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Directory safety when working with paths

As we discussed in our previous two articles, we run into issues of thread safety when we try changing the path during a running program. ...

Before reading this post, please read the background in the previous post PATH_MAX simply isn't , as it covers important background, and...

Many C/C++ programmers at some point may run into a limit known as PATH_MAX. Basically, if you have to keep track of paths to files/director...

C++ is arguably the best primary language available today for non web based applications that are large, complicated, and advanced. But what...

This topic is one that I enjoy quite a bit, but unfortunately there is a lot of problems out there. I'm sure everyone has heard of hashi...

Let me present you with a bit of code which you might find quite commonly in a program: void function_1(type a, type b) { if (complex_form...

Lets start with some background. Back in the old days, if you had a PC, there was only one card called "the sound card", which of ...

Let me begin with a nice mathematical problem. Say you have a divorced couple that are currently discussing over the phone how to divide up...