Starting new C++ projects
I wanted to have a playground to try out new idioms and concepts (hah!) in C++, and it became an excuse to figure out what the right way (in my opinion) would be, given the enormous range of choices e…
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I’m getting somewhat peeved with the repetitive claims that C is so fast. It isn’t. it never was. It’s just that the language is fairly transparent down to the machine level so when you change somet…
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The C-only train has left the station. Few departments teach surveys of programming languages anymore, and I don’t know of any department that teaches a required course in history of computing. I wor…
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All experience has taught us that solving a complex problem uncovers hidden assumptions and ever more knowledge, trade-offs that we didn’t anticipate but which can make the difference between meeting…
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Java takes the part of C++ that I like the least - its syntax derived from the C syntax - and not the parts I consider most important - the ability to do data abstraction without compromising efficien…