Software Design

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

Pattern matching in C++14

Pattern matching in C++ is an alternative to using if statements to control the logic flow. Pattern matching lets…

Boost fiber in your code

OK, we are not giving you dietary advice. “Boost Fiber” is a library designed to provide very light weight thread…

Introduction to Git

This talk introduces the Git Version Control System by looking at what Git is doing when you run the commands you need to…

C++ internals: mapping from C++ classes and methods to C structs and functions

C++ internals can be better understood by mapping them to corresponding C code.

Refer to the article mapping from C++ classes and methods to C structs and functions.

C++ internals: mapping inheritance and virtual functions to C

We look at mapping from C++ inheritance and virtual functions to C code.

Mapping a base class with virtual functions to C

Rules for managing header file includes in C++

C++ header file management can be very frustrating:

• Changing the the order of header files often results in difficult to track compilation errors
• C++ project compilations take a long time due to…

Optimize C and C++ Code

With the advent of mobile devices, optimizing code has become even more important. Faster applications not only improve the user experience, they also improve battery life.

Optimizing C++ and C Code discusses several techniques that will help improve the…