A lot of money and energy was spent in converting or writing new software in C++ during the 80s and 90s. Even nowadays, when the leading commercial language is Java, there is a lot of effort spent in learning and using C++ in several areas where performance is considered to be an important asset. However,…
One of the main questions asked by new entrepreneurs is how to find ideas for new software products. It seems as if ideas are the main reason separating success from failure for those starting a new business. While this might seem an interesting explanation for success in life, experience has shown time after time that…
Most programming languages (though not all) have the concept of null pointers or references. The most common languages to use null pointers are C/C++ (Java has null references, which are similar). Null pointers cause big headaches to developers because accessing one of them causes crashes or nasty exceptions, which are always associated to a programming…