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C++ Chair Herb Sutter leaves Microsoft, says C++26 most impactful since C++11 (devclass.com)
Herb Sutter, chair of the ISO C++ ISO C++ committee, has left Microsoft after 22 years, to become technical fellow at Citadel Securities, where he will work on technical strategy and training. He will continue to chair the ISO committee and claims that 2024 has been a “pivotal year” for the language.
A new chapter, and thoughts on a pivotal year for C++ (herbsutter.com)
Starting today I’m excited to be working on a new team, with my C++ standards and community roles unchanged. I also wanted to write a few words about why I’m excited about continuing to invest my time heavily in C++’s standardization and evolution especially now, because I think 2024 has been a pivotal year for C++ — and so this has turned into a bit of an early “year-end C++ retrospective” post too.
I talked to Ubisoft Devs, it's far worse than we thought [video] (youtube.com)
Godot founders had desperately hoped Unity wouldn't 'blow up' (gamedeveloper.com)
Godot was a big winner when devs revolted against Unity's Runtime Fee: but its founders were worried about a surprise influx of users.
Don't Believe the Big Database Hype, Stonebraker Warns (datanami.com)
EK Water Blocks: Not Paying Employees, Partners, & Suppliers [video] (youtube.com)