AI and Random Numbers
CppCast
09/15/23
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Frances Buontempo joins Phil and returning guest co-host, Matt Godbolt. Frances talks to us about her new book on modern C++ as well as her the topic of her previous book on machine learning. We discuss the differences between LLM-based AI and more statistical approaches, as well as where random numbers fit into all this and the limitations of their current support in C++.
News
- CppCon programme announced
- C++ on Sea videos
- "Inside STL" - The Old New Thing (August archive)
- Open source C++ projects that use modern C++ features (Reddit)
Links
- "C++ Bookcamp" (title may change) - Frances' new book
- "Genetic Algorithms and Machine Learning for Programmers" - Frances' previous book
- Overload issues (submit articles on the main ACCU site)
- Frances' paper bag escapology certificate
- Shannon's mind reading paper
- ERNIE (Electronic Random Number Indicator Equipment)
- P2059R0 - "Make Pseudo-random Numbers Portable" (defunct)
- "Using, Generating and Testing with Pseudo-Random Numbers" - Frances' ACCU 2023 talk
- "Program your way out of a paper bag" series:
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Physical Units and a System of Quantities
October 20, 2023
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Mateusz Pusz joins Phil and new guest co-host, Anastasia Kazakova. Mateusz talks to us about his physical units (and quantities) library, mp-units, why v2 is a complete redesign compared to the previous version, and how incorporating a system of quantities is so central to this new design.
News
- clang 17 released
- Conference videos released in October
- AMA with Abbas Sabra (automatic/ static analysis)
- Is it too hard for junior developers to get on the C++ career ladder (Reddit)
Links
- mp-units on GitHub
- mp-units - Documentation
- C++ on Sea 2023 video
- The Mars Climate Orbiter crash
- p1935 - "A C++ Approach to Physical Units"
- p2980 - "A motivation, scope, and plan for a physical quantities and units library"
- p2981 - "Improving our safety with a physical quantities and units library"
- p2982 - "std::quantity as a numeric type"
- p3003 - "The design of a library of number concepts"
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