the brown-dragon blog

2010-10

• [2010-10-11] Taking Backups from the Command Line (Utils,C/C++,Tech) __Some people aren't built for GUI's__

2010-03

• [2010-03-09] The Perils of BitFields (C/C++,Tech) Yesterday, our team ran smack into the perils of using [href htt...

2009-12

• [2009-12-10] 'Restrict' yourself in C (C/C++) A new feature introduced in the [href http://en.wikipedia.org/wi...

2009-10

• [2009-10-01] Run! EMACS Run! (1TrueEd,Utils,C/C++,Tech) Old [href http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?EmacsAsOperatingSystem jokes as...

2009-09

• [2009-09-22] C++ != ++C (C/C++,LtU,Tech) *C++* is NOT *C*.
• [2009-09-21] clip.exe (Utils,C/C++) I've started using [href http://www.cygwin.com/ cygwin] heavily ...

2009-08

• [2009-08-30] Pointers vs Arrays (C/C++) One small point that often gets overlooked in writing C/C++ prog...
• [2009-08-21] Duff's Device (LtU,Fun,Tech,C/C++) I find it sad that many programmers today, even those that use C...

2009-06

• [2009-06-30] ab (part deux): Catching up to Apache! (C/C++,Utils,Tech) In [href ab.htm my last post] I discussed the Apache Benchmarkin...

2009-05

• [2009-05-13] Using rand (); (Tech,C/C++) The %%%%rand ()%%%% function generates a pseudo-random number in...

2009-04

• [2009-04-30] Calling Conventions in Windows (x86) (Tech,C/C++) When debugging with WinDbg you may notice that all functions are...
• [2009-04-29] Multithreading with ... Cats?! (Tech,C/C++) I found a fun introduction to multi-threading from __Orion Grana...
• [2009-04-29] Disabling instructions while debugging using WinDbg (Tech,C/C++) A quick way of disabling instructions you don't want to execute ...

2009-01

• [2009-01-15] Freedom from free()! (Tech,C/C++) One of the pain-points in C is manual memory management. Using C...
• [2009-01-06] Pass Me The Array (Tech,C/C++) Have you ever wondered how to pass an array as a return value in...

2008-12

• [2008-12-26] array[0] or array[1]? (The Definitive Answer at last!) (LtU,Tech,My-Views,Java,C/C++) Beginner programmers tend to get confused over the convention th...
• [2008-12-24] Embedding files in C Libraries (Tech,C/C++) Recently I needed to access a text file containing a database sc...
• [2008-12-20] Converting Comment Styles with Sed (Utils,C/C++) When I program in C, I like keeping my comment in the old C-styl...
• [2008-12-18] A Simple Parser (C/C++) To get a nice, graphical display of some update logs for my SCM ...
• [2008-12-17] C! Oh C! (C/C++) When I joined this C/C++ shop after nearly six years of Java, I ...