ertain objects must be converted to a low-level representation and vice versa. Programmers using std::string objects, for instance, have to convert them to bare char pointers, as in the following
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s we all know, premature optimization is considered evil as it often entails eventually useless design complications and portability compromises. However, this doesn’t mean that healthy programming habits should be
arket trends are a dominant factor in the evolution of IDEs. 15 years ago, syntax highlighting and extensive online help were all the rage; in the late 1990s, it was
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ometimes, deciding on a color scheme for a site is more of a problem than is implementing it. I’ve sat on committees intended to design Web sites by consensus and
ave you ever found yourself in the following scenario: You’ve created server-side Java applications for a production environment.You write a program that allocates external resources: connections to a database using
hen you write distributed programs with RMI, you want to restrict theactions performed by remotely loaded classes. Otherwise, you mayinadvertently allow unsecure code to access private systemresources. You can secure
Bulk I/O is a strenuous operation in terms of performance and resource allocation. For example, say you need to debug a container and wish to dump its content to cout