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...
Apr 27, 2020 at 6:16pm
[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...
Apr 24, 2020 at 5:30pm
[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...
Apr 24, 2020 at 4:11pm
[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 ...
Apr 24, 2020 at 12:14pm
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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...
Apr 21, 2020 at 4:49pm
[3 replies] Last: Where are you allocating the memory for Age? In the ctor, of course,... (by deleted account xyzzy)
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...
Apr 21, 2020 at 8:51am
[24 replies] Last: Nice save. :Þ (by deleted account xyzzy)
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...
Apr 20, 2020 at 3:37pm
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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 ...
Apr 20, 2020 at 2:19pm
[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...
Apr 18, 2020 at 10:17am
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lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0_u26Vpb4w
Apr 16, 2020 at 9:22pm
[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...
Apr 15, 2020 at 1:28am
[28 replies] Last: Our untrained report monkey needs a banana break. (by deleted account xyzzy)
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...
Apr 12, 2020 at 6:06pm
[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 ...
Apr 7, 2020 at 4:21pm
[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 ...
Apr 7, 2020 at 7:18am
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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...
Apr 6, 2020 at 6:08am
[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...
Apr 5, 2020 at 4:01am
[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 ...
Apr 3, 2020 at 7:07pm
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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...
Apr 1, 2020 at 6:55pm
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