Lounge - April 2020

by helios
Is this what the 21st century is going to be like? (1,2,3,4)
 
Panicking and acting like retards every 5-10 years because a slightly stronger flu has mutated? It kind of makes me want to opt-out, frankly. I can only hope t...
[64 replies] Last: yes. its a big issue. some places force you to join organizations t... (by jonnin)
by zapshe
This professor is something else...
 
This professor, where do I start? He's practically a must take professor at some point when taking Computer Science classes (though I've managed not to take him...
[16 replies] Last: Just the opposite actually. public universities are subsidized by the... (by zapshe)
by helios
Sunk cost (1,2,3,4)
 
Continued from http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/lounge/269431/2/#msg1160095 So saying he's been in college for 3 years so he may as well finish isn't a sunk c...
[79 replies] Last: At the moment I am choosing which programming language to learn in det... (by vondes)
Postmodern C++ Revisited
 
Rob and Jason are joined by Tony Van Eerd. They first discuss some conference news, including Microsoft’s upcoming Pure Virtual C++ Conference. Then Tony Van ...
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Don't Code Without Coffee
 
I have some class code that had data members on the stack I was modifying to be constructed on the heap. Original (simplified) code: #include <iostream> #incl...
[3 replies] Last: Where are you allocating the memory for Age? In the ctor, of course,... (by George P)
Threats from a troll (1,2)
 
Did anyone else get a PM from our resident troll? ===== From: cblack618 So I hope that you know you have been reported to the police for constantly harassi...
[24 replies] Last: Nice save. :Þ (by George P)
CppCast: Rosetta
 
Rob and Jason are joined by Andrew Leaver-Fay from UNC and Jack Maguire from Menten AI. They first discuss a proposal to update both C and C++ and create a unif...
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by thmm
GSL 3.0.0 released
 
Version 3.0.0 of Microsoft's implementation of the C++ Core Guidelines Support Library (GSL) is now available! https://github.com/microsoft/gsl/releases ...
[1 reply] : we use some of it, along with the guidelines. (by Cubbi)
DeepCode: Outside Perspective
 
Recently DeepCode, which is a static analyzer based on machine learning, began to support checking of C and C++ projects. This article helps find out the differ...
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lol
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0_u26Vpb4w
[9 replies] Last: It might not be that. Perhaps he just happened to miss them. Unless he... (by closed account E8A4Nwbp)
Questions for graduates and current students (or everyone) (1,2)
 
Hi, So, my college experience with comp sci, thus far, has been pretty useless. Really, all I can say for it is that it has forced me to learn how to code in...
[28 replies] Last: Our untrained report monkey needs a banana break. (by George P)
by helios
Un-friggin-believable
 
I just fixed a bug where pointers were mysteriously changing values (e.g. 0x0000020 E 0B4E3160 turned into 0x0000020 0 0B4E3160) by replacing this: std::lis...
[10 replies] Last: Can you use a heap checker? Are there any new memory debuggers for Wi... (by helios)
by thmm
COVID-19 Response: New Jersey Urgently Needs COBOL Programmers
 
New Jersey desperately needs COBOL Programmers. That’s what the State’s Governor, Phil Murphy, apparently meant today, when he said at a press conference ...
[19 replies] Last: Thanks jonnin and kbw, I understand better now. (by thmm)
C++ Build Insights
 
Rob and Jason are joined by Kevin Cadieux and Sy Brand. They first discuss a blog post on Memory Access Patterns and the Clang 10 release. Then they talk about ...
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Simple BASIC Interpreter Challenge
 
This is my tutorial-challenge to write a programming language interpreter.     https://michael-thomas-greer.com/code/SBI/Part-I/ I have been wanting to do...
[3 replies] Last: If you are working your way through it, let me know how it goes and i... (by zapshe)
by CTCH
Can't figure this stack/deque assignment out!!
 
Hi, I'm new to posting on here and was hoping I could get some help from someone... My professor gave us this assignment that involves stacks and deques, the f...
[1 reply] : > Sincerest apologies if this isn't the right place to post this https... (by salem c)
Checking the Code of Zephyr Operating System
 
Some time ago the PVS-Studio team announced PVS-Studio’s new feature that enabled it to integrate into PlatformIO. Naturally, the team kept in touch with the ...
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by jonnin
Ideas on development office setup
 
If you are planning to have multiple distinct computers, I would set up one master machine in one location with several monitors. Those can be arranged to eith...
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