Monday, January 16, 2012

Dunce of the Week - DotW

Dunce of the Week
The 'Dunce of the Week' posts are inspired by Herb Sutter’s GotW blogs (C++98 GotW and C++11 GotW) and are intended to discuss pieces of C++ code I have encountered and my attempts to improve it.   Why "dunce" instead of a synonym of "guru"?  Because while I believe I am pretty knowledgable in C++ and am very competent at my job, I realize that in comparison to the vast knowledge required to really master the language, I am still a dunce.  (One look at how the boost library is implemented will humble most hard-core C++ developers.) My DotW blog posts will usually be about trying to further my understanding of the language.
Each installment of DotW will feature some code I have encountered asking the readers some questions and then providing my answers with discussion.   Readers are strongly encouraged to try to answer the questions themselves before jumping to the answers section.  Please note
Feel free to add comments or show how you would solve the problem. If you have some interesting code that you would like to see discussed, please let me know in the comments section or contact me at hallsoftware-at-gmail-dot-com.

The DotW Posts

DotW #1

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