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Last time we talked about how the original PC has a limit of 640 kB for your programs and 1 MB in total. But of course those restrictions chafed. People demanded more memory, and there were ...

C++ founder Bjarne Stroustrup says profiles are essential to the language’s future and will not break existing code, unlike ad-hoc solutions. C++ memory safety issues have come under heat recently, ...

The architecture of an AWG (arbitrary waveform generator) looks like that of a DSO (digital storage oscilloscope) in reverse. Waveform memory plays a critical role in both instruments. DSOs capture ...

Work on the Safe C++ extensions proposal, forged a year ago to address memory safety in the language, has ceased, according to Harry Bott, the CEO of the C++ Alliance, which oversaw the proposal. The ...