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Facebook's template library for fast prototyping of software in C++11 and up
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Fatal is a library for fast prototyping software in modern C++. It provides facilities to enhance the expressive power of C++. The library is heavily based on template meta-programming, while keeping the complexity under-the-hood.
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What it is
Fatal is a library for fast prototyping software in modern C++. It provides facilities to enhance the expressive power of C++. The library is heavily based on template meta-programming, while keeping the complexity under-the-hood.
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Observed mentions: 2014-09-10 23:28:14 UTC to 2014-09-12 00:26:23 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| Sep 10, 23:00 | 2014-09-10 23:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-11 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 11, 00:00 | 2014-09-11 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-11 01:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 11, 01:00 | 2014-09-11 01:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-11 02:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 11, 02:00 | 2014-09-11 02:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-11 03:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 11, 03:00 | 2014-09-11 03:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-11 04:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 11, 04:00 | 2014-09-11 04:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-11 05:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 11, 05:00 | 2014-09-11 05:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-11 06:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 11, 06:00 | 2014-09-11 06:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-11 07:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 11, 07:00 | 2014-09-11 07:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-11 08:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 11, 08:00 | 2014-09-11 08:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-11 09:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 11, 09:00 | 2014-09-11 09:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-11 10:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 11, 10:00 | 2014-09-11 10:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-11 11:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 11, 11:00 | 2014-09-11 11:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-11 12:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 11, 12:00 | 2014-09-11 12:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-11 13:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 11, 13:00 | 2014-09-11 13:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-11 14:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 11, 14:00 | 2014-09-11 14:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-11 15:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 11, 15:00 | 2014-09-11 15:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-11 16:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 11, 16:00 | 2014-09-11 16:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-11 17:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 11, 17:00 | 2014-09-11 17:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-11 18:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 11, 18:00 | 2014-09-11 18:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-11 19:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 11, 19:00 | 2014-09-11 19:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-11 20:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 11, 20:00 | 2014-09-11 20:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-11 21:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 11, 21:00 | 2014-09-11 21:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-11 22:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 11, 22:00 | 2014-09-11 22:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-11 23:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 11, 23:00 | 2014-09-11 23:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-12 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 12, 00:00 | 2014-09-12 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-12 01:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
What Hacker News says
4 sourcesCheck the sides. As for header docs, they do seem extensive: https://github.com/facebook/fatal/blob/master/fatal/type/pre...
In Fatal: A library for fast prototyping of software in C++11 and upFYI, the slides are here: https://github.com/facebook/fatal/blob/master/docs/cppcon201...
With the demo folder, seems straightforward if you know C++. E.g.
Goal
▪ Working prototype for a database that:
▪ Stores arbitrary data structures rather than
only tables
▪ Supports different operations depending on
the data type used
▪ Uses less than 400 lines of code
▪ Allows one to trivially add or remove data
types and operations
In Fatal: A library for fast prototyping of software in C++11 and upFatal: A library for fast prototyping of software in C++11 and up
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