Comment Feed for Channel 9 - C++ and Beyond 2011: Sean Gibb - C++ and Hardware, C++11, C++ Renaissance http://ak.channel9.msdn.com/ch9/f6f1/5c9a7fe2-62a6-452f-bda7-9f4b0162f6f1/CB2011SeanGibb_100_ch9.jpg Channel 9 - C++ and Beyond 2011: Sean Gibb - C++ and Hardware, C++11, C++ Renaissance While attending C++ and Beyond 2011, I was able to convince a few fellow attendees to get in front of the camera and talk about C++, how they use the language, and what they think of C++11 and C++ and Beyond. Here, we meet Sean Gibb, Director of Software at Rad3 Communications, a company that builds hardware and software for wired and wireless communication products. Sean is a both a hardware and software guy. He's an expert C++ developer (and human template debugger, it turns out ). We talk about modern C++ (C++11), the ways in which his company uses C++ (and why it makes sense in this context), template debugging fun and his perspective on the C++ Renaissance. Thank you Sean for taking the time to chat and sharing your insights and wisdom with us. Keep pushing the envelope. en Fri, 24 May 2013 16:33:12 GMT Fri, 24 May 2013 16:33:12 GMT Rev9 Re: C++ and Beyond 2011: Sean Gibb - C++ and Hardware, C++11, C++ Renaissance haha I might be labeled as uber geek after this post but is it spock saying Live long and prosper on Sean buckle ? 

posted by ZyZ

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/C-and-Beyond-2011-Sean-Gibb-C-and-Hardware-C11-C-Renaissance#c634505112810000000 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 22:01:21 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/C-and-Beyond-2011-Sean-Gibb-C-and-Hardware-C11-C-Renaissance#c634505112810000000 ZyZ Re: C++ and Beyond 2011: Sean Gibb - C++ and Hardware, C++11, C++ Renaissance
The hardware platforms and the cross-development toolsets that I work with tend to be a bit more limited, so adoption of C++ isn't as high as on some "big iron" platforms, but I've been trying to convince many people that C++ doesn't mean big, bloated code - you just have to know what you're doing, and what the cost of each feature is. In my work, exceptions are usually disabled, RTTI / dynamic casting is off-limits, standard library usage is limited (avoid dynamic allocation), often times new & delete are overloaded for certain classes for performance, etc. When I write C++ on a host platform (usually Linux), it's fun to use all the language's functionality.

I love C, I use it a lot, but when I have the option, C++ is my weapon of choice. But I have to admit, if the team I'm working with is new to C++, C is still sometimes a better way to go. Cliche as it is, there really are lots of ways to blow your leg off with C++. Education is the best way to combat this, but often times development schedules are so tight, there just really isn't time for people to get their "Sea (++?) Legs". Kind of a Catch-22, Chicken & Egg, etc.

I was fortunate to learn C++ quite a while ago (around the same time as Sean), on the job, from a bunch of smart people who could explain things well. But I've also made a big effort to grow & stay current, otherwise I'd still be writing C++ code like it was the early 90s.

Thanks again for the interview. I wasn't sure if C++ and Beyond was just for Google heads working with 2TB maps of data & people making thousands of connections to databases. It really does reinforce the fact that C++ is a very broadly-applicable systems programming language with tremendous range.

posted by Dan

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/C-and-Beyond-2011-Sean-Gibb-C-and-Hardware-C11-C-Renaissance#c634505117110000000 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 22:08:31 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/C-and-Beyond-2011-Sean-Gibb-C-and-Hardware-C11-C-Renaissance#c634505117110000000 Dan Re: C++ and Beyond 2011: Sean Gibb - C++ and Hardware, C++11, C++ Renaissance

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Thanks again for the interview. I wasn't sure if C++ and Beyond was just for Google heads working with 2TB maps of data & people making thousands of connections to databases. It really does reinforce the fact that C++ is a very broadly-applicable systems programming language with tremendous range.



You're most welcome, Dan! You are also most correct in this statement.

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posted by Charles

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/C-and-Beyond-2011-Sean-Gibb-C-and-Hardware-C11-C-Renaissance#c634505126650000000 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 22:24:25 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/C-and-Beyond-2011-Sean-Gibb-C-and-Hardware-C11-C-Renaissance#c634505126650000000 Charles Re: C++ and Beyond 2011: Sean Gibb - C++ and Hardware, C++11, C++ Renaissance
If people could see more of this, maybe C++ would have a better name.

posted by Yacine

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/C-and-Beyond-2011-Sean-Gibb-C-and-Hardware-C11-C-Renaissance#c634505148940000000 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 23:01:34 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/C-and-Beyond-2011-Sean-Gibb-C-and-Hardware-C11-C-Renaissance#c634505148940000000 Yacine Re: C++ and Beyond 2011: Sean Gibb - C++ and Hardware, C++11, C++ Renaissance @ZyZ: You may be right! Smiley

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posted by Charles

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/C-and-Beyond-2011-Sean-Gibb-C-and-Hardware-C11-C-Renaissance#c634505337870000000 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 04:16:27 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/C-and-Beyond-2011-Sean-Gibb-C-and-Hardware-C11-C-Renaissance#c634505337870000000 Charles Re: C++ and Beyond 2011: Sean Gibb - C++ and Hardware, C++11, C++ Renaissance Sean Gibb has some very interesting perspective about the language and the day to day usage of it.
Please keep the good work up.

posted by Peter Jonas

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/C-and-Beyond-2011-Sean-Gibb-C-and-Hardware-C11-C-Renaissance#c634505509175121085 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 09:01:57 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/C-and-Beyond-2011-Sean-Gibb-C-and-Hardware-C11-C-Renaissance#c634505509175121085 Peter Jonas Re: C++ and Beyond 2011: Sean Gibb - C++ and Hardware, C++11, C++ Renaissance posted by herman

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/C-and-Beyond-2011-Sean-Gibb-C-and-Hardware-C11-C-Renaissance#c634505914128061983 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 20:16:52 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/C-and-Beyond-2011-Sean-Gibb-C-and-Hardware-C11-C-Renaissance#c634505914128061983 herman Re: C++ and Beyond 2011: Sean Gibb - C++ and Hardware, C++11, C++ Renaissance Hey Sean how about making public that "c++ standard for performance on embedded hardware", it would be a valuable document on forcing c++ in other companies.

posted by KikiAlex

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/C-and-Beyond-2011-Sean-Gibb-C-and-Hardware-C11-C-Renaissance#c634509377131747539 Tue, 06 Sep 2011 20:28:33 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/C-and-Beyond-2011-Sean-Gibb-C-and-Hardware-C11-C-Renaissance#c634509377131747539 KikiAlex