Backporting C++ Safety - Techniques for Pre-Modern Environments

Explore techniques for implementing modern C++ safety features in pre-modern environments through this conference talk from C++Now 2024. Learn how to architect safety in large-scale distributed systems using C++03, focusing on the open-source project BlazingMQ. Discover library-based approaches for writing safe pre-modern C++, including abstracting cross-thread communication, leveraging contract programming, and tracking memory across application subsystems. Gain insights into verification techniques and understand the extent to which safety can be "backported" into C++03 using a library-only approach. Examine the benefits and limitations of this method, and consider how it can inform the evolution of C++ language safety features.

Backporting C++ Safety - Taylor Foxhall - C++Now 2024