Demistifying the C++ committee

Nina Ranns

⏱ 20 minute session
beginner
intermediate
advanced
15:10-15:30, Friday, 19th April 2024
What does the committee do? Who are the committee members? How do we make decisions and what happens at a committee meeting? If you’re interested in the history and future of c++, come and find out how it gets made and what you can do to help.

Nina Ranns

Nina Ranns has been a member of the C++ standard committee since 2013, focusing mostly on the core part of the language, and committee secretary since 2018. Throughout her career she has worked for Siemens, Motorola, Datasift, and Symantec on everything from parts of the UMTS network to cloud based antivirus products. Currently an independent consultant with contracts for EDG, QT, and most recently Bloomberg, where she is eagerly extending her library knowledge and helping create new polymorphic-allocator friendly library types.