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My ALS Journey: 2/n

December 6, 2023

As promised, here is what happened in the last three weeks. Let me start with the more pleasing things. Classes,…

An Advanced Priority Scheduler for Coroutines

December 4, 2023

Today, I use the straightforward scheduler from the post "A Priority Scheduler for Coroutines" and improve…

A Priority Scheduler for Coroutines

November 27, 2023

In this post, I will extend the straightforward scheduler from Dian-Lun with priorities. This…

Coroutines: A Scheduler for Tasks by Dian-Lun Lin

November 20, 2023

The last post "A Concise Introduction to Coroutines by Dian-Lun Lin" provide the theory. Today, Dian-Lun…

Thank You for Your Support: 1/n

November 17, 2023

After I wrote about my ALS illness in my post "My very Serious Progressive Nerve Condition", I decided…

A Concise Introduction to Coroutines by Dian-Lun Lin

November 13, 2023

Today, I will start a miniseries about a scheduler for tasks. The starting point of this miniseries…

The Ranges Library in C++20: More Design Choices

November 6, 2023

The ranges library in C++20 made due to performance reasons a few unique design choices. These choices…

The Ranges Library in C++20: Design Choices

October 30, 2023

Thanks to the ranges library, working with the Standard Template Library (STL) is much more comfortable…

My very Serious Progressive Nerve Condition

October 29, 2023

I am sorry to inform you that I have ALS, a very serious progressive nerve condition. Therefore, I am…

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An Overview of C++26: The LibrarySeptember 2, 2024 - 10:58 am
In my last post, I overviewed C++26’s core language. Today, I continue with the library. To make it short. The library does not offer such powerful features as the core language. Let me name them and give you a short example directly from the proposal. std::string and std::string_view Processing The functions around std::string and std::string_view […]
An Overview of C++26: Core LanguageAugust 26, 2024 - 8:09 am
C++26 has a lot to offer. Let me directly jump in and give you an overview. This image gives you the first idea of what’s inside or outside C++26. Writing a blog post about the future is always challenging because the design freeze of C++26 is in the first quarter of 2025. Fishing in Murky […]
C++26: The Next C++ StandardAugust 19, 2024 - 9:23 am
C++26 will be the next C++ standard after C++23. This new standard significantly improves C++ and is probably similar game-changing like C++98, C++11, or C++20. Let me put the C++ standards into historical context to help you understand this next step in the evolution of C++. The C++ Standards C++ is more than 40 years […]
C++23: This and ThatAugust 12, 2024 - 8:16 am
I have already written 10 posts about C++23. Today, I want to discuss the features I forgot in the first round. As a short reminder, here are the main C++23 features. Main C++23 Features C++23 offers with deducing this a small but very impactful feature of the core language. Deducing this allows you, similar to […]
Feature Testing MacrosAugust 5, 2024 - 9:02 am
The feature testing macros is a relatively unknown feature in C + + 20. They give you the definitive answer to which C++ feature your compiler supports. When you try out the latest C++ features, you often get errors. Now the question is: who is to blame? Option 3 occurs rarely, so you have only […]
Cooperative Interruption of a Thread in C++20: CallbacksJuly 15, 2024 - 8:43 am
I introduced in my last post “Cooperative Interruption of a Thread in C++20” callbacks. Today, I dive deeper. First , here’s a short reminder. Reminder In my last post “Cooperative Interruption of a Thread in C++20“, I presented the following program. // invokeCallback.cpp #include <chrono> #include <iostream> #include <thread> #include <vector> using namespace::std::literals; auto func […]