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C++’s Strengths Keep it Relevant in an Age of Code Bootcamps

Author: Rebekah D   There is an interesting post on Medium aiming to inspire students why to learn C++. Its main point is that learning C++ teaches fundamental computer science concepts: memory management, compile-time vs run-time, polymorphism implementation, iterators and containers, and more.  Unfortunately, it phrases itself in an exclusionary manner. While C++ is not the only language where…
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Speaking at Delphi Conferences in Italy and Poland in June

While most of the Delphi conferences in Europe happen in the fall (September and October are generally fairly crowded months), there are also a few regular events in the late spring timeframe. Delphi Day, Italy, June 7th The Delphi Day in Italy is a conference I helped…
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Desktop Development on Windows and Delphi VCL Library

Despite all the push for web and mobile development, which are certainly growing a lot, Windows desktop development is far from death. In fact, at the recent Build 2018 conference Microsoft reported that over the last year the developers using Visual Studio for building…
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C++ with LINQ

Author: Shinji Chikugi I found an interesting C++ libraly.That is “LINQ for C++”. What’s “LINQ”? LINQ (Integrated Language Query) is a function of C#. LINQ issues a query to the container and gets the result. For details, please refer to…
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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…