<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">========================= CUT HERE ========================= </span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Subject: C++ Grandmaster Certification (</span><a href="http://www.cppgm.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">www.cppgm.org</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">) </span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Keywords: c++, c++11, linux, x86-64, compilers, mooc, course </span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">1st Feb 2013 - San Francisco, CA - It was announced today by </span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">the newly formed CPPGM Foundation (</span><a href="http://www.cppgm.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">www.cppgm.org</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">) that the </span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">C++ Grandmaster Certification is now open for enrollment. </span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The C++ Grandmaster Certification is a massively open free </span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">online course (MOOC) for expert C++ programmers. It </span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">provides the most rigorous C++-specific qualification </span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">possible. </span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Participants in the course will demonstrate their </span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">comprehensive knowledge of C++ by writing their own fully </span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">functional ISO C++11 standard compliant C++ compiler, C++ </span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">standard library and toolchain - including a preprocessor, </span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">assembler, and linker - targeting the Linux operating </span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">system and x86-64 architecture. </span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The toolchain will be written entirely in standard C++. No </span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">third-party tools or libraries will be used. </span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">As a grand finale the participant will build their </span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">toolchain with itself (a self-hosting build) and pass the </span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">conformance test with it. </span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Enrollments are open now and close 15th Feb, 2013. The </span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">course will commence shortly after in the spring. For more </span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">details and to enroll visit the course web site at: </span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="http://www.cppgm.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">http://www.cppgm.org</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">For press information contact </span><a href="mailto:support@cppgm.org" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">support@cppgm.org</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">ABOUT CPPGM: </span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The CPPGM Foundation was formed by a software company that </span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">recognized the value to programmer productivity that a good </span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">knowledge of language mechanics had to new developers to </span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">their team. The C++ Grandmaster Certification began </span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">development as an internal training program, and the </span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">foundation was founded to offer it publicly. </span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.222222328186035px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">========================= CUT HERE =========================</span>