Tag: C++
White House demands memory safe programming languages but ISO C++ group says it’s only part of solution
The USA ONCD (Office of the National Cyber Director) is joining the chorus of people demanding that developers […]
How fast is your programming language? New contest and benchmarks spark debate
Java programmers are being pressed to post the fastest possible solution to a “one billion row challenge,” prompting […]
Apple’s Objective-C ‘appears to be reaching its end of life’ – or so says JetBrains survey
JetBrains has released its annual State of Developer Ecosystem report, including the claim that Apple’s Objective-C language “appears […]
C++ 26 committee progresses new features including contracts and ‘desperately needed’ reflection
Herb Sutter, Convener of the ISO/IEC C++ Technical Committee, reports that C++ 26 will have new features including […]
WebAssembly increasingly used for plug-ins and serverless, but needs better tools
A new WebAssembly survey sponsored by software development company Scott Logic shows growing usage as a runtime for […]
Microsoft posts ‘early stages’ code for developing Windows drivers in Rust
Microsoft has posted code on Github enabling developers to code Windows drivers in Rust, a key step towards […]
Rust: not hard to learn but is slow to compile, according to Google internal survey
Google has posted data drawn from over 1,000 internal Rust developers, showing that Rust is no harder to […]
Focus on Swift at Apple developer conference with C++ interop, SwiftData object-relational mapping and more
Apple’s WWDC (Worldwide Developer Conference) is under way, where the company has put a strong emphasis on improvements […]
Interview: the story behind Slint 1.0 – a new cross-platform GUI toolkit coded in Rust
The Slint team has released version 1.0 of its cross-platform GUI toolkit, implemented in Rust and with additional […]
ISO C++ Standards Committee completes technical work on C++23
The convener and chair of the ISO C++ Standards Committee, Microsoft software architect Herb Sutter, says the technical […]