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Got a basic impl of the new std::async function working for just::thread. Need to flesh it out and ensure it works across platforms. 3:05 PM Nov 20th from Seesmic
Good Morning all! 2:49 AM Nov 20th from Seesmic
Good morning all! 12:34 AM Nov 19th from Seesmic
It's amazing how much faster at copying dd is vs cp for large files. Approx 4x faster, which makes a difference when copying 24Gb files. 1:50 PM Nov 18th from Seesmic
Got my new USB disk today. Now copying huge swathes of data over. 10:13 AM Nov 18th from Seesmic
@dbrock I wanted to post the C2 link, but it just times out from here. 5:37 AM Nov 18th from Seesmic in reply to dbrock
@mfeathers @dbrock IIRC the full name is "Execute Around Method" --- you're executing stuff "around" a method call 5:24 AM Nov 18th from Seesmic in reply to mfeathers
- @mfeathers Thanks for reminding me of that alternative. It works well, but it's quite a different code structure. 4:19 AM Nov 18th from Seesmic in reply to mfeathers
@thomasguest If exceptions are banned, you don't have much choice. 3:37 AM Nov 18th from Seesmic in reply to thomasguest
- @sf105 @KevlinHenney Not throwing exceptions requires checking the object is valid after construction, or 2-stage construction. Both evil. 3:36 AM Nov 18th from Seesmic in reply to sf105
- @sf105 @KevlinHenney *especially* if the purpose of the class is to manage said memory/file handle/db connection. 3:35 AM Nov 18th from Seesmic in reply to sf105
- @sf105 @KevlinHenney Like what? I think it's perfectly reasonable for constructors to allocate memory, open files, open db connections.... 3:34 AM Nov 18th from Seesmic in reply to sf105
RT @alpmestan: @a_williams Your ACCU article about Concurrency in C++0x is excellent ! I'm also enjoying the manning review of the book :-) 12:16 AM Nov 18th from Seesmic
Good morning all! 12:12 AM Nov 18th from Seesmic
RT @accu2010: keynote speakers announced. www.accu.org/conference 3:31 PM Nov 17th from Seesmic
- @phloggy CVu and Overload from the ACCU are good http://accu.org/index.php/a... 2:58 PM Nov 17th from Seesmic in reply to phloggy
New blog entry: November 2009 C++ Standards Committee Mailing http://bit.ly/2KFhyr 1:23 PM Nov 17th from twitterfeed
I've done this to good effect for one server app already RT @mfeathers: ``Put that database in memory'': http://bit.ly/qdTBW 10:03 AM Nov 17th from Seesmic
Get 37% off C++ Concurrency in Action (or other Manning books) TODAY ONLY with code n1137 http://www.manning.com/will... 9:48 AM Nov 17th from Seesmic
RT @IntelSoftware: #Intel Parallel Universe Portal - a cloud-based service for testing app scaling to multicore. http://bit.ly/36rebU 7:50 AM Nov 17th from Seesmic

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Name Anthony Williams
Location St Just, Cornwall, England
Web http://www.justso...
Bio Maintainer of Boost Thread Library. Member of BSI C++ Standards Panel. Author of C++ Concurrency in Action. Director of Just Software Solutions Ltd.

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