In modern C++, we are used to see const pointers. They are a useful way to avoid changes in memory passed to a function. As such, they are very common in function declarations. The const word, however, has other uses. It turns out that when the const keyword is applied to the pointer itself (instead…
I recently read a blog post [1] commenting on how twitter gives a better user experience than FaceBook. I hadn’t spent a lot of time thinking about the difference, but I suddenly realized that there is really a big shift in focus and tone when I use Titter or Facebook. First, there are the obvious…
This is a quick tip for visual studio users. It may be that most developers using VS already know this, but I only recently found about the immediate window. The immediate window is useful as a complement to visual C++ integrated debugger, as it allows one to evaluate small C++ (or C#) expressions during debugging….