From Self Taught to Committee Member's First Accepted Paper
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08/10/26
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Jason and Mathieu are joined by the self-taught Alex (Waffl3x) to discuss the C++ standards committee, defaulted post-fix operators, and self-taught computer engineering. Alex shares his experience of joining the C++ Committee and his efforts to get more people involved.
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- Mateusz needs help with his logarithmic unit design
- EuroLLVM 2026 security related talks
- A set of papers related to safety in the July mailing
- Brno mailing (2026-07)
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Jason and Mathieu are joined by Mark Guidarelli to discuss the history of C++ and esoteric programming languages, Mark's own development history spanning four decades, and what "merging" used to mean before source control.
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- Gor Nishanov, author of C++ coroutines, recently passed away
- C++ Documentary was released
- Check out the C++ Perf Quiz
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