The talk will cover some of the new features that were added in Visual C++ 2005 - specifically new optimizations like Whole Program Optimization (WPO) and Profile Guided Optimizations (PGO). The talk will also look at some of the security related features that were added in Visual C++ 2005. If there is time the talk may also look at some of the new features will be int next release of Visual C++.

Speakers

Jonathan Caves

After getting his degree in CS from QUB Jonathan Caves worked at CERN and Glockenspiel before joining Microsoft in 1993. At Microsoft he has worked exclusively for the Visual C++ team where he has been involved in all aspects of the Visual C++ compiler. He is the Microsoft representative to SC22/WG21 the ISO C++ Standardization body.

Blog : http://blogs.msdn.com/joncaves/