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Evolution of C++ standards

Programming languages are exciting for developers, and C++, one of the more technically challenging and also perhaps the most widely used compiled language, is one of the most exciting. As Theodore Roosevelt is misquoted (*), ‘the more you know about the past, the better prepared you are for the future,’ so let’s dive into a bit of C++ history and how it’s shaped our coding…
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RAD Studio開發相關的一些重要更新資訊

已經是5月下旬了, 對於開發人員來說今年有數件重要的開發事件值得關注. 首先是RAD Studio本身, 從RAD Studio最新幾個版本我們可以觀察到RAD Studio現在每一個大版本之後會有數個hot fix以及3個更新小版本.
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RAD Studio开发相关的一些重要更新信息

已经是5月下旬了, 对于开发人员来说今年有数件重要的开发事件值得关注. 首先是RAD Studio本身, 从RAD Studio最新几个版本我们可以观察到RAD Studio现在每一个大版本之后会有数个hot fix以及3个更新小版本.
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RAD Studio 10.2.3 iOS 11.3 Patch available

Earlier this week we released a patch for Delphi, C++Builder and RAD Studio 10.2.3 that adds support for building iOS 11.3 applications for Development, App Store, Ad Hoc or In-House Distribution. This patch fixes the following publicly reported issues: RSP-20268 RSP-20303 RSP-20342 RSP-20346 Click here to download the patch. With Rad’s Studio Application Builder Software, you can make apps…
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3D Credits Scroll with Delphi

A little fun with Delphi for today’s Star Wars day! This is a pretty simple 3D form with a 3D layout at an angle, and then a 2D layout with text and images is animated up the 3D layout. The only code is populating the labels as the animation kicks off…
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My Blog is Having Serious Hiccups, Let's Plan a Move

You might have seen my blog has had a few issues recently. It is a very old application written in Delphi and running on a totally outdated Linux VM, hosted by a newer and more robust server. But the reality is, it is fairly fragile. First it had a kernel crash, caused by a bad out-of-memory issue, than on reboot it was low on disk space and things went a bit bonkers. It is working now, but not…
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Removing the Community toolbar

The RAD Studio IDE contains a toolbar allowing you to log on to Community, and see messages sent to you by other users, questions and answers, andother notifications. Recent website upgrades have caused issues with this toolbar for some users (now resolved), and we…
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C++ Free Compiler Updated to 10.2.3

Embarcadero hashad a free download of our C++ compiler andRTL (capable of making Win32 apps) for many years, going back into the Borland days. (In fact, Idera as a company likes providing free tools – check out some of the others here.) We aim to keep…
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10.2.3 C++ Hotfix for an issue with a 4KB or larger stack allocation

In 10.2.3, there is an issue affectingmethods using the fastcall calling convention that allocate 4KB or more on the stack inside the method. The stack allocation could result in the ‘this’ pointer containing an incorrect value. This was reported as: RSP-20171 RSP-20297 and RSP-20173 (duplicate reports) You can download the hotfix from CodeCentral. Technical info For…
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