One of the most frequent criticisms of the C++ language is the difficulty generated by the long compilation and link times. All of that contributes to the perceived duration of complete builds for that language. Sadly, few people understand that build times are not just a factor of the complexity of the language or the…
Interface design is at the heart of software engineering. While it takes a good program to implement an algorithm, it takes a top programmer to design clean interfaces that will make software development easier, not harder, as time goes. First let consider our definition of resilient interface. In a few words, an interface is resilient…
One of the biggest milestones for C was the completion of the standardization process. After the creation of the standard, which involved many people from several countries, there is a single set of features that is supported across C compilers in the market. Before standardization, different vendors could, sometimes out of necessity, implement variations of…