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CppCon 2017: Herb Sutter “Meta: Thoughts on generative C++”

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C, C++, Rust, Go & systems languagesProgramming language design

What it is

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 Hacker News recommends it

Praised as the best talk of CppCon 2017 and the key introduction to metaclasses and generative C++.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 2 strong recommendations
  • first 2017, last 2020

What HN commenters said

  1. “Herb Sutter's talk about it is by far the best talk I've seen from from CppCon17.”

    Sutter on generative C++ and metaclasses; best CppCon17 talk.

    slavik81, 2017-10 · Strong recommendation · in “C++17 Is Here: Interview with Herb Sutter”

  2. “The talk about the reflection proposal was amazing. Meta classes are also very cool.”

    Reflection proposal and meta classes in C++.

    xaedes, 2018-01 · Strong recommendation · in “Outperforming LAPACK with C++ metaprogramming”

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Topics: c++, herb sutter, metaclasses, reflection, code generation, cppcon

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