Collect your C++ Garbage with Boost
Using the boost library, specifically the smart pointers provided, most of the memory handeling burden can be lift of the programmes shoulders.
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60x? That sounds just right.
I came across a recent blog in which the author benchmarks the performance of evaluating XPath using VTD-XML on a 20 MB and comparing it to JAXP.
Why Does Simplicity Escape Programmers?
How do you respond when you encounter a bug in your code? Is it due to a kernel problem in Linux? Or just something mundane...?
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Do we have enough brains for multicore programming?
Do we really lack the brainpower to crack parallel programming? Is it a matter of education or does parallel programming require a... more »
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Learning F# for C# developers
This post is going to be part of a series of posts looking at syntactical examples of F# and C#. In F# you have the ability to program in... more »
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Schedule your Jobs with these opensource job schedulers.
We identified 11 opensource job schedulers which you may require to cron your task. The libraries are available in Java, CSharp and C++.... more »
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Ruby's Date/DateTime classes rewritten in C; 20-200x performance improvement
The standard library Date class is slow enough to be the bottleneck in much (if not most) of code that uses it. Here’s a real world... more »
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DBus represents an inter-process communication framework (IPC)
DBus represents an inter-process communication framework (IPC). This article contains a basic exaple how to send signals to the DBus daemon.
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Why Concurrency is Dead
Concurrency is out, parallel is in. Do you agree?
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Getting started with Managed C++
Getting started with managed C++ isn't as easy as it should be because the documentation is often not up-todate. Our introduction uses... more »
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Boost - smart C++ programming
BOOST provides powerful, but complex libraries to C++ programmers. This article shows the essence of BOOST - features and basic usage.
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VTD-XML 2.9 Released
Version 2.9 of VTD-XML, the next generation XML processing API for SOA and Cloud Computing, is released.
How Do Annotations Work?
Recently, I was giving an overview of Java to a bunch of C/C++ developers to help them bridge the gap. Mostly I ended up assuring them... more »
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Repeat after me: Immutable objects will not slow you down
Some programmer think that a programming style which encouraged immutability will lead to slower program due to the object allocation... more »
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Porting to 64-bit Platforms
C and C++ rely heavily on usage of pointers, i.e. variables containing memory addresses. While pointer types are conceptually different... more »
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Are Java generics good or evil?
There's lot of buzz about Java generics - are they good or bad? This article tries to answer this question.
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How to Avoid Being the Asshole Architect
Somewhere along the way, the term 'software architect' became synonymous with 'jerk' in a way that makes everyone worse off. Learn how... more »
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Traditional Programming Language Job Trends - August 2010
About 6 months ago, I looked at the job trends for traditional programming languages again. Given the popularity of these posts, I have... more »
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The Dark Side of C++
Most of the perceived benefits of C++, when viewed from a different vantage point, turn out to have or even be downsides.
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Singleton Design Pattern and Thread Safety
Everything there is to know about Singletons and thread safety.
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Hilarious Response to Interpreter Code
"Your code is 100% bogus and should be taken out the back, lined up against a wall, and machine-gunned. " There's more...
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Create A Simple Configuration File Parser - C++ Tutorial
Hello everyone. In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a configuration file parser, using C++ STL library.
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Google executive frustrated by Java, C++ complexity
Today's commercial-grade programming languages -- C++ and Java, in particular -- are way too complex and not adequately suited for... more »
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The Ten Commandments for C++ Programmers
From the book “Practical C++ Programming” by Steve Oualline, The Ten Commandments for C++ Programmers written by Phin Straite.
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Daily Dose - Hibernate 3.5.4 and 3.6 Beta 1 Released in Tandem
KDevelop released one patch, Hibernate released two.
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