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The Problem with C++ Safety (Part 1): Why “It Works” Isn’t Good Enough

October 18, 2026

Rainer Grimm’s blog continues. In this first article of a new series, Klaus Iglberger looks at why C++ is called memory unsafe and argues that the real problem isn’t the language itself, but how we write and teach it.

One Year Later: Continuing Rainer’s Legacy

October 7, 2026

Yesterday, October 6, marked one year since Rainer passed away. Today, we want to look ahead and share what comes next for this blog.

My ALS Journey (31/31): The End

October 9, 2025

Dear readers, we are extremely sad to inform you that Rainer passed away on October 6, 2025, surrounded…

Small Safety Improvements in the C++ 26 Core Language

September 22, 2025

Safety is an important concern in C++26. Contracts are probably the most important feature for safety.…

My ALS Journey (30/n): Cippi at the CppCon

September 21, 2025

This week was very exciting for Cippi. She visited CppCon in Aurora, near Denver. My blog, Modern C++,…

Contracts: Evaluation Semantic

September 8, 2025

After briefly presenting the details of contracts in my last article, “Contracts: A Deep Dive", I…

My ALS Journey (29/n): I feel Good

September 2, 2025

I often receive messages asking about my health and wishing me well. I am very happy to receive these…

Contracts: A Deep Dive

August 25, 2025

I already introduced contracts in the article “Contracts in C++26”. In this article and the next…

My ALS Journey (28/n): Bureaucracy – The German Disease

August 23, 2025

Today I want to write about a sad topic. Bureaucracy in the German healthcare system is becoming increasingly…

Data-Parallel Types: Algorithms

August 11, 2025

The data-parallel types library has four special algorithms for SIMD vectors. The four special…

My ALS Journey (27/n): An Emergency Call

August 8, 2025

Unfortunately, I had an emergency call last Friday. That's why this article is appearing a little earlier…

Data-Parallel Types: Reduction

July 28, 2025

In this article, I will discuss reduction and mask reduction for data-parallel types. Reduction A…

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The Problem with C++ Safety (Part 1): Why “It Works” Isn’t Good EnoughOctober 18, 2026 - 1:58 pm
Rainer Grimm’s blog continues. In this first article of a new series, Klaus Iglberger looks at why C++ is called memory unsafe and argues that the real problem isn’t the language itself, but how we write and teach it.
Small Safety Improvements in the C++ 26 Core LanguageSeptember 22, 2025 - 10:16 am
Safety is an important concern in C++26. Contracts are probably the most important feature for safety. But C++26 has much more to offer. Today, I would like to introduce three small but important improvements in C++26 that solve typical safety issues in C++. Disallow binding a returned reference to a temporary A safety issue can be […]
Contracts: Evaluation SemanticSeptember 8, 2025 - 9:49 am
After briefly presenting the details of contracts in my last article, “Contracts: A Deep Dive“, I would like to take a closer look at the very interesting Evaluation Semantic in today’s article. If a contract assertion occurs, one of the four evaluation semantics is applied: ignore, observe, enforce, or quick-enforce. The table provides an overview […]
Contracts: A Deep DiveAugust 25, 2025 - 9:35 am
I already introduced contracts in the article “Contracts in C++26”. In this article and the next ones, I will dive deeper into the details. In this article, I refer mainly to the excellent proposal “Contracts for C++”. Unfortunately, proposal P2900R14 exceeds 100 pages in length. I will therefore try to summarize the most important points […]
Data-Parallel Types: AlgorithmsAugust 11, 2025 - 8:45 am
The data-parallel types library has four special algorithms for SIMD vectors. The four special algorithms are min, max, minmax, and clamp. min, max, and minmax The two algorithms min and max have in common that they each accept two SIMD vectors and return a SIMD vector. This contains the element-wise minimum or maximum of the […]
Data-Parallel Types: ReductionJuly 28, 2025 - 10:10 am
In this article, I will discuss reduction and mask reduction for data-parallel types. Reduction A reduction reduces the SIMD vector to a single element. The library provides three functions for this purpose: reduce, hmin, and hmax.The following program shows how these functions are used. // reduction.cpp #include <array> #include <experimental/simd> #include <functional> #include <iostream> #include […]