Oslo C++ Users Group - ocppug.org

Oslo C++ Users Group (ocppug.org) is a group of enthusiasts that meet a couple of times a year to discuss and broaden our knowledge of this extremely powerful programming language and related technologies. In particular we will focus on C++0x, Boost, and advanced features of the C++ language.

If you have a solid background in C++, and if you are willing share your knowledge and learn from others, then please sign up. You will be a valuable member of our meetup group.

Next Meeting

May 2008 - Practical Multi-Threading. On Saturday 31. May at 1600, Dietmar Kuehl will give a talk about the underlying memory model in C++ and how this relates to the use of low-level facilities like atomic operations, thread synchronization primitives, and higher-level thread building blocks. This time we meet at Zaika, where we get papadums and Kingfisher during the talk and indian curry will be served just after the presentation. We plan to finish the event around 2000, but then I guess some of us will go down to Aker Brygge to continue discussions about C++ and multi-threading.

Previous Meetings

April 2008 - Testable C++. Tuesday 22. April, Michael Feathers gave a talk about writing "Testable C++" (pdf) at Lille Auditorium/IFI. This time 24 people showed up (Nicolai, Nils, Kristian, Christian, Thor-Inge, James, Magne, Samuel, Frans, Denis, Stein Erik, Einar Otto, Arjan, Patricia, Edvard, Espen, Christian, Terje, Alf, Syver, Fredrik, Igor, Olve and Michael). We did manage to get some interaction and good discussions going during the talk. After the presentation finished at 2100 about half of us went down to Bilabong for more discussions and beer.

December 2007 - Boost. On Tuesday 18. December we crammed together in the cellar of Bilabong to hear Kevlin Henney present a "Personal Perspective of Boost" (pdf). Eighteen people showed up for this meeting (Ismail, Johannes, Thomas, Stein Erik, Totto, Johan, David, Syver, Alf, Lars Gullik, Igor, Trygve, James, Samuel, Frans, Terje, Olve and Kevlin). The meeting ended 2100 sharp, but a lot of us stayed behind to discuss more about programming in general and C++ in particular. Excellent food and the beer was cold.

September 2007 - C++0x. We had our first meeting on Monday 24. September at The Scotsman, third floor. Twelve very knowledgable men showed up for this meeting (Fredrik, Christian, Igor, Terje, Alf, Johan, Sergey, Samuel, Syver, Frans, Einar Otto and Olve). The topic was C++0x. Olve Maudal opened the meeting by giving a "Quick and dirty introduction to C++0x" (pdf, html), followed by Einar Otto Stangvik who talked about "Threading in C++0x" (pdf), and finally Terje Slettebø gave a talk about "Concepts in C++0x" (pdf). The meeting started at 1900, we finished the formal part of the meeting around 2130. Then we went downstairs to have some pizza, more beer and lots of good discussions.