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by admin
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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by tonic
Any Info about Kbw ?
 
Hello Guys, I wanted to ask does anybody know kbw ? i mean personally, it seems like he isnt writi...
[7 replies] Last: Me too. I have the forum tab open with my work tabs, so I end up check... (by zapshe)
by zapshe
ChatGPT is too smart
 
At this point, the AI training I'm doing is, "Ha, ChatGPT couldn't even 1 shot produce PhD level res...
[3 replies] Last: If you give a deck of cards a good shuffle right now, no cheating or b... (by newbieg)
He’s dead, jim. (1,2)
 
So very sad. I really enjoyed this forum.
[23 replies] Last: There is a place for sure. That isn't the issue. This one won't let ... (by jonnin)
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)
by zapshe
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)
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