
Efficient Programming with Components
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08/19/21
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Rob and Jason are joined by Justin Meiners. They first talk about a big boost library update, and whether Valgrind is still useful compared to sanitizers. Then they talk to Justin Meiners about Alex Stepanov, his contribution to the STL and some of his courses that are still relevant to today's C++ programmers.
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- Boost v1.77.0
- Intel C/C++ compilers complete adoption of LLVM
- Valgrind - A neglected tool from the shadows or a serious debugging tool?
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- Efficient Programming with Components - YouTube Playlist
- Efficient Programming with Components - Notes by Justin Meiners
- Merge with fewer comparisons (using goto)
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