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Thanks so much everyone. I finally decided to install Visual C++ express... just need to figure out how to use it now =)

Thanks Maxorator. I haven't heard of Code::block before. Yeah according to their web site it works on Vista. Do you know if I need to download a compiler separately? They mention that they...

Thanks zacs7. I didn't know that it's free. Will give that a try.

Could anyone suggest a free C++ IDE that works on Vista please? I used to use Bloodshed but it doesn't work on Vista. Tried NetBeans but it requires me to have my own compilers. Thank you.

Thanks SO much for your prompt response!! Yes, gprof is what I was looking for. Used it two years ago but couldn't even remember its name.

Could anyone recommend a (free) load analysis program for unix/sun please? I am trying to optimize my code and would like to look at the system load as I run my application and perform various...

Thanks again for the explanations iMalc. This is complicated, but I think I understand now. Cheers!

Thanks a lot iMalc. I manage to understand until where you mention the most likely cases are around the 1/3rd 2/3rd split on average, which I also understand, but how does one compute that that case...

Looks like this question has been asked before, but I am not able to find an answer to it so I will ask again.

How do you compute the complexity of an algorithm in an average case? I can (barely)...

Thanks brewbuck. That's true, but I am looking for some materials to help me BS in my job interview :)

Thanks Salem. This would help. I was looking for some detailed descriptions on the steps such as how to go from systems requirements to software requirements, and how to generate use cases etc.,...

Could anyone recommend a good web site for software engineering concepts? In particular I am looking for things like generating software requirement specifications, use case analysis, coming up with...

Thanks so much everyone! That would help my interview.

Thanks so much for your response cpjust. That's very helpful and I will sure remember that.

Sorry I know this is a dumb question, but I haven't been able to figure out an answer from my internet research.

Since C++ is a Object oriented language and C is not, why are some systems written...

Thanks guys. I need to set all the entries to a value not equal to zero, so I guess I am stuck.

I need to initialize all the entries in a huge multi-dimensional array (10 * 25 * 200 * 1000) to a value. Is there any efficient way to do it rather than a 4 levels loop? Speed is my main concern. ...

Thanks again. Yeah I think that's the real reason behind ('=' instead
of '=='), although my boss got the wrong explanation :) You guys are very helpful!

Thanks so much for the responses. My boss is a fresh grad... and I am a senior engineer :(, but new to C, so maybe I shouldn't take ALL his comments too seriously.

Hello,

Why is it better to do the following

if (NULL != my_pointer)

then

if (my_pointer != NULL)?