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    Nothing to it but to do it! Perhaps you need a...

    Nothing to it but to do it! Perhaps you need a WinCE Consultant? ;)


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  2. Thread: Speed of C++

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    Hopefully you've obtained 2nd grade and realize...

    Hopefully you've obtained 2nd grade and realize that meaningful doesn't have two "L"s, but obviously, that is a waste of everyone's time here...

    The example shows that for the same code in C++...
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    Get Stuffed! Don't try to act like I don't know...

    Get Stuffed! Don't try to act like I don't know what is happening "behind the scenes" simply because I used it in the manner shown in my "test." I started programming in Java with JDK v.71 on...
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    I like the sited (from your Wikipedia link): ...

    I like the sited (from your Wikipedia link):

    http://www.jelovic.com/articles/why_java_is_slow.htm

    ...or:

    "Why Java Will Always Be Slower than C++

    by Dejan Jelovic"
  5. Thread: Speed of C++

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    Here is another example: C++ int main()...

    Here is another example:



    C++

    int main()
    {
    int i = 0;
    do
  6. Thread: Speed of C++

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    ...and, so from now on, we'll do nothing but take...

    ...and, so from now on, we'll do nothing but take your word for everything, since you've seen it. In other words, if you're going to bring it up, site the resource or leave it alone, since it is...
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    C++ real 0m0.023s user 0m0.002s sys ...

    C++


    real 0m0.023s
    user 0m0.002s
    sys 0m0.002s


    Java (v1.5.0)
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    Since I pre-date C, perhaps I can give some...

    Since I pre-date C, perhaps I can give some historical information that may or may not shed some light on this issue.

    Back in the days when memory was at a premium and a few kilobytes was a lot of...
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    It doesn't make sense to me to be passing around...

    It doesn't make sense to me to be passing around a pair when you can pass around a single char...



    ...when was a char only half the size of an int? ...in the days of DOS? :D



    Imagine the...
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    The #include statement is a pre-processor...

    The #include statement is a pre-processor directive. When the pre-processor encounters the directive in the compilation unit, it attempts to open the file and locate the contents of the file in...
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    Try: http://www.netlib.org/blas/ :davis:

    Try:

    http://www.netlib.org/blas/

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    Is it me, or did anyone else notice that there is...

    Is it me, or did anyone else notice that there is no corresponding call to "delete" in the C++ version, or "free" in the C version? (The C version still uses "new")


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  13. I'd recommend that you do whatever is necessary...

    I'd recommend that you do whatever is necessary for you to achieve your goals. It is already clear from this posting that you have a minimalist command of English.

    OpenGL
    Admitedly
    Truly
    All...
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    Never trust anyone who recommends Micro$haft...

    Never trust anyone who recommends Micro$haft tools! :D

    ...Microsoft (which means extremely small and flacid!) has a nasty habbit of ensuring that their software runs only on their platforms and...
  15. Thread: itoa

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    WTF are you trying to accomplish? #include...

    WTF are you trying to accomplish?



    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <string.h> /* for memset */

    void swap( char* i, char* j )
    {
    char c = *i;
  16. Thread: C++ Exercises

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    ...yeah, but it is fairly lame! Take for...

    ...yeah, but it is fairly lame! Take for instance:

    Question #20
    What is the equivalent of Pascal's Real?

    a) unsigned int
    b) char
    c) float

    ...how is this question C++? One must know...
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    Sticky: Since you do not indicate a platform preference,...

    Since you do not indicate a platform preference, I'd strongly recommend using Qt as your GUI library so that the programs you write will be more platform independent. Here is a fantastic Qt book,...
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    Sticky: C++ in a Nutshell

    If you don't already own it, and you think of yourself as a C++ programmer, then you probably want to have this excellent book in your arsenal.
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