rrors and exceptionsare two similar notions that differ in one crucial aspect: exceptions are a runtime concept, whereas errors are anomalous conditions that can and should be detected as early
ultithreaded applications are notoriously difficult to write, test, and debug. However, to take full advantage of the added performance potential of multicore desktop and laptop systems, developers now face the
o exploit the performance potential of multicore processors, applications must be threaded for performance. While performance-oriented threading is new for many developers of desktop and laptop systems, there is a
o matter how well you write and understand high-level programming languages, your applications can probably benefit if you’re willing to dig down into the lower-level code that makes the computer
oost takes you far beyond the C++ Standard Library, making C++ programming more elegant, robust, and productive. Now, for the first time, a leading Boost expert systematically introduces the broad
n this world of emerging technologies and modern, ultra-small, and super-capable electronic devices, there is still a place of honor for printers. People haven’t completely switched to soft copies. There
mplementing XML processing in C++ can be a headache. Parsing and building XML documents with DOM takes a lot of coding and it’s slow, error prone, and not resistant to
ong compilation time is an issue of concern for many large-scale C++ projects. In some cases, a typical build cycle takes up a whole night or an entire weekend. This
any applications need to update their components based on information input coming from a single source. It’s often important for these applications to maintain consistency among these components at any