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Latest Journal

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Overload 146 · August 2018 (PDF)

Should I Lead by Example?.
Stuck on a problem? Frances Buontempo considers where to turn to for inspiration.
Cache-Line Aware Data Structures.
Structuring your program to consider memory can improve performance. Wesley Maness and Richard Reich demonstrate this with a producer-consumer queue.
miso: Micro Signal/Slot Implementation.
The Observer pattern has many existing implementations. Deák Ferenc presents a new implementation using modern C++ techniques.
(Re)Actor Allocation at 15 CPU Cycles.
(Re)Actor serialisation requires an allocator. Sergey Ignatchenko, Dmytro Ivanchykhin and Marcos Bracco pare malloc/free down to 15 CPU cycles.
How to Write a Programming Language: Part 2, The Parser.
We’ve got our tokens: now we need to knit them together into trees. Andy Balaam continues writing a programming language with the parser.
Compile-time Data Structures in C++17: Part 1, Set of Types.
Compile time data structures can speed things up at runtime. Bronek Kozicki details an implementation of a compile time set.
Afterwood.
Much ado about nothing. Chris Oldwood considers what we have when we have nothing.

ACCU News

August's Overload Journal has been published. (12.08.18)
The August 2018 ACCU Overload journal has been published and should arrive at members' addresses in the next few days. Overload 146 and previous issues of Overload can be accessed in Overload Online.
More ePub Magazines Available (15.07.18)
ePub versions of CVu 30-1, 30-2, and 30-3 are now available for members to download. Overload 145 also is available in ePub format for everyone to enjoy. ePub files are accessible through the journal "by-cover" pages of the web site. You will see two copies of the same cover - one for the PDF version and one for the ePub version. Just click on the type you want to read.
July's C Vu Journal has been published. (6.07.18)
The July 2018 ACCU C Vu journal has been published and should arrive at members' addresses in the next few days. C Vu 30-3 and previous issues of C Vu can be accessed via Journals menu (ACCU members only).
June's Overload Journal has been published. (8.06.18)
The June 2018 ACCU Overload journal has been published and should arrive at members' addresses in the next few days. Overload 145 and previous issues of Overload can be accessed in Overload Online.
May's C Vu Journal has been published. (18.05.18)
The May 2018 ACCU C Vu journal has been published and should arrive at members' addresses in the next few days. C Vu 30-2 and previous issues of C Vu can be accessed via Journals menu (ACCU members only).