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Welcome to this board!
 
Welcome to the lounge forum in C++.com! In this forum, users can to talk about topics other than pr...
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He’s dead, jim.
 
So very sad. I really enjoyed this forum.
[7 replies] Last: Though, the biggest reason traffic has slowed, has to be AI. The bigg... (by Ganado)
by Ganado
vscode adds UTF-16 BOM to stdout [Windows]
 
Posting in lounge since this isn't directly a C++ issue. Google and GPT-whatever have failed me. In...
[3 replies] Last: Try the above with and without the _setmode() command, and you'll kno... (by Ganado)
Trade space for time
 
I found this interesting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JuWdXrCmWg
[5 replies] Last: the process looks a great deal like what I have frequently done to con... (by jonnin)
More unpopular opinions
 
Continuing from https://cplusplus.com/forum/lounge/285914/ If you are in a school zone, either ...
[14 replies] Last: Perhaps a case of "Better, but still not good." (A phrase used by dr... (by keskiverto)
Random Story Time (1,2)
 
I once went to McDonalds, waaay back when $5 was expensive, and bought food that totaled something l...
[25 replies] Last: Future story coming. Just don’t want the topic to close yet. (by Duthomhas)
C++ developments
 
This article may be of interest: https://www.itprotoday.com/c-programming-language/c-in-2025-how-...
[8 replies] Last: The std::variant was ruined by committee. Use boost::variant instead. ... (by Duthomhas)
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Complacency (1,2,3)
 
We're here at the last chance for him to turn back. We all know defying their decision, especially b...
[43 replies] Last: About all we have accomplished is that I dislike all politicians even... (by zapshe)
by chipp
what happened to this forum?????
 
it seems like it became veeeery quiet in here what happened????? are we have another new f...
[6 replies] Last: apart from these, this forum is on a blacklist at most active c++ site... (by jonnin)
by chipp
insecure connection??
 
i've been inactive on this web for soooooooo long and when i wanna check in to this web before, th...
[6 replies] Last: @salem: ic... actually, the warning my browser displaying before is wh... (by chipp)
I wrote a cron job! (1,2)
 
This is a continuation of Finally switched to Linux Mint (https://cplusplus.com/forum/lounge/28572...
[25 replies] Last: Someone did wrote a news piece for April 1st about "one common package... (by keskiverto)
Well, it looks like Mozilla is finally turning Evil™
 
Firefox users are getting an updated EULA where Mozilla gets copyright to everything you post online...
[7 replies] Last: Louis Rossmann does good work (I support his right to repair efforts) ... (by zapshe)
Software in Fortran
 
Quick question for the group: Is it normal to run into primary software written in Fortran?! It's ca...
[6 replies] Last: The problems are not that the vendor is using an ancient language. The... (by seeplus)
by zapshe
AI is something special (1,2,3,4)
 
I feel like AI is getting overlooked by many. I feel like I have a real professional in any field I ...
[71 replies] Last: HUH? You're not forced to reply either. I just wanted to reach some co... (by zapshe)
Website does not work properly with Linux
 
Hi guys, on my Linux machine (Ubuntu 22.04.05) the website does not work properly. I need to use th...
[6 replies] Last: Ah, it seems my understanding of the problem is in error. Sorry. (by Duthomhas)
Short films worth watching
 
I don’t particularly like horror, but this one was great! The Curse of Dracular https://yout...
[8 replies] Last: LOL, yeah, it was Melissa driving, I wasn’t in the car, but she saw ... (by Duthomhas)
New Safe C++ Proposal (1,2,3,4,5,6)
 
There is now a Safe C++ proposal that extends C++ by defining a superset of the language that can be...
[104 replies] Last: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42231489 I've been reading quite... (by helios)
C++23
 
C++23 has finally been accepted by ISO as the latest C++ standard ISO/IEC 14882:2024 For a useful...
[3 replies] Last: Note that something like for (auto& elem : getVector()) has always b... (by Peter87)
by helios
Unpopular opinions (1,2)
 
The plural of "layoff" is "layoves". Every non-pressurized drink should come in a bag, as it's a ...
[25 replies] Last: Oh, interesting. I should have at least looked up the Wiktionary defin... (by Ganado)
Another one bites the dust
 
Codeproject has joined those other great sites that have gone to the cloud. It's ceased to host new ...
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