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Next C++ generation: C++11

Introducing C++11: Next iteration of programming language passes review (PhysOrg.com) — This past week in Madrid, Spain, the next iteration of the C++ programming language, C++11, passed review by the technical standards committee. “The new standard provides language features that make it easier to write correct and well-performing code in C++ together with more standard […]

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Deadlock-Proof Your Code: Part 1 & 2

In today’s world of multicore computing, it’s important to make sure that your multithreaded applications scale. A longstanding approach for making the most of multiple processors is to arrange for different resources to be protected by different synchronization objects, or locks. A drawback of this approach is that a bug in your threading model can […]