in Uninformed Vol1 2005.May by Nikos Drakos, Computer Based Learning Unit, University of Leeds. + Ross Moore, Mathematics Department, Macquarie University, Sydney.
error codes are values that identify different types of errors in the Windows API. Most functions do not report the error code directly; instead, they simply return a flag specifying if some error occured or not.
"a decade ago was that there was a serious lack of uniformity." ... "I had hoped that the situation in the C++ world would have improved since then, unfortunately it appears that I may be sadly dissapointed."
B-Trees are often mentioned as a good way to store and retrieve data, especially to and from disk. They're efficient to use and easy to program, and they're often mentioned but not-so often discussed. They show up all over the place.