C++ Team Blog

Announcing November CTP of the C++ compiler, now with more C++11

November 2, 2012 Nov 2, 2012 11/2/12

Eric Battalio

On February at the Going Native conference, we promised to work on implementing more parts of the C++11 standard. We also made a commitment to progressively roll out these features on a faster cadence through out-of-band releases such as CTPs (customer technology previews).We delivered!Today at Build 2012, Herb Sutter announced that we&...

November CTP, isocpp.org, Standard C++ Foundations Announced Today

November 2, 2012 Nov 2, 2012 11/2/12

Eric Battalio

November 2, 12:45pm PDT C++ use and investment continues to grow strongly in all parts of the software industry, and broadly across all major industries. As Herb Sutter said, more than ever “Microsoft is built on C++, and the world runs on C++.” At the same time, programmers now need to be educated that C++ is not the same language it ...

BUILD: Wednesday Update

October 31, 2012 Oct 31, 2012 10/31/12

Eric Battalio

C++ is alive at Build 2012! Developers have been filling the C++ sessions and getting tips, tricks, insights and example code from the experts. But you don't have to take our word -- sessions from Tuesday are available online: And if you have 90 seconds, catch this quick chat with Herb Sutter: [View:https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Project Austin Part 6 of 6: Storage

October 29, 2012 Oct 29, 2012 10/29/12

George Mileka [MSFT]

Hi, my name is George Mileka. I’m a developer on the C++ Libraries team. I have been working on the Project Code Name Austin for many months with Jorge, Eric, and Alan. To learn more about what the Project Code Name Austin is, you can read this great post by Jorge Pereira. For Project Austin, we have used ESE (Extensible Storage Engine) ...

C++ at BUILD 2012

October 29, 2012 Oct 29, 2012 10/29/12

Eric Battalio

(image) Experience the Build conference on Channel 9 and learn how to build fierce Windows 8 apps using C++ from the experts: If you are at Build, try to catch a few of these sessions. If you were unable to make Build, watch Channel 9 for session videos. On the social front, like Visual C++ (Visual CPP) on ...

Hello ARM: Exploring Undefined, Unspecified, and Implementation-defined Behavior in C++

October 25, 2012 Oct 25, 2012 10/25/12

Michael from Redmond

With the introduction of Windows RT for ARM devices, many Windows software developers will be encountering ARM processors for the first time. For the native C++ developer this means the potential for running afoul of undefined, unspecified, or implementation-defined behavior--as defined by the C++ language--that is expressed differently on the...

C++/CX Part 4 of [n]: Static Member Functions

October 19, 2012 Oct 19, 2012 10/19/12

James McNellis

See C++/CX Part 0 of [n]: An Introduction for an introduction to this series and a table of contents with links to each article in the series. In this article, we'll take a look at static member functions and how they are supported by the Windows Runtime. A Windows Runtime reference type (also called a ref class in C++/CX, or a runtime class) ...

Project Austin Part 5 of 6: Shadow Rendering

October 18, 2012 Oct 18, 2012 10/18/12

Jorge Pereira - MSFT

When we designed the user experience of Austin, we spent quite some time thinking about the different page views and layouts, and how to transition between them.  We wanted to create an immersive experience where the user can manipulate and navigate Austin's pages in an intuitive way; pages zoom in and out in 3D with pinch gestures, and ...

More Q&A for the C++ AMP book

October 15, 2012 Oct 15, 2012 10/15/12

Eric Battalio

As we shared last week, Kate Gregory and Ade Miller have released C++ AMP, an exploration of accelerated massive parallelism with Microsoft® Visual C++®. In that post, Ade answered a few of our hard-hitting questions. In this post, Kate answers the same set of questions:Q1.    “C++ AMP” in 140 characters or ...

Check out the new C++ AMP book by Kate Gregory and Ade Miller

October 12, 2012 Oct 12, 2012 10/12/12

Eric Battalio

The C++ AMP book by Kate Gregory and Ade Miller is available in print or online from your favorite retailer! What is in it for you? Among other things, you will discover how to: I was able to corner Ade Miller long enough to answer a few questions:Q1: “C++ AMP” in 140 characters or less?“A hardware ...