DevX: Latest C++ Content http://www.devx.com Latest DevX Content en-us Copyright 2002 DevX http://backend.userland.com/rss Mon, 12 May 2008 23:50:18 PST DevX http://services.devx.com/outgoing/devxwire.gif http://www.DevX.com Pure Virtual Functions Declared as Private in C++ Classes How can a pure virtual function be private? Will the derived class be able to override it? Actually, it's possible for pure virtual functions to have any access modifier: private, protected, or public. http://www.devx.com/tips/Tip/37648?trk=DXRSS_CPLUS Alexander Ocher Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:47:21 PST Sutter Speaks: A Conversation with the Concurrency Whisperer Multi- and many-core chips are entering the mainstream—and one of the first software development authorities to take note was C++ expert Herb Sutter. Thanks to his practical insights, a new generation may grok concurrency sooner than previously thought possible. http://www.devx.com/go-parallel/Article/37573?trk=DXRSS_CPLUS Alexandra Weber Morales Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:31:34 PST Determine the Direction of Stack Growth A simple way to determine the direction of stack growth is to compare the address of a function parameter with the address of a local variable in the function. http://www.devx.com/tips/Tip/37412?trk=DXRSS_CPLUS Alexander Ocher Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:48:29 PST Multi-Threading: When printf Can Be Better than cout printf and fprintf are much less likely to be preempted in the middle of streaming data. http://www.devx.com/tips/Tip/37205?trk=DXRSS_CPLUS John Hendrix Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:24:01 PST Untapped Silverlight Powers: Create Your Own Media Player Learn how to build an application that reassembles the YouTube player, allowing you to visually control media playback. http://www.devx.com/dotnet/Article/37094?trk=DXRSS_CPLUS Wei-Meng Lee Tue, 19 Feb 2008 02:01:20 PST Optimize the Performance of Your Internationalized Applications More and more Windows applications are internationalized to take advantage of the global marketplace. However, multi-byte string handling functions may impact program's performance and should not be used with single-byte character sets (SBCS). http://www.devx.com/tips/Tip/37046?trk=DXRSS_CPLUS Alexander Ocher Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:59:27 PST <span style="color: red">(Subscriber Content) </span>C# 3.0 Syntax Additions—Design Guidelines These guidelines will help you understand new additions to C# 3.0 syntax and avoid some of the pitfalls you can encounter when using them. http://www.devx.com/codemag/Article/37010?trk=DXRSS_CPLUS Peter Ritchie Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:02:11 PST What's New in C# 3.0? Part 2 The release of Visual Studio 2008 updates C# to version, 3.0, with several key language enhancements and LINQ support. Part Two of this series will walk you through C#'s new LINQ support features and other time-saving enhancements. http://www.devx.com/dotnet/Article/36714?trk=DXRSS_CPLUS Wei-Meng Lee Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:09:58 PST Determine Whether a C or C++ Compiler Was Used to Compile Code The code below uses standard, pre-defined macros to determine whether a C or C++ compiler was used to compile the code. http://www.devx.com/tips/Tip/36775?trk=DXRSS_CPLUS Alexander Ocher Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:15:41 PST What's New in C# 3.0? Part 1 The release of Visual Studio 2008 updates C# to version, 3.0, with several key language enhancements and LINQ support. Part one of this series will walk you through implicit typing, automatic properties, and other time-saving enhancements. http://www.devx.com/dotnet/Article/36703?trk=DXRSS_CPLUS Wei-Meng Lee Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:34:57 PST