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Using CMake to build a Qt application

CMake is a really great build tool, and it makes it very easy to use a lot of libraries with it. For example, CMake has a built-in module that helps you to set up a Qt project. Unfortunately, it’s a … Continue reading

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Boost 1.40 released

Just saw it, Boost 1.40 has been released. Contains a few fixes for GCC 4.4 and VC 10 (great!), performance improvements and loads of other bugfixes. Asio has also got a lot of updates. The build system has been slightly … Continue reading

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Updated Qt build instructions

I’ve updated my post on building Qt, adding how to skip examples and demo generation. I’ve tested it recently, and adding -nomake examples -nomake demos to configure really works. Thanks to Michael for this nice tip!

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Optimising performance: Strings, maps, sets

I had to optimise the performance of my research stuff lately to get into near-interactive rates — with a few new insights how to quickly improve code which uses lots of strings and complex data structures. Note that this is … Continue reading

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