January 2006 Meeting

Topic:

Policy-Based Memory Allocation

Speaker:

Andrei Alexandrescu

When:

Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Presentation @ 7:00pm

Where:

Construx Software
11820 Northup Way #E200
Bellevue, Washington 98005
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Description:

Traditionally, memory allocation is approached as a monolithic, rigid design influenced by a performance-minded implementation. However, compile-time C++ techniques can yield a highly flexible and configurable design with the same performance profile as equivalent hand-implemented designs. This talk describes work by Emery Berger and others who have designed and implemented a policy-based allocator.

About the Speaker:

Andrei Alexandrescu is working on a graduate degree at the University of Washington in Seattle, specializing in automatic speech recognition. In the C++ community, Andrei is best known for his books Modern C++ Design and C++ Coding Standards (the latter coauthored with Herb Sutter). Andrei is also a columnist for C/C++ Users Journal, a C++ former columnist for the C++ Report, a guest speaker at numerous conferences, and one of the featured instructors of The C++ Seminar (www.thecppseminar.com). His website is www.erdani.org.