Implementing realpath() in C++

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

PATH_MAX simply isn't

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...

Can you name a C++ compiler?

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

Hashing out Hashing and Hash Libraries

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...

Secrets to Optimization - Function Pointers

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...

The Sorry State of Sound in Linux

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 ...

Can you trust your security application?

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...