Programming is hard. Programming correct C++ is particularly hard. Indeed, it is uncommon to see a screenful containing only well defined and conforming code. Why do professional programmers write code like this? Because most programmers do not have a deep understanding of the language they are using. While they sometimes know that certain things are undefined or unspecified, they often do not know why it is so. In this talk we will study small code snippets of C++, and use them to discuss the fundamental building blocks, limitations and underlying design philosophies of this wonderful but dangerous programming language.
