If you have The Talk with your kids when they're young, they won't find it weird. And then as they grow older, it will just feel natural to them. So now my son knows that a C++ compiler can be written in C++, and a Python interpreter in Python.
Anders Schau Knatten
@knatten.bsky.social
I like C++, industrial music, and figuring out how computers work. Author of C++ Brain Teasers, http://blog.knatten.org, https://cppquiz.org and https://moduloone.com.
Book of the Day: C++ Brain Teasers by Anders Schau Knatten meetingcpp.com/mcpp/books/b... #cplusplus #cpp
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C++ is famous for getting all the default behaviors wrong and for sometimes making demons fly out of your nose
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NDC TechTown in September is already shaping up to be another great conference, with speakers such as @lefticus.bsky.social , Klaus Iglberger, Hana Dusíková, and @kevlin.bsky.social . The CFP is open until Sunday, so you still have the chance to join as a speaker: ndctechtown.com/call-for-pap...
Call for Papers - NDC TechTown 2026 | Software Conference for Embedded and Systems Programming
NDC TechTown 21-24 September 2026. Software Conference for Embedded and Systems Programming. NDC TechTown 2026 is a 4 day event in Kongsberg, Norway.
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Join us at NDC TechTown, Kongsberg, Norway, this September (ndctechtown.com). If you are into C++, Rust, C, embeddeded, Qt, gdb, ... - this is the conference for you. See past events at ndctechtownhistory.com Note: CFP still open for a few more days: ndctechtown.com/call-for-pap...
NDC TechTown 2026 | Software Conference for Embedded and Systems Programming
NDC TechTown 21-24 September 2026. Software Conference for Embedded and Systems Programming. NDC TechTown 2026 is a 4 day event in Kongsberg, Norway.
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One week left to submit talks to the excellent @ndcconferences.com TechTown! If you're into systems programming, C++, embedded, and stuff like that, this is a great conference. ndctechtown.com/call-for-pap...
Call for Papers - NDC TechTown 2026 | Software Conference for Embedded and Systems Programming
NDC TechTown 21-24 September 2026. Software Conference for Embedded and Systems Programming. NDC TechTown 2026 is a 4 day event in Kongsberg, Norway.
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The ACCU on Sea ( @accuconf.bsky.social meets @cpponsea.bsky.social ) schedule is out! I'll be speaking on Wednesday, about compile-time enforcement of real-time safety. accuonsea.uk/schedule/
ACCU on Sea : 2026 Schedule
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We just published a new user contributed question! https://cppquiz.org/quiz/question/408
If you're at Meeting C++ & more 24h++ online: My talk "The Two Memory Models" streams today at 18:15 CET. I'll be available in chat to take questions about the talk, C++, CppQuiz, Squarehead etc. @meetingcpp.bsky.social
We just published a new question! https://cppquiz.org/quiz/question/407
CLion 2025.3 is out! Looks like they've done lots of useful improvements, but the most fun one is probably the constexpr debugger. Click next to any constexpr variable and step debug its compile time evaluation. Pretty cool!
Had a nice chat with @blackiedk.bsky.social about @cppquiz.bsky.social, my book C++ Brain Teasers, developer tools, NDC TechTown, and other C++-nerdy stuff. Available on YouTube now!
At NDC Tech Town, I interviewed Anders Schau Knatten, who is the main driver being cppquiz.org and author of C++ Brain Teasers. Watch the interview now at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw95... @knatten.bsky.social
PragProg is an awesome little publisher, it was great working with them on my book. Now all their books are 50% off! Including my C++ Brain Teasers, of course.
Pragprog Early Black Friday sale 50% off with code Save50 Includes all Beta books pragprog.com/categor...
We just published a new question, the first in a series from our new moderator Mikhail Svetkin. Welcome to the team! https://cppquiz.org/quiz/question/405
Now recruiting for C++ and Yocto in my team! Squarehead is a great place to work, with a super friendly team, low overhead, focus on devex, and lots of interesting problems to solve. And the job is literally to make the world safer. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
New Oslo C++ Users Group event just announced! I'll give my talk "How Symbols Work and Why We Need Them" 15 January at Squarehead. Squarehead are also sponsoring food and drinks. www.meetup.com/ocppug/event...
How Symbols Work and Why We Need Them with Anders Schau Knatten, Thu, Jan 15, 2026, 5:00 PM | Meetup
**Squarehead is hosting this event.** The office is located [two minutes from Nydalen T-bane](https://maps.app.goo.gl/p5APo6XV8ZrsZowJA) in Nydalsveien 28, 0484 Oslo. **Ti
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We just published a new question! https://cppquiz.org/quiz/question/401
We just published a new question! Is there a data race here? https://cppquiz.org/quiz/question/400
Funding: if your mid/large business uses Dear ImGui - and maybe you are approaching end of year budget/planning etc. - please consider reaching out (PM/email) so I can help you help Dear ImGui !
We just published a new question! This one makes me think of JavaScript... https://cppquiz.org/quiz/question/403
We (Modulo One) have a new single out today! It's a melodic techno track with a dark story. Links to YouTube, Spotify, etc at distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...
New post on C++ on a Friday! "A prvalue is not a temporary" blog.knatten.org/2025/10/31/a...
A prvalue is not a temporary
This is part one of a series of blog posts on temporaries, copies, return value optimization, and passing by value vs. reference. A good place to start, and the point of this first article, is how …
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We just published a new question! This one was contributed by Lino Gamba. https://cppquiz.org/quiz/question/404
Just two weeks until Meeting C++! Who's coming? meetingcpp.com/mcpp/schedule/ @meetingcpp.bsky.social
Meeting C++ 2025 live schedule
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We just published a new user contributed question! https://cppquiz.org/quiz/question/398
We just published a new question! This one was contributed by GitHub user demercurizer. https://cppquiz.org/quiz/question/394
Some pictures from my C++ Quiz at @ndcconferences.com TechTown. Thanks to everyone who came, and congratulations to the reMarkable team who won with a very impressive score!
We just published a new user contributed question! https://cppquiz.org/quiz/question/393