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Reporting compiler bugs

Posted on 28.6.2010 by Anteru

Once in a life-time, you run into a compiler bug … well, that used to be the case, before HLSL/GLSL/OpenCL/CUDA/C++0x whatever started to crop up and require new front and especially code generation back-ends. More often than not, people just … Continue reading →

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Avoid unsigned types by default

Posted on 17.5.2010 by Anteru (Updated on 20.6.2010)

For some reason or another, unsigned types in C++ are heavily overused. I know that Java doesn’t have them, and many students who learn programming with Java think this is a really serious deficiency which they have to make up … Continue reading →

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Bazaar for version control

Posted on 8.3.2010 by Anteru

I’ve been a long-time user of Subversion – and I really like the project. However, I recently switched to Bazaar for nearly all of my work, and I’d like to explain some of the reasons behind this. First of all, … Continue reading →

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Beta testing time

Posted on 26.10.2009 by Anteru (Updated on 31.10.2010)

Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 has been released recently, and CMake 2.8 is also in RC mode right now. In case you haven’t done yet, this is the time to give it a try, as Microsoft and Kitware are really … Continue reading →

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