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C Vu Volume 35 · Issue 4 · September 2023

Contents

• Not What It Says On The Tin
  Editorial.
• Are the Old Ways Sometimes the Best?
  Roger Orr compares the ‘classic C++’ and ‘modern’ ways of solving various programming tasks.
• The Meaning of Words: Artificial Intelligence
  Francis Glassborow dissects this common term before consulting an expert.
• The Standard Report
  Guy Davidson brings the latest news about the C++ standard.
• Code Critique Competition 143
  Set and collated by Roger Orr. A book prize is awarded for the best entry.
• Report on Homework Challenge 17
  Francis Glassborow reviews the previous challenge and sets a new one.
• Reviews
  The latest roundup of reviews.
• View from the Chair
  

The latest Overload is Overload 176. Further details of our journals are available here.