The origins of C++ date back 40 years, yet it remains one of the most widely used programming languages today. TechRepublic spoke to C++ creator, Bjarne Stroustrup, to find out why. An excerpt from the interview: Today, Stroustrup is a Technical Fellow at Morgan Stanley. His work with the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) for the C++ standard and on the…
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C++ is About To Get a Huge Update
ZDNet reports:
The International Organization for Standardization’s (ISO) C++ group, Working Group 21 (WG21), has agreed upon the finalized version of ‘C++20’, the first major update to the 35 year-old programming language since C++17 from 2017… The 2020 release of C++ is huge by historical standards. Herb Sutter, a Microsoft engineer and long-time chair of WG21 C++ ISO committee, said it “will…
Rolling Blackouts in California Have Power Experts Stumped
Energy experts are bewildered as to why the manager of California’s electric grid called on utilities to cut power to hundreds of thousands of customers over the weekend. “They said that the utilities had plenty of power available and that the blackouts weren’t necessary,” writes Ivan Penn via The New York Times. From the report: “They set it up like this…
How to see Comet NEOWISE
Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) is basically a binocular object, although some experienced observers with pristine skies are reporting they can see it with the eye alone. This post has information and charts that will help you see the comet. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/how-to-see-comet-c2020-f3-neowise…
Stunning images of the night
See the winners of the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) 1st annual photography contest. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/ida-2020-photo-contest-winners-night-sky-images…
Bjarne Stroustrup Releases 168-Page Paper on How C++ Thrived
Bjarne Stroustrup, the 69-year-old Danish creator of C++, just released a 168-page paper (published under a Creative Commons Attributions-NoDerivatives license) in the Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages, detailing the growth of C++ from its 21st birthday in 2006 up through the year 2020. It begins by noting that by 2006, C++ “contained parts that had survived unchanged since introduced…
MIT Professor Proposes Fleet of Pre-Positioned Satellites Ready To Orbit Interstellar Comets
Slashdot reader Iwastheone quotes MIT News:
To closely observe an interstellar object (ISO) hurtling through space, time is of the essence. Richard Linares, an assistant professor in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT, developed a concept for a “dynamic orbital slingshot for rendezvous with interstellar objects.” He outlined his idea in a research proposal that was recently selected as a…
Is Sirius the most luminous star?
It’s the brightest star in Earth’s sky, so spectacularly bright that you might see glints of different colors radiating from it. But is Sirius so bright because it’s an extremely powerful star? Source: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/is-sirius-the-most-luminous-star-in-the-sky…
Geminid meteors to peak this weekend
The shower is best around 2 a.m., but watch from late evening until dawn. The best morning is likely December 14. Mornings leading up to it might also offer some meteors as well, in the rich and reliable Geminid shower. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/december-geminid-meteor-shower…
All you need to know: Geminid meteor shower in 2019
We just can’t catch a break. The Geminid meteor shower will peak around the mornings of December 13 and 14, 2019, though under the light of a bright waning gibbous moon. Source: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/everything-you-need-to-know-geminid-meteor-shower…