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@federico-busato federico-busato released this 21 Dec 21:45
· 70 commits to master since this release

First of all, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR YOUR INTEREST IN THIS COURSE. In the last few weeks, the course jumped from 1K to 7.6K stars ✨ 🙏

Credit to @kimsoohwan, @Zitrax, @f9rocket, @saw-lau, @mostafacs, @platypusguy, @raymondmdang, @jesustorresdev, @HaloWang, @66hash, @abzrg, @csukuangfj, @jakeheke75, @amirkhaki, @fabrizio-ottati, @dsardelic, @akobyl for pointing me out several mistakes and typos

Introduction:

  • Add a new section for C++ alternatives: Rust, Zig, Why switching to a new language is hard?
  • Moved books to the related sections
  • Updated and simplified "Who I Am" section

Basic Concepts I:

  • Added emacs, helix, lapce, neovim editors
  • Added IEEE 128/256-bit floating point formats
  • Added std::print
  • Added text version of logical operators

Basic Concepts II:

  • Improved unsigned/signed section
  • Improved C++ Data Model section

Basic Concepts III:

  • Minor improvements to "Declaration/Definition" section

Basic Concepts IV:

  • Improved "Source Location Macros" section
  • Improved "Avoid Unused Variable Warning" section

Basic Concepts V:

  • Minor improvements to Function Attributes
  • Better explanation and separation of "Source Location Macros" section

Object-Oriented Programming I:

  • Improved "const keyword" section

Templates and Meta-programming II:

  • Added "Constructor Template Automatic Deduction (CTAD)" section

Code Conventions:

  • Added Marissa Mayer quote
  • Added some notes about code verbosity
  • Separated "Use fixed-width integer type rule" between Google and Unreal

Ecosystem I:

  • Added new memory vulnerability references
  • Added "Modern CMake for C++" book

Utilities:

  • Added std::stacktrace library
  • Removed std::byte

Containers, Iterators, Ranges, and Algorithms:

  • Moved "Iterator categories" in the introduction for a better overview

Optimizations I:

  • Added "Sqrt(N) for memory latency" notes

Optimizations II:

  • Better description of vectorization and =default