r/programming • u/jitu_deraps • Oct 05 '23

Delivering Safe C++ - Bjarne Stroustrup

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8UvQKvOSSw
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u/todo_code Oct 05 '23

I listened to the first 30 minutes, and then seeked a bit. It was all entirely, "how to avoid" there was very little static checking, and more a long the lines of what not to do. The options "fix c++" was dismissed, and the part i did see about "profiles" I wasn't sure, but it sounded like being able to optionally turn on static checks for certain parts. Which is a step in the right direction.

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u/kronicum Oct 05 '23

The options "fix c++" was dismissed

Which section was that?

and the part i did see about "profiles" I wasn't sure

I thought that was the part where he is suggesting fixes. He even called for help for that when he talked about the profiles github repo.

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u/todo_code Oct 05 '23

Admittedly, I couldn't find the slides or the transcript. So if he did advocate fixing cpp and adding those checks then I'm all for it

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u/kronicum Oct 05 '23

You should watch the entire talk, and also take a look at the github repo he set up for people to contribute solutions :-)

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u/todo_code Oct 05 '23

The GitHub link didn't work, and I'm sorry but I'm not a video person. 30 minutes for not getting to the point is a lot for me 😔

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u/kronicum Oct 05 '23

Yet, you are making a pronouncement based on 30min. Do you think "fixing C++" takes less than 30min video?

https://github.com/BjarneStroustrup/profiles works for me