Hackernews posts about C/C++

C/C++ is a family of general-purpose programming languages that originated from the C language and continue to evolve, known for their efficiency, portability, and flexibility.

1. Should I choose Ada, SPARK, or Rust over C/C++? (2024) (blog.adacore.com)
   111 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 16 days ago | 166 comments
2. Show HN: C and C++ preprocessor for modern memory safety (github.com)
   5 points by KrishnaTorque 2 days ago | 4 comments
3. Dangerous Optimizations in C and C++ Programming Languages (www.youtube.com)
   5 points by pjmlp about 6 hours ago | discuss
4. llvm-mos: Modern C/C++ on the Venerable 6502 | VCFMW 20 (2025) (2025) [video] (www.youtube.com)
   5 points by matt_d 15 days ago | discuss
5. Stb: Single-file public domain libraries for C/C++ (github.com)
   3 points by pykello 23 days ago | discuss
6. LLVM-MOS: Modern C/C++ on the Venerable 6502 – VCFMW 20 (2025) [video] (www.youtube.com)
   1 points by mariuz 13 days ago | discuss
7. LLVM-MOS: Modern C/C++ on the venerable 6502 [video] (www.youtube.com)
   1 points by pjmlp 15 days ago | discuss
8. Show HN: Run – a CLI universal code runner I built while learning Rust (github.com)
   96 points by esubaalew 17 days ago | 39 comments
9. Show HN: Neural emotion matrix for NPCs (github.com)
   48 points by mavdol04 22 days ago | 19 comments
10. Language Evangelism Is Annoying
    11 points by amano-kenji 7 days ago | 8 comments
11. Show HN: Selen – Constraint Satisfaction Solver in Rust (github.com)
    3 points by aquarin 24 days ago | 2 comments
12. Show HN: Introducing Nod, a new object-oriented language I'm working on (www.about-nod.dev)
    2 points by firstnod 12 days ago | 2 comments
13. C++ Reflection and Qt MOC (wiki.qt.io)
    91 points by coffeeaddict1 13 days ago | 46 comments
14. Pointer Tagging in C++: The Art of Packing Bits into a Pointer (vectrx.substack.com)
    69 points by signa11 30 days ago | 51 comments
15. Implementing UI translation in SumatraPDF, a C++ Windows application (blog.kowalczyk.info)
    63 points by jandeboevrie 26 days ago | 25 comments
16. A safe, non-owning C++ pointer class (techblog.rosemanlabs.com)
    49 points by niekb 26 days ago | 47 comments
17. In C++ modules globally unique module names seem to be unavoidable (nibblestew.blogspot.com)
    37 points by signa11 23 days ago | 36 comments
18. Sea Change in C++: Why Opportunities Abound (www.citadelsecurities.com)
    4 points by ksec 22 days ago | discuss
19. ISO C++ committee has a new chief sheep herder (shape-of-code.com)
    2 points by olvy0 15 days ago | 1 comments
20. Speeding up C++ functions with a thread_local cache (lemire.me)
    2 points by jjgreen 2 days ago | discuss
21. Safer C++ at Scale with Static Analysis – C++Now 2025 [video] (www.youtube.com)
    2 points by pjmlp 20 days ago | discuss
22. In C++ modules globally unique module names seem to be unavoidable (nibblestew.blogspot.com)
    2 points by charles_irl 20 days ago | discuss
23. Fixing Overload Resolution for Parameter Arrays in C++/CLI (devblogs.microsoft.com)
    2 points by ibobev 20 days ago | discuss
24. In C++ modules globally unique module names seem to be unavoidable (nibblestew.blogspot.com)
    2 points by ibobev 23 days ago | discuss
25. Small Safety Improvements in the C++ 26 Core Language (www.modernescpp.com)
    1 points by ibobev 29 days ago | discuss
26. Claude output matching copyrighted StackOverflow code
    4 points by randsp about 13 hours ago | 3 comments
27. Show HN: Visual autocomplete for drawings (real-time Human-AI interaction) (github.com)
    4 points by olwal 1 day ago | 2 comments
28. Show HN: FastQR – A Fast QRCode Generator Supporting Batch Processing
    2 points by tranhuucanh about 8 hours ago | discuss
29. SkiftOS: A hobby OS built from scratch using C/C++ for ARM, x86, and RISC-V (skiftos.org)
