C++11/14 at Scale - What Have We Learned?

Explore the impact and lessons learned from using C++11/14 at scale in this comprehensive conference talk from CppNow 2021. Delve into the experiences of implementing Modern C++ in large-scale production environments, examining the most useful features, commonly misused elements, and unexpected benefits and drawbacks. Gain insights into teachability issues and reassess popular features and idioms to uncover potential pitfalls. Learn from industry experts John Lakos and Vittorio Romeo as they discuss the significant consequences of embracing C++11 and C++14 in a company with thousands of engineers, offering a critical evaluation of Modern C++ practices and their implications for software development at scale.

Introduction
About this talk
What will we cover
Experience matters
Small changes
Double closing angle bracket
Moralistic stuff
Teaching at scale
Diversity
Style guides
Safety
Override
Range base for loops
Optimizing code
Rangebased for loop
Type auto
Double type auto
Double type auto drawbacks
Things that are safe
Teaching strategy
Questions
How was final unsafe