C++ Creator Speaks At Stevens
Within their fields, at least, the creators of different things often achieve rock-star status. A Ford Mustang with a plaque signed by Carroll Shelby will, for example, sell for thousands of dollars more than an otherwise identical vehicle.

Date: 2009-12-17

C#, C++ Among Microsoft's Favorite Languages
To say that Microsoft's important would be to make a huge understatement; the tech company has a market cap of about $264 billion, and its influence can be felt in every industrialized part of the world. Fans of the C family of programming languages should be pleased, then, that a couple of members are favored by Microsoft.

Date: 2009-12-03

Using C Programming To Simplify JavaScripting With Closure Compiler
A few days ago, Google released their Closure Compiler project for optimizing JavaScript. Here's what they write about the Closure Compiler: The Closure Compiler is a tool for making JavaScript download and run faster.

Date: 2009-11-19

How To Use C Programming To Verify Your Javascript
In the past few days, I've worked on finding a way to do static code analysis on JavaScript files.The resaon is that I want to apply some sort of binary and source code checking like FxCop and StyleCop provides for C#.

Date: 2009-11-05

Pointers And Their Pitfalls
This may seem like a very basic idea, but I have seen far too many programmers not know the proper way to handle pointers. Pointers were the first thing I learned about in my second programming class when I was in college. The teacher beat into our heads that pointers are one of the hardest things in programming to understand.

Date: 2009-10-15

Worldwide Programming Competition To Begin Soon
Keep an eye out - or get your application in - if you're interested in a competition that should unearth and crown some of the world's best programmers. The IEEEXtreme Programming Competition 3.0 will take place in about three weeks' time.

Date: 2009-10-01

CodePlex Foundation, MySpace's Qizmt
MySpace announced that they're open sourcing Qizmt, a MapReduce framework used by the MySpace Data Mining team. Unlike other leading MapReduce frameworks that are typically implemented in C++ or Java, Qizmt was developed using C#.NET.

Date: 2009-09-17

August TIOBE Index Indicates Growth
The C, C++, and C# programming languages all performed well in the latest TIOBE Programming Community Index. One of them held its ground in terms of overall rankings, while the other two managed to become even more popular.

Date: 2009-09-03

Garbage Collection And C
Garbage collection is an extremely undervalued aspect of modern society. After all, we couldn't be buzzing around in hybrids and enjoying our plasma TVs if we were buried in filth and suffering from the plague. So today, let's take a look at garbage collection in C-language code applications.

Date: 2009-08-20

"Concepts" Separated From C++0x
More information regarding the next C++ standard has become available, but unfortunately, the news isn't all that good. The release date remains a while away, and the anticipated "concepts" mechanism has been kiboshed.

Date: 2009-08-06

A Collection Of The Best C++ Resources
I have used Google book search to find some of the best books in c++. Here is my collection. Nice book to start with your C++ learning and it should be one of the first book to start with. It covers all the basics about C++ in a very simple and easy way.

Date: 2009-07-23

State Of C++ Deemed Iffy With "Upside Opportunity"
Lots of subjects get covered by different "state of" talks. There's the State of the Union address delivered by the president, for example. There's also Conan O'Brien's hilarious "State of the Show" sketch (which he'll hopefully continue in his new timeslot).

Date: 2009-07-09

Making Mistakes That Will Cost You Time And Money
Since the inception of software development, business development and technology departments have been locked in a death match. The main issue stems from a group of R-Directed (pattern recognition, holistic reasoning) thinkers in bizdev communicating with a bunch of L-Directed (logical, analytical) thinkers in technology..

Date: 2009-06-24

C++ Tips For Embedded Types
Driving skills don't always translate from one type of competition to another. A top-notch rally driver might fail in F1, for example, or someone who's had luck in drag racing might not make the grade on Nascar's oval tracks. And the same sort of thing holds true when it comes to software, so Colin Walls wrote a guide to C++ specifically for embedded developers.

Date: 2009-06-11

Almost-Ready New C++ Standard Discussed
Has anyone else noticed how many of the movies released recently revolve around the future? "Star Trek," "Terminator," perhaps "Wolverine" considering some of the technology on display . . . . So, in keeping with that trend, we're going to look at C++0x - the not-yet-released C++ standard - today.

Date: 2009-05-21

MoSync 2.0 Arrives To Help C/C++ Code Go Mobile
According to Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, and a host of other huge corporations, mobile is the future. At the same time, even these usually-strong companies have had a hard time succeeding in the field, so it may interest you to know that help in the form of MoSync 2.0 has arrived.

Date: 2009-05-08

Ada To C Conversion Tool Now Available
Ever try to translate something from a foreign language with which you're not too familiar? You wind up identifying a word at a time, and then it's often necessary to make guesses about tense and number before rearranging the parts of a sentence. New software from SDC Systems Limited aims to save you from a similarly painful process where Ada and C are concerned.

Date: 2009-04-16

Reliable Expertise to Support Your Application
There are other hosting providers out there that talk nonstop about SaaS. But only Rackspace delivers the infrastructure, nonstop support, uptime, services and SaaS expertise that you and your customers rely on day in and day out. And that's why thousands of businesses rely on us to make on-demand application delivery flexible, reliable and easy.

Date: 2009-04-01

C++ Receives WSJ Recognition
It's not every day - or even every year - that C and C++ get any sort of mainstream recognition. A recent article that appeared on a Wall Street Journal blog named the latter language, though, and it was the sort of reference that should make experts proud.

Date: 2009-03-26

Agilis Starts Guarding 64-bit C/C++ Applications
With Windows 7 on its way out, people and businesses are likely to start buying new PCs left and right, and 64-bit operating systems are liable to become the norm. And when that happens, people who want to use 64-bit C and C++ applications will have nothing to worry about, because Agilis Software intends to look out for them.

Date: 2009-02-27

Intel Updates Concurrent Collections For C/C++
Intel is aiming to make the lives of C/C++ programmers a little simpler. The tech corporation has let loose a fresh version (Release 0.3.0) of its Concurrent Collections for C/C++, and several improvements have been thrown into the mix.

Date: 2009-02-05

C/C++ Walkthrough Pops Up Online
Programming languages are sometimes taught during the course of expensive university classes. Would-be learners can also take their chances buying thick $35 books. But a walkthrough called "Learning C/C++ Step-By-Step" has become available online for free in a development that's both nice and useful.

Date: 2009-01-15