CppCon, The C++ Conference 2024 - David Olsen: "Back to Basics: Generic Programming in C++" youtu.be/0_0HsEBsgPc Generic programming, better known in C++ as templates, can feel daunting and overwhelming to those unfamiliar with the paradigm. This Back to Basics talk will explain the foundations of C++ templates, covering the language rules that must be understood in order to work with template code effectively. I will provide some guidelines for how to use templates and how to write templates. While you won't come away from this being an expert in template metaprogramming--that's an impossible task for any hour-long presentation--you should have a strong enough foundation that you can correctly maintain template code while you develop your expertise in generic programming over time. This talk is designed for those who are learning C++ and want an introduction to templates and generic programming. It will also be useful for experienced C++ developers who haven't mastered templates yet and want to brush up on their understanding of how templates work. --- David Olsen has three decades of software development experience in a variety of programming languages and development environments. For the last seven years he has been the lead engineer for the NVIDIA HPC C++ compiler, focusing on running standard parallel algorithms on GPUs. He is a member of the ISO C++ committee, where he was the champion for the extended floating-point feature in C++23.
