++ pundits recommend that you replace built-in arrays with st::vector across the board. Sometimes however, built-in arrays are unavoidable due to their unsurpassed efficiency or because your app must interact
isk defragmenters, antiviruses, backup utilities, and file compression tools are a few examples of applications that operate on directories. Alas, standard C++ doesn’t have a library for manipulating directories. Consequently,
eneric containers and algorithms often impose certain restrictions on the objects that they manipulate. For example, the std::sort() algorithm requires that the elements on which it operates shall define the
n a previous column, I discussed the Standard Library’s map associative container. But this was only one half the story. The Standard Library also defines a multimap container, which is
here’s no shortage of useful, new controls to investigate in ASP.NET 2.0. In my last article, I discussed the new GridView and DetailsView controls. In that article I also discussed
Exceptions enable you to detect and handle anomalous runtime conditions promptly. However, they also complicate the design of your program as they increase the number of possible execution paths. In
s a Web developer, tracking Web site traffic is just one of the many activities you need to do. You might want to know which pages are the most popular,
elational databases, scientific apps, and Web-based systems often need a vector-like container whose index can be of any type, not necessarily int. Such containers are known as associative containers or
here’s little doubt that the Internet and the Web have transformed services and content delivery more than any other recent technology innovation. In its initial form, the Web provided a