    466 points by ksec about 1 month ago | 97 comments
30. I made a real-time C/C++/Rust build visualizer (danielchasehooper.com)
    417 points by dhooper 2 months ago | 89 comments
31. rr – record and replay debugger for C/C++ (rr-project.org)
    402 points by levzettelin over 1 year ago | 131 comments
32. Microsoft subtracts C/C++ extension from VS Code forks (www.theregister.com)
    243 points by Dotnaught 6 months ago | 344 comments
33. Compiler Options Hardening Guide for C and C++ (best.openssf.org)
    232 points by pjmlp 7 months ago | 77 comments
34. AudioFlux: A C/C++ library for audio and music analysis (github.com)
    230 points by CMLab about 1 year ago | 54 comments
35. Orbit: C/C++ Performance Profiler (github.com)
    209 points by dosshell over 1 year ago | 59 comments
36. C and C++ Hot-Reload/Live Coding (liveplusplus.tech)
    193 points by ibobev almost 2 years ago | 98 comments
37. Own Constant Folder in C/C++ (www.neilhenning.dev)
    166 points by todsacerdoti over 1 year ago | 113 comments
38. ClangQL: A tool to run SQL-like query on C/C++ Code (github.com)
    134 points by bubblehack3r over 1 year ago | 34 comments
39. Boehm-Demers-Weiser conservative C/C++ Garbage Collector (hboehm.info)
    132 points by swatson741 almost 2 years ago | 137 comments
40. How to Secure Existing C and C++ Software Without Memory Safety [pdf] (arxiv.org)
    132 points by aw1621107 7 months ago | 86 comments
41. The surprising struggle to get a Unix Epoch time from a UTC string in C or C++ (berthub.eu)
    131 points by PascalW 9 months ago | 96 comments
42. Morton: Bit Interleaving in C/C++ (github.com)
    119 points by tosh over 1 year ago | 22 comments
43. Google says replacing C/C++ in firmware with Rust is easy (www.theregister.com)
    109 points by LinuxBender about 1 year ago | 149 comments
44. Compiler Options Hardening Guide for C and C++ (best.openssf.org)
    109 points by zvr almost 2 years ago | 71 comments
45. UndoDB – The interactive time travel debugger for Linux C/C++ for debugging (undo.io)
    109 points by droideqa 5 months ago | 45 comments
46. Webview: Tiny cross-platform webview library for C/C++ (github.com)
    105 points by aragonite over 1 year ago | 44 comments
47. Undefined Behavior in C and C++ (2024) (russellw.github.io)
    101 points by imadr 2 months ago | 233 comments
48. Exploiting Undefined Behavior in C/C++ Programs: The Performance Impact [pdf] (web.ist.utl.pt)
    97 points by luu 6 months ago | 78 comments
49. C and C++ prioritize performance over correctness (2023) (research.swtch.com)
    93 points by endorphine 7 months ago | 130 comments
50. STB: Single-file public domain libraries for C/C++ (github.com)
    85 points by seansh almost 2 years ago | 35 comments
51. A Guide to Undefined Behavior in C and C++ (2010) (blog.regehr.org)
    79 points by GarethX 7 months ago | 64 comments
52. Collection of one-file C/C++ libraries with no dependencies, primarily for games (github.com)
    77 points by elpocko 9 months ago | 35 comments
53. Show HN: Hook – a simple graphical C/C++ runtime editor (github.com)
    73 points by fercircularbuf almost 2 years ago | 35 comments
54. It is never too late to write your own C/C++ command-line utilities (lemire.me)
    66 points by mfiguiere about 1 year ago | 40 comments
55. Working with jumbo/unity builds in C/C++ (austinmorlan.com)
    65 points by sph over 1 year ago | 44 comments
56. US government wants devs to stop using C and C++ (www.theregister.com)
    58 points by jonbaer 12 months ago | 64 comments
57. White House urges developers to dump C and C++ (www.infoworld.com)
    56 points by isaacfrond over 1 year ago | 8 comments
58. Unaligned accesses in C/C++: what, why and solutions to do it properly (blog.quarkslab.com)
    55 points by signa11 almost 2 years ago | 54 comments