ACCU on Sea 2026 - The Future of C++

This article discusses the insights from Andrei Alexandrescu's keynote at the ACCU on Sea 2026 conference, focusing on the future of the C++ industry amidst the rise of AI and LLMs. It highlights predictions about software project sizes and compiler optimizations.

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There was a lot of forward thinking at this conference, and not just the typical “What is coming in the next standard(s)?” kind of forward thinking. This was more along the lines of what will our industry look like in the near future.

This was the opening keynote from Andrei Alexandrescu. Exceptionally funny and filled with interesting materials like any Andrei talk. He acknowledged that we are in a MASSIVE transition period for our industry as a result of AI/LLMs. This entire talk was trying to predict the future based on past and current experiences. He ended with 7 predictions:

It even tells me how many tokens this took to generate, and the cost to the compiler explorer team. Neat!

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