Not your GrandParent’s C++ - Phil Nash - NDC TechTown 2024

This talk was recorded at NDC TechTown in Kongsberg, Norway. #ndctechtown #ndcconferences #developer #softwaredeveloper Attend the next NDC conference near you: https://ndcconferences.com https://ndctechtown.com/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel and learn every day: / @NDC Follow our Social Media! https://www.facebook.com/ndcconferences https://twitter.com/NDC_Conferences https://www.instagram.com/ndc_conferences/ #cplusplus #language C++ has been around, by that name, since the early 80s - but started in the 70s (as “C with Classes). Reaching its heyday in the mid-late 90s, many people’s impressions of it were formed in that time frame, or during the 13 year C++98/03 period! But C++ has evolved considerably since then and, despite what you might have heard, mostly in ways that make it safer and simpler to use. This talk takes us on a tour of the evolution of C++ - from it’s genesis, following the PhD thesis of Bjarne Stroustrup - up to “modern” C++20 and C++23 - and a look ahead at what C++26 and beyond may bring. The question is: is it too late to prevent C++’s decline into being “the next Cobol”?