Chris Maunder wrote:
We'll be doing a EULA push in the next few weeks to try and get authors to supply us with a license they wish their articles to be covered by
Consider the ISC license[^] or another common Open Source license[^]. Don't create yet another license (like e.g. Boost).
John M. Drescher wrote:
Roland Pibinger wrote:
You first need to learn to decipher the 80 lines or more long template error messages typical for Boost.
I consider this a Microsoft bug but at least there is a tool to get rid of this. StlFilt[^]
It's not a Microsoft bug but a template bug (a bug in C++). StlFilt treats the symptoms but doesn't cure the disease.
Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:
Has anyone played around with the boost libraries? Would you recommend them? rant: See, the story is as follows. I used to do quite a bit of C/C++/C#/Java coding until recently which is about 2 years ago. Now, its mostly VB.NET ( ). So I'm trying to get myself back into the groove. I had the rudest awakening a few days ago when trying to help my brother write up a small 21 (black jack) game for his university work. Man, do I suck now or what /rant So I've decided that as many of my Masters Degree projects will be in C++, and any coding I do at home will also be in C/C++. Any suggestions? Tips?
Boost was created as a playground to experiment with templates and push the limits of template programming in C++. Boost libraries were never meant as a convenient tool for Jo Programmer. I wouldn't use Boost in a real production environment. But for a master's thesis they are well suited. You can most probably impress you professor with the code obfuscation Boost libraries produce. Be prepared for a culture shock, though. You first need to learn to decipher the 80 lines or more long template error messages typical for Boost.
Josh Smith wrote:
We're starting a new project at work, and have recently entered the documentation phase. A detailed functional requirements doc has been created and reviewed. Now we're starting to write use cases. I was wondering if anyone out there might have some good suggestions for how to create use cases that are actually going to be helpful later on (in the Design and Implementation phases).
Take a look at the material at: http://alistair.cockburn.us/index.php/Main_Page[^] esp. http://alistair.cockburn.us/index.php/Resources_for_writing_use_cases[^]
Maxwell Chen wrote:
Could someone explain the meaning of this German verb "freizuschalten" in the sentence below? Thanks! "Um diesen Schluessel freizuschalten, wird vom Anwender eine PIN-Eingabe notwendig."
It means 'activate'. "In order to activate this key the user has to enter a PIN."
Chris Buckett wrote:
As I heard it Microsoft poached the guy who turned turbo pascal into Delphi (can't remember his name, though).
Jerry Hammond wrote:
I'm not usually impressed by cars and even less by "new" concept design. But this I want. http://www.ezprezzo.com/crazypics/new\_benz.html\[^\]
Oh lord, won't you buy me a ...
Uwe Keim wrote:
Usually, I do like the articles I wrote very much!
:);):laugh:
Jeremy Falcon wrote:
Tad McClellan wrote: Why can contributors Rate their own Stuff? So people don't create dummy accounts to vote their own stuff up... oh wait.
OTOH, you'll never get the real picture when you do that. :suss:
siskhoalanka wrote:
But I can't find a plausible solution to that problem
Switch to nicknames! :cool:
Jerry Hammond wrote:
As a hobbiest programmer what can I emphasize that might convince an employer to take a shot with me?
Hmm,
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Write a CP article in the field you know best and show it to your prospective employer .
Joe Woodbury wrote:
I downloaded the demo for Borland C++ Builder 2006 and took it for a spin. It is, without any exaggeration, one of the worse applications I've ever used;
Its meCString to Double double atof(const char *string )
If you want error handling use strtod and check return value, errno and end-pointer. :(
snir_ya wrote:
The application i'm writing at the moment is multi-lingual so we're working with std::strings.I'm generating an html on-the-fly in my application. I do it by using place holders so i need an efficient "replace" function but i coulnd't find an efficient replace methond for std::strings.
You need to write a function that copies your string contents to a new string object thereby replacing all 'place holders' in one pass with the actual strings. Try find_first_of to find a place holder.
Igor Vigdorchik wrote:
String class does have a replace method.
std::string even has 9 replace functions! :~
Zac Howland wrote:
void getMyString(char[255]& retString)
That won't work.
hatemtalbi wrote:
does someone know how to check if a pointer is valid (was allocated by the application and can be used without problem) or no?
When you ask that question something is wrong in your code. You should never have to check if a pointer is 'valid'.
Stephen Hewitt wrote:
int NumArray[] = {3, 1, 4, 1, 5, 9, 2, 6, 5};
int *pNumOnePartEnd = NumArray + sizeof(NumArray)/sizeof(NumArray[0]);
std::sort(NumArray, pNumOnePartEnd);
should probably be pNumOnePastEnd ;)
Since Date has already been mentioned ... Joe Celko's SQL for Smarties[^]