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Rob Pike, one of the creators of the Go language, stated that he expected the language to be adopted by C++ programmers, a prediction that hasn't been realised. Recently however at the HFT firm where I work, the success of a team's move from Python to Go for some pieces of non-speed-critical infrastructure led to…
This article sheds light on how warnings work in GCC, why some warnings are false, and when warnings might not be output. Also discussed are the trade-offs made when implementing checks in GCC.
Disclaimer: this post is sort of a motivating post for students. Professional programmers may find it uninteresting or painful (especially if you code in C# or Java or JavaScript). C++ is the hardest…
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I was recently reminded of why I think it’s a bad idea to teach beginners C++. It’s a bad idea because it is an objective mess–albeit a beautiful, twisted, tragic, wondrous mess. Despite the current state of the community, this post is not a polemic against modern C++. This post is partly a follow-up on Simon Brand’s article, Initialization in C++ is bonkers, and partly a message to every student who’s wanted to begin their education by gazing into the abyss.
C/C++ extension does not include a C++ compiler. So, you will need to install one or use which is already installed on your computer. Also, Make sure to add C++ compiler PATH to environment variable…
I’ve been working for almost a year implementing micro-services on C++11 running as Docker containers. Through my journey I’ve seen to emerge quite a bunch of interesting tools to work with C++ on…
Browser-based frontend to gdb (gnu debugger). Add breakpoints, view the stack, visualize data structures, and more in C, C++, Go, Rust, and Fortran. Run gdbgui from the terminal and a new tab will open in your browser.