Just got this in the mail - thought you might like to hear about it if you're into C++...<div><br></div><div>--Don Ellis</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Andrew Tomazos</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:andrew@tomazos.com">andrew@tomazos.com</a>></span><br>
Date: Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 9:39 AM<br>Subject: [PR] C++ Grandmaster Certification (<a href="http://www.cppgm.org">www.cppgm.org</a>)<br>To: Don Ellis <<a href="mailto:don.ellis@gmail.com">don.ellis@gmail.com</a>><br>
<br><br>Dear Don Ellis,<br>
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Hope you are well. We're helping put out the attached press<br>
release today. It would be appreciated if you could forward<br>
or republish it in any relevant channels.<br>
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Thanks for your support.<br>
<br>
Yours Sincerely,<br>
Andrew Tomazos. <<a href="http://linkedin.com/in/tomazos" target="_blank">http://linkedin.com/in/tomazos</a>><br>
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Subject: C++ Grandmaster Certification (<a href="http://www.cppgm.org" target="_blank">www.cppgm.org</a>)<br>
Keywords: c++, c++11, linux, x86-64, compilers, mooc, course<br>
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1st Feb 2013 - San Francisco, CA - It was announced today by<br>
the newly formed CPPGM Foundation (<a href="http://www.cppgm.org" target="_blank">www.cppgm.org</a>) that the<br>
C++ Grandmaster Certification is now open for enrollment.<br>
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The C++ Grandmaster Certification is a massively open free<br>
online course (MOOC) for expert C++ programmers. It<br>
provides the most rigorous C++-specific qualification<br>
possible.<br>
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Participants in the course will demonstrate their<br>
comprehensive knowledge of C++ by writing their own fully<br>
functional ISO C++11 standard compliant C++ compiler, C++<br>
standard library and toolchain - including a preprocessor,<br>
assembler, and linker - targeting the Linux operating<br>
system and x86-64 architecture.<br>
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The toolchain will be written entirely in standard C++. No<br>
third-party tools or libraries will be used.<br>
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As a grand finale the participant will build their<br>
toolchain with itself (a self-hosting build) and pass the<br>
conformance test with it.<br>
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Enrollments are open now and close 15th Feb, 2013. The<br>
course will commence shortly after in the spring. For more<br>
details and to enroll visit the course web site at:<br>
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<a href="http://www.cppgm.org" target="_blank">http://www.cppgm.org</a><br>
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For press information contact <a href="mailto:support@cppgm.org">support@cppgm.org</a><br>
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ABOUT CPPGM:<br>
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The CPPGM Foundation was formed by a software company that<br>
recognized the value to programmer productivity that a good<br>
knowledge of language mechanics had to new developers to<br>
their team. The C++ Grandmaster Certification began<br>
development as an internal training program, and the<br>
foundation was founded to offer it publicly.<br>
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