Oh GCC, Where Art Though?
Recently through the course of my work, I have had the opportunity to reformat and reinstall several different systems with different Linux distributions. Once installed, I would then begin installing other packages and programs necessary for the system to fulfill its purpose. It was through these installations that I found one common factor between each distro I have installed. None of them come by default with the extremely popular C compiler, GCC.

Date: 2011-12-08

New C++ Standard, New Focus
Now that the new version of C++, C++11 is out in the wild as an ISO C++ Standard, there's a renewed focus on getting applications, tools, and books up to date with the new standard. The leaders of the ISO Committee have weighed in on the latest versions of the language. There's Herb Sutter writing about C++11, there's Bjarne Stroustrup's C++11 FAQ, and the upcoming C++Now! conference that's going to be held in Aspen Colorado. Clang is racing to get C++11 support into the stable release of the compiler, and GCC is humming along nicely with it as is Microsoft's Visual C++.

Date: 2011-11-01

Dennis Ritchie, Creator Of C And Co-creator Of Unix, Dies At 70
Ritchie is best remembered for developing the C programming language and countless programming mainstays such as the simple "hello, world" program that is used in just about every programming textbook made since.

Date: 2011-10-20

Minus The Header-Only Dogma
Wall Street's crew of programmers for high-frequency trading (HFT) software are the top of the food chain among C programmers. What exactly does it take to be a Wall Street programmer? Is C going to continue to be the language of choice? Let's find out..

Date: 2011-09-29

Minus The Header-Only Dogma
I've been working on the C++ Network Library for a few years already total but have been on-and-off with it until recently. One of the first decisions that I made in implementing the library was to try and do a header-only approach to implementing a network library implementation. At first it made perfect sense - you get the compiler to optimize as much of the code as it can while being able to expose a very friendly and expressive interface.

Date: 2011-08-30

C++0x Is Official: Unanimously
Herb Sutter, one of the rock stars of the C++ development world has posted his thoughts and shares with the world that C++0x has been approved unanimously as an International Standard.

Date: 2011-08-15

Traditional Programming Language Job Trends
Once again, it is time for the job trends for traditional programming languages. Just like the last update, we are only looking at Java, C++, C#, Objective C, Perl and Visual Basic.

Date: 2011-08-04

What You've Missed With C++: 2011 So Far
The past few months have been a jam-packed with a few developments in terms of C++. Not only did C++0x get the almost unanimous nod of the industry to be good enough to be called C++11 but there's also a few stories that have come out that need some attention too.

Date: 2011-07-13

Computer Software Engineers Expected To Increase 32%, With A Caveat
The US Department of Labor's recent publication of the Occupation Outlook Handbook, 2010-11 Edition, outlines the changing work environment we live in. The great news for programmers is that their share of employment is expected to increase by 32% between 2008-2018.

Date: 2011-07-01

Another Decade Of C++: New C++0x Standard And Google Benchmarking
"The world is built on C++," says Herb Sutter. For the nearly 30 years since its release it has been the "atom" of the computing world. Numerous applications rely on it: Google Chrome, various Adobe programs, nearly all Windows OS's and software, Firefox, Thunderbird, MySQL, and more.

Date: 2011-06-13

IOS Demand May Put Objective-C In The Spotlight
One of the most popular trends among programmers is the iOS platform. The onset of Apple's fleet of mobile devices combined with their high demand has created a huge demand for Objective-C programmers. The "underdog" status of Objective-C compared to other C variants may change.

Date: 2011-05-20

Cpp-netlib 0.9-beta Out Now!
After the one-week beta period for the 0.9.0 release, I'm happy to announce that the official 0.9.0 release is now available for general availability at the Github project downloads page. This 0.9.0 release is the first version of the library to be submitted for review to the Boost C++ Library project. Most changes that happened from the beta to the official release involve adding debugging information to critical parts of the server and client implementations as well as documentation and Boost.Build system updates.

Date: 2011-04-28

Cpp-netlib 0.9-beta Out Now!
After months and months of delays, finally the 0.9-beta version of The C++ Network Library project is out now. The beta period will take a full week before an official release is made available for general availability.

Date: 2011-04-14

C++0x Will Be C++ 2011
As you might already have heard from other places and read from other sources, the ISO C++ committee has now finally voted to publish the current Final Draft International Standard (FDIS) for the language referred to affectionately as C++0x.

Date: 2011-03-31

Free/Delete Not Returning Memory To OS?
As I do keep tabs on what's going on with C++ around the web, I chanced upon this short and succinct article about 'free' and 'delete' not returning memory to the OS from Thought Garage which starts with:

Date: 2011-03-17

Broken C++: Old Compilers
There are a lot of ways to do this from the external side of the equation - design well ventilated data centers like the ones Google and Yahoo have, consolidate multiple servers into smaller less-power hungry form factors like what SeaMUp until recently I've only had to deal with standard-compliant C++.

Date: 2011-03-03

Green Computing With C++
Have you heard of green computing? It's basically the concept of lowering the energy requirements of computers in order to reduce the carbon footprint of datacenter operations and desktop/mobile applications.

Date: 2011-02-17

How To Wield C++ In An Effective Manner
There is a largely unspoken understanding between/among C++ developers that goes a little something like this: "any sufficiently complex problem can be solved by working with the appropriate abstractions".

Date: 2011-02-03

Why Generic C Programming Has Not Taken Off
I thought about the subject a little more and tried to look into myself and what was stopping me from learning generic programming earlier in my C++ programming experience. One recent interview I had still sold C++ as an Object Oriented Programming language, which was surprising to me because it was only half-true.

Date: 2011-01-21