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Re: Multithreading in modern C++

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Post by matthewaveryusa » Thu, Apr 28, 2016, 2:31 PM UTC

gear54rus wrote: post #3

chris_wot wrote: post #2

The next article should be interesting!

Is this a joke about unending C++ standards with each one promising more and more cool features people patiently wait for and then when it's finalized it turns out that the coolest/most useful stuff got delayed again? This is what sprung to mind anyway.

Herb Sutter addresses this issue in his latest post: https://herbsutter.com/2016/03/11/trip-report-winter-iso-c-s...

I agree, it feels like not a lot, but when you look at the standardization process I think it's safe to say that healthy progress has been made on most if not all the promises made.

Re: Multithreading in modern C++

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Post by haberman » Thu, Apr 28, 2016, 2:31 PM UTC

Shoot, I have been working on an article describing the C11/C++11 memory model for many months, but it looks like he's going to beat me to it! Oh well, there can be 2 (or 3, or 4... :)

Re: Multithreading in modern C++

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Post by coherentpony » Thu, Apr 28, 2016, 2:58 PM UTC

jwilk wrote: post #8

Am I missing something, or is this article virtually content-free?

You are not missing anything.

Re: Multithreading in modern C++

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Post by cbsmith » Thu, Apr 28, 2016, 3:08 PM UTC

jwilk wrote: post #8

Am I missing something, or is this article virtually content-free?

Wait, the domain is called "modernescpp.com", that's Moderns Cpp... not Modern Cpp.

Wow, that's not good....

Re: Multithreading in modern C++

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Post by Certhas » Thu, Apr 28, 2016, 3:18 PM UTC

cbsmith wrote: post #14

jwilk wrote: post #8

Am I missing something, or is this article virtually content-free?

Wait, the domain is called "modernescpp.com", that's Modern s Cpp... not Modern Cpp. Wow, that's not good....

That's intentional as it is a translation of a German blog:

> Because the roots of my blogs are in German, I will continue to call him Modernes C++. That is not by mistake.

http://www.modernescpp.com/index.php/warum-einen-blog-zu-mod...

Not saying it's a good decision...

Re: Multithreading in modern C++

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Post by maxlybbert » Thu, Apr 28, 2016, 3:25 PM UTC

It's been five years (and two standard revisions). Can we stop calling C++11 a new standard?

Re: Multithreading in modern C++

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Post by ansible » Thu, Apr 28, 2016, 4:37 PM UTC

So I had been looking at threading for an embedded system recently.

I found Intel's Thread Building Blocks [1] which looked exactly like what I wanted.

Unfortunately, there are some long-standing issues with the ARM port, to the point that the included unit tests take a long time and/or crash on ARM (in this case it was on a Nvidia Jetson TK1).

If I had more time and expertise, I'd have tried to debug that further.

So is there anything else in that direction I should be looking at?

[1] https://software.intel.com/en-us/intel-tbb/

Re: Multithreading in modern C++

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Post by kuschku » Thu, Apr 28, 2016, 4:51 PM UTC

jwilk wrote: post #9

DrJokepu wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think this is a translation error. The article is possibly an English translation of an article that was originally written in German. Algorithmen is the plural for algorithm in German.

Apparently you can become famous by proof-reading this guy's articles: http://www.modernescpp.com/index.php/for-the-proofreaders-an... oO

German Humor.

Re: Multithreading in modern C++

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Post by 2bitencryption » Thu, Apr 28, 2016, 5:09 PM UTC

maxlybbert wrote: post #16

It's been five years (and two standard revisions). Can we stop calling C++11 a new standard?

Standards are not adopted overnight. C++11 is still, effectively, a "new" standard.

Re: Multithreading in modern C++

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Apr 28, 2016, 5:19 PM UTC

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