emoji! We segue into a discussion about modules, which Izzy was definitely down on a couple of years ago, and what xe thinks of them now. To avoid spoilers don’t read the title! Links: Izzy's (2017) rant on Modules'tag_invoke' - An Actually Good Way to Do Customization Points- Gašper Ažman's talk at C++ Londonbyteswap- P1272 - Byteswapping for fun&&nufretain_ptr- P0468 - An Intrusive Smart PointerLambda Expressions on cppreference- constexpr: explicitly specifies that the function call operator is a constexpr function. When this specifier is not present, the function call operator will be constexpr anyway, if it happens to satisfy all constexpr function requirements (since C++17)

This week we chat with Tony Van Eerd about what comes after Post Modern C++, what the single most important principle for good code is, and what Dr. Seuss and Shakespeare have to do with all this. The off-by-one jokes are regular, or at least semi-regular, but what proposals has Tony killed? And how can opening your mind to unexpected ways of thinking lead you to better code? Links: C++17 in Tony TablesC++20 in Tony TablesTony's CppCon lightning talk, 'The Songs of My People'- not the one referenced in the pastPost Modern C++ (at C++ Now 2017)Post Modern C++ (at CppCon 2017)Post Modern C++ (at C++ meetup Prague 2020)Dave Abrahams: how to design a good library

This week we chat with a Conor Hoekstra, about dreaming in algorithms, being a programming language addict and writing beautiful code. We look at what Conor is jealous of in other languages, why his competitive coding entry came dead last, and why he really likes sugar and dopamine. And is it really true that no-one is listening to Sean Parent? Note that this episode was recorded over four months before editing, so the news items are a bit stale. Links: C++ Events Affected By CoronavirusWorldwide C++ user group events on SwedenCppSean Parent - 'Compose This!'Conor's Leetcode entryConor's first algorithms talk, 'Algorithm Intuition'Conor's follow-up algorthms talk, 'Better Algorithm Intuition'Conor's talk, 'Beautiful Python Refactoring'

This week we chat with a vector-of-bool (a.k.a. Colby Pike). We talk about pseudonyms, modules, build systems and his standard layout proposal, Pitchfork. At the last minute we branch into TDD and what makes good design. But what prompts Michael Caisse, in the chat, to respond, "because we are not monsters", and why does that cat say "test first"? Links: The 'Dam Book'- John Lakos' long-awaited 'Large Scale C++ Volume 1'Upcoming C++ virtual meetups, worldwide- On the Sweden C++ usergroups sitePitchforkDDS

This week we chat with a Yuri Minaev, of PVS Studio, about static analysis - and why you shouldn't be skipping on this essential part of software development. Why is using a static analysis tool better than peer review (the clue is in the title)? Should you do both? What is the most common bug? And what does happen if you write to address zero? We also discuss the billion dollar mistake and the perils of copy & paste (and how you can mitigate them). All in all, a step towards safer coding. Links: Evaluate PVS-Studio- with promotion discount for cpp.chat listeners