Hello C++ Developers, Yilmaz here, community manager for LearnCPlusPlus.org. This week was another milestone for the C++ developers, the new RAD Studio 12, the new C++ Builder 12, and the new Delphi 12 were released packed full of great features, optimizations, and improvements. There was an amazing 2.5 hours of presentation about RAD Studio 12 (I think it was the longest release presentation…
I first met Philippe Kahn and Turbo Pascal 40 years ago this month
November 6, 2023
In 1983, I was working for Softsel Computer Products (Softsel) in the product evaluation, support and training group. Softsel had a booth at the Fall 1983 COMDEX (Computer Dealer Expo) conference (November 28 to December 2) in the Las Vegas Convention Center. I sat at a pod…
Command-line Compilation Of Delphi Projects: Real-life Examples
November 6, 2023
Delphi app command-line compilation allows developers to compile a project in the background regime without the necessity to run IDE software. This approach is very useful for automating the compilation process, especially in those cases when you need to compile a lot of…
Three Important Modern C++ Features That Can Be Used With C++ Builder
November 3, 2023
Hello C++ Developers, this week, we have 3 more modern C++ features that can be used in C++ Builder. In C++14 you can store string in strings using modern programming methods. In the first post, we explain how you can preserve the string format especially when we use a string in a string with /”. Containers are powerful data storage arrays in modern C++ and they are very useful for iterating…
What Are The Useful Mutex, Shared Mutex and Tuple Features In Modern C++
November 2, 2023
Hello C++ Developers, Embarcadero and Whole Tomato developer teams are working hard on to release of RAD Studio 12, and it seems like we may (or not) see the early released version of the new C++ compiler before 2024. The new 64-bit Clang Toolchain in RAD Studio 12…
This blog post is based on a pre-release version of the RAD Studio software and it has been written with specific permission by Embarcadero. No feature is committed until the product GA release.
Besides the changes to string literals, with support for long and multiline…
Hello C++ Developers. As I write this post, the summer is over (if you live in the Northern hemisphere), and, in most countries, the new educational year has started, and we wish good luck to all students. If you are a student and want to learn C++, we have a lot of educational posts for you. This week, we continue to explore features from the C++14 standard which is available in C++ Builder. This…
We are happy to announce that today Embarcadero has released a new version of its InterBase flagship database engine, InterBase 2020 Update 5. With this release, the company continues to improve the product’s quality and usability.
IBConsole UX Redesigned
InterBase 2020…
This content is based on a pre-release version of the software and has been written with specific permission by Embarcadero. No feature is committed until the product GA release
You kick off a new project. You are excited! You are coding all the features thinking:
“How…
Hello fellow C++ Developers. This week we continue to explore features from the C++14 standard. One of the features that comes with C++14 is auto return type deduction,. We explain auto return type deduction with very simple examples including lambda and template examples. The Lambda Expression construct is introduced in C++ 11 and further developed in the C++14, C++17, and C++20 standards. In…
