C++ arrays and pointers really originate with the C programming language. There have been massive improvements since the 1980s. Back then declaring arrays of structures was a bit iffy. Much of that had to do with the Stack vs. Near Heap vs. Far Heap issues of memory segmentation and “bytes allocated for alignment.” Refer to the std::vector post for further information on that. The Code We have a lot to talk about with this short … C++ Arrays and Pointers ExampleRead more
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Review – Bitdefender Premium Security
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Review – McAfee Total Protection
McAfee Total Protection is a shining example of why no company should ever use Agile. I’m a long way from newbie in the software world. I mean over 30 years of software consulting on many different platforms in quite a few different industries should count for something. Heck, I even write an award winning technical book series. This software is looking up at worthless hoping to one day be that good. ☆☆☆☆☆ Forget About Your … Review – McAfee Total ProtectionRead more
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A std::vector Example and Explanation
If you want a really good method of identifying a legacy C++ library/framework, see if it provides a vector class. For C this would be a set of vector functions. Arrays in C and C++ are hard coded at compile time. This dates back to the beginning of the languages. During the early 1980s VAX BASIC was the only widely used programming language supporting dynamic arrays. You may not be familiar with BASIC but the … A std::vector Example and ExplanationRead more
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The Danger of Tuples
No matter how much academics and the industry tries to shit on BASIC, C++ and every other newer language tries to move closer to it. Tuples are the re-introduction of a very bad thing. Well, not so much bad as highly abused. To understand my viewpoint you probably need to read page 4-100 (page 278 in the PDF) of this manual. FIELD The FIELD statement originated in BASIC/PLUS on the PDP-11. Might have started with … The Danger of TuplesRead more