Software Design

Auto-vectorize C and C++ code

Auto-vectorization of for loops results in significant performance…

likely — unlikely directives

Assisting the compiler in optimizing if conditions

C++ Lambda Under the Hood

Understand the closure generated from a lambda expression

Tail Call Optimization in C++

Eliminating the last function call and converting a recursive function…

Pure functions in C++

Add attributes to declare a function as side effect free

Translate C code to assembly language

Learn about mapping C function calls, loops and conditional…

The myth of O(1) random access

In this series of articles, Emil Ernerfeldt argues that with large data structures, there is no such…

Why software developers should care about CPU caches