World Congress 2021 • Jun 28, 2021

101 brilliant things of C++

Andreas Fertig

Ever wonder why C++ relies on a single closing curly bracket? It unlocks safe, deterministic memory destruction. Discover the five foundational pillars of this resilient programming language.

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