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Scott Meyers


Born
April 09, 1959


Scott Douglas Meyers is an American author and software consultant, specializing in the C++ computer programming language. He is known for his Effective C++ book series. During his career, he was a frequent speaker at conferences and trade shows.

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Bill Gaver's 1989 Demo of The SonicFinder™

While digitizing my analog videotapes, I came across a short 1989 demo by Bill Gaver of his SonicFinder™, an interesting piece of early work on audio in user interfaces. It's easy to find online copies of research papers describing The SonicFinder™, but I was surprised to find that the Internet doesn't seem to offer anything like the video demo I have. That's a shame, because hearing audio and see

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Average rating: 4.41 · 6,694 ratings · 335 reviews · 29 distinct worksSimilar authors
Effective C++: 55 Specific ...

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Effective Modern C++: 42 Sp...

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More Effective C++: 35 New ...

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Effective STL: 50 Specific ...

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Effective C++ Digital Colle...

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Overview of the New C++ (C+...

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Quotes by Scott Meyers  (?)
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“(If you’re not at all interested in performance, shouldn’t you be in the Python room down the hall?)”
Scott Meyers, Effective Modern C++: 42 Specific Ways to Improve Your Use of C++11 and C++14

“First we crawl. Later we crawl on broken glass.”
Scott Meyers, Effective STL: 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your Use of the Standard Template Library

“That doesn't upset too many people, but the fact that accessibility restrictions don't enter into the picture has caused more than one otherwise pacifistic soul to contemplate distinctly unpacifistic actions.”
Scott Meyers, Effective C++: 55 Specific Ways to Improve Your Programs and Designs



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