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CppCon 2017: Herb Sutter “Meta: Thoughts on generative C++”
At CppCon 2017 Herb Sutter presents his work on evolving C++ through compile-time code generation, including metaclasses and reflection. The aim is to make the language both more powerful and simpler by letting programmers express intent directly.
Why HN readers recommended it
Praised as the best talk of CppCon 2017 and the key introduction to metaclasses and generative C++.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- CppCon
- Topic
- c++ metaclasses and reflection
- Format
- talk
- Level
- advanced
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2017–2020
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From the original HN conversations
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Herb Sutter's talk about it is by far the best talk I've seen from from CppCon17. "Meta: Thoughts on generative C++" - [VIDEO]
slavik81 on Hacker News · 2017-10
In C++17 Is Here: Interview with Herb SutterThe talk about the reflection proposal was amazing. Meta classes are also very cool. We can only hope it comes fast. [VIDEO]
xaedes on Hacker News · 2018-01
In Outperforming LAPACK with C++ metaprogramming
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