MEC++ Updates; Next STL Seminar; etc.

There are several topics this time:
- The MEC++ Errata Page has been updated.
- The M29 Source Code has been updated.
- My next STL seminar will likely be October 31 through November 3.
- I'm looking for a web site design/maintenance firm near Portland, OR.
- I'm still working on getting rid of the ads on these postings.


UPDATED MEC++ ERRATA LIST AND UPDATED M29 SOURCE CODE
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Having just tinkered with the More Effective C++ source for the next
printing (its tenth), I've updated its errata page. As usual, you can find
the errata at http://www.aristeia.com/BookErrata/mec++-errata.html.

One of the bug reports involved Item 29, so I updated the on-line version
of the code for that Item. To get the updated code, go to
http://www.aristeia.com/BookErrata/M29Source.html. The older source code
is available via a link at the AW MEC++ web site, but I'll ask AW to
replace that link with one to the URL I just gave you. This will prevent
me from having to ask AW to update their web site when I change the code
for M29 in the future. (This is also why I keep my books' errata pages at
my own site: it allows me to change them without bugging AW.)

BTW, the above link to the M29 source code is a Mailing List *exclusive*.
Aren't you excited?


MY NEXT STL SEMINAR
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Here's another exclusive:

My "Effective STL" seminar June 7-9 was a big success, so we'll be doing
another one, almost certainly October 31-November 3 at the same place (the
Crowne Plaza in Lake Oswego, a suburb of Portland, Oregon). The next one
will probably be four days instead of three, because nearly everybody who
attended the first one said they wished we'd had more time.

The seminar will probably be called "Essential STL" to reflect the
introductory nature of the material. That will allow me to use the name
"Effective STL" for a future non-introductory course that's based on
guidelines, just like "Effective C++" is.

When all the details have been worked out, we'll put up a web page for the
new seminar, and I'll post here to let you know it's up. For now, if
you're interested in attending a hands-on STL programming seminar led by
moi, reserve October 31 through November 3 and start bugging your boss for
time off and funding to attend :-)


KNOW ANY GOOD WEB SITE DESIGNERS NEAR PORTLAND, OREGON?
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Speaking of web sites, I'm looking for a reliable, professional web site
design and maintenance company located in or near Portland, Oregon. I'm
looking for somebody to design and maintain my own site (aristeia.com) as
well as to set up a site for my STL seminar, ideally including the ability
to accept registrations (including payment) automatically. I don't need
anything terribly fancy, but I do require somebody who is reliable, gets
work done in a timely fashion, and who is as picky about things as I am.
If you perform this kind of service or you know somebody who does, please
let me know (smeyers@...).

(To get some idea of how I feel about web site design, you might take a
look at the Introduction to my "Effective C++ CD", which you can read at
http://www.awlonline.com/cseng/meyerscddemo/DEMO/INTRO/INDEX.HTM. I'm not
looking for a site offering all the features of my CD, but I am looking for
somebody whose thoughts about web site design are similar to my own.)


ADS ON MY MAILING LIST POSTINGS
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I ran into a snafu in getting rid of the ads that accompany my mailing list
postings, and I apologize for that. I'm working on it, and I hope to have
it all taken care of by the end of the month. (Executive summary: I sent
egroups a check, but they never got it.)


Scott


IMPORTANT: I've been having trouble with my email recently, so if you
reply to this, PLEASE check to make sure you're sending to
"smeyers@...". If the reply address comes up as
"root@...", PLEASE let me know so I can try to debug the problem!

Workshop on Template Programming

Somehow I ended up as the Program Chair for a workshop on template
programming in C++ in Germany this coming October. The Call for Extended
Abstracts is below. If you've been doing interesting work with templates,
I encourage you to consider submitting a paper.

Scott




CALL FOR EXTENDED ABSTRACTS

WORKSHOP ON C++ TEMPLATE PROGRAMMING
(http://www.netobjectdays.org/tmpw/)

October 9, 2000
Erfurt, Germany

in Conjunction with the
Second International Symposium on
Generative and Component-Based Software Engineering (GCSE 2000)
(http://www.netobjectdays.org/gcse/)


One of the most exciting research areas in C++ focuses on the use of
templates, especially as a means to support generic and generative
programming. A number of powerful, flexible, and useful techniques have
been developed, but to date there has been no forum where workers in the
field of C++ template programming could gather to hear about one another's
work. The purpose of this workshop is to provide an opportunity for people
interested in C++ template programming to gather and exchange ideas.

We encourage submission of extended abstracts of up to 10 pages on any
aspect of C++ template programming, including (but not limited to) the
following:

Generic and generative programming in C++
Uses or extensions of the STL or other templates in the standard libray
Traits and traits-based programming
Iterators for multidimensional data structures
Template metaprogramming, including the representation of
metainformation in C++
Combining static configuration with dynamic techniques
Expression templates
Experience reports on template programming
Debugging template code
Compiler support for templates, including compilation times and diagnostics
Implementing C++'s template features
Portability issues
Template design and programming techniques

We are as interested in the application of templates as in their design and
implementation. Papers describing novel and interesting uses of the STL or
other existing template libraries are as welcome as papers describing the
design and implementation of new templates.

Our primary interest is in abstracts describing new work, but we will
consider abstracts based on prior publications. (Work that has already
been published should be identified as such.) One of our goals is to
increase the visibility of information likely to be helpful to other
workers in the field of C++ template programming.

A workshop proceedings will be produced in electronic form, to be made
available via the Internet or on CD by the time of the workshop.


SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

Extended abstracts of no more than 10 pages should be sent to
workshop@.... Electronic submission in HTML or PDF is strongly
preferred. Questions about the submission process should be sent to
workshop@....


IMPORTANT DATES:
11 August Extended Abstract Submissions Due
4 September Notification of Accepted Submissions
29 September Final Extended Abstracts Due


PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
Andrei Alexandrescu, RealNetworks, Inc., USA
Matt Austern, AT&T Research, USA
Thomas Becker, Zephyr Associates, Inc., USA
Ulrich Breymann, Hochschule Bremen, Neustadtswall, Germany
Krzysztof Czarnecki, DaimlerChrysler AG, Germany
Ulrich Eisenecker, University of Applied Sciences, Kaiserslautern, Germany
Nicolai Josuttis, Author and Consultant, Germany
Scott Meyers (Chair), Author and Consultant, USA
Mark Rodgers, Cadenza New Zealand Ltd, New Zealand
Yannis Smaragdakis, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Erwin Unruh, Fujitsu Siemens Computers, Germany