Where do you go for C++ news?

Question

I've been getting more and more interested in C++ outside of my work in the past two years. I've read quite a few books about deeper issues in C++, and in most of these books the "C/C++ User's Journal" is often referenced. I was sad to find out it was merged with Dr. Dobb's Journal. When I asked my boss this same question, he, a .NET evangelist, tried to convince my that C++ is dying. But with C++0x and Boost, I simply cannot believe it.

So where do you go to get news, articles and information on C++? I know of Artima's C++ Source, but it is not updated much I'm afraid. I also know of comp.lang.c++.moderated, and I was just hoping for some more web sites, web forums or even publications. Thanks for your help!

Answer 1

I have Sutter's Mill on my RSS reader, although these days he talks more about concurrent programming than C++.

Answer 2

I subscribed to boost devel group. I am pretty sure it can be interesting to subscribe to user group as well. See this page.

Answer 3

Bjarne Stroustrup's homepage also gives you a reasonable measure of where C++ is heading. Ofcourse, comp.lang.c++.moderated and comp.std.c++ are the active sources of the current happenings in the C++ community.

Artima i think has suddenly gone cold w.r.t to C++ articles. But once the C++0x is out, i believe we will see much more activity.

Besides, it is worth visiting C++ experts homepages like Sutter, Andrei as they will always be working on something new.

Once a C++ Programmer, always a C++ programmer! -- Dr. Dobbs quote

Answer 4

Check out C++ blogs you regularly follow. It has very good recommendations for exactly what you are looking for.

Answer 5

ACCU (originally "Association of C and C++ Users") has a monthly journal that is freely available, see:

http://accu.org/index.php/aboutus/aboutjournals

they also have a mailing list

accu.org/index.php/mailinglists

--Dan