On Wednesday morning, December 12, at the CodeRage 7 C++ Conference, Bruneau Babet (Embarcadero C++ R&D Engineer) presented a session showing developers how to migrate their C++Builder XE3 32-bit applications to 64-bit Windows. Bruneau’s session covered some of the differences between the Embacadero Win32 and Win64 C++ compilers, comparing keywords, macros, extensions and standards conformance [...]
When I look at a piece of software, I see several things. I see the text. I see some patterns. I see variables that might have some meaning. I see data structures, constants, and other data definitions. I might see some loops, functions with parameters, and I might even see some comments. Can I train [...]
Julie Andrews, as Mary Poppins, sang "Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down." The "Spoonful of Sugar" song starts "In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. You find the fun and snap the job’s a game". When I am programming, I am having fun. Yes, it [...]
Today is July 14, 2011. It’s Bastille Day in France. This morning I got up at 3:30am to watch Stage 12 of the 2011 Tour de France. Stage 12 was the first stage to enter the mountains of the Pyrenees which are on the border of France and Spain. The stage 12 winner was Samuel Sanchez from [...]
I recently re-watched "The Lord of the Rings" (LOTR) movie trilogy. Remember the LOTR phrase, "One Ring To Rule Them All"? Could there ever be "One Programming Language To Rule Them All" (OPLTRTA)? In the early years of our industry there were loads of new languages appearing each year (History of Programming Languages). There were also attempts to create best of [...]
We each have a finite amount of time on this planet. I’m sure that you all want to enjoy every moment of every day, I do! Groucho Marx said, "Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana." John F. Kennedy said, "We must use time as a tool, not as a crutch". The [...]
We’ve completed two days of awesome technical sessions and great interaction with the presenters. CodeRage 5 continues for another two and one half days with more free technical sessions. Come join the fun and spend time with other developers and our great speakers.
CodeRage 5 also features a virtual exhibit hall where our technology partners are [...]
There are only 7 days left to take advantage of the Delphi, C++Builder and RAD Studio special offers. The last day to take advantage of the offers is June 28, 2010. Following the format of the "Late Show with David Letterman Top Ten list", here are the "number 7" reasons to use Delphi, C++Builder, Delphi [...]
There are only 8 days left to take advantage of the Delphi, C++Builder and RAD Studio special offers. The last day to take advantage of the offers is June 28, 2010. Following the format of the "Late Show with David Letterman Top Ten list", here are the "number 8" reasons to use Delphi, C++Builder, Delphi [...]
There are only 10 days left to take advantage of the Delphi, C++Builder and RAD Studio special offers. The last day to take advantage of the offers is June 28, 2010. Following the format of the "Late Show with David Letterman Top Ten list", here are the "number 10" reasons to use Delphi, C++Builder, [...]
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