• "Improving Stability with Modern C++, Part 1" by Ralph Kootker

    From Lynn McGuire@21:1/5 to All on Fri Oct 1 20:04:03 2021
    "Improving Stability with Modern C++, Part 1" by Ralph Kootker

    https://medium.com/factset/improving-stability-with-modern-c-part-1-getting-started-f7025e97e1c3

    "C++ is a workhorse programming language across the financial industry.
    At FactSet, it has powered many of our products for almost 30 years.
    Because our code base predates C++ standardization, we have a lot of
    legacy code to support. However, we’ve recently completed a major
    compiler upgrade that enables our workstation developers to start using
    modern C++ for the first time. While C++ had a reputation for a steep
    learning curve, we’ve found the new features safer, easy to adopt, and
    more stable for our clients.
    While the C++11 standard recently had its 10th birthday, there are still developers out there using modern C++ for the first time. With that in
    mind, we’ve prepared a series of short introductory posts on the
    features of C++11 and beyond. We’re sharing our journey with the wider
    C++ community in the hopes that others will find it as useful as we have."

    Lynn

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