Thinking Asynchronously in C++

Keen-eyed Asio users may have noticed that Boost 1.42 includes a new example, HTTP Server 4 , that shows how to use stackless coroutines in ...

In the previous two posts , I showed some nifty macros for doing clean and simple stackless coroutines with asio. Hold on to your hats, bec...

In my previous post , I showed a little program using stackless coroutines with asio. Obviously there's no yield keyword in C++, so wit...

Just a teaser: int main() { try { using asio::ip::tcp; using namespace boost::lambda; asio::io_service io_service; tcp::...

The C++0x features decltype , static_assert and the "new function declarator syntax" can be combined with our old friend SFINAE ...

As most Asio users will no doubt be aware, multiple threads can call io_service::run() to set up a pool of threads from which the completio...

The A-Z of Programming Languages: C++ , top of page 5: Do you feel that resources like the boost libraries will provide this functionality/a...

Sometimes I am asked what the difference is between the (non-Boost) Asio and Boost.Asio packages I provide. Here is the definitive word on t...

... asio was accepted into Boost . Today you can find it as part of a Boost release . Woohoo!

Many event-driven programs involve state changes that are triggered according to the system clock. You might be coding for: A share market ...

For quite some time I have wanted to take a really good look at improving Boost.Asio's scalability across multiple processors. Unfortuna...

Boost.Asio includes an iostreams-based interface to TCP sockets, ip::tcp::iostream , for simple use cases. However, like the file iostreams ...

Some standard library implementations, such as the one that ships with MSVC 8.0, provide a nifty feature called iterator debugging. What thi...

Asio has now been tested successfully on FreeBSD 6.0, and should support FreeBSD 5.5 and later. FreeBSD 5.4 and earlier are not supported si...

On the weekend I made some changes to asio to support password callbacks for SSL. There is a new function on the asio::ssl::context class c...

Greetings, reader. I have a blog. Now what? Well, the plan is to post ideas, tips and tricks, design thoughts, and anything else related to ...