One of the evilnesses of the C++ Standard Library is that implementations — be they GCC's libstdc++ or the Dimkumware implementation used by MSVC — are free to have their headers include other standard headers as much as they like. This can lead to confusion.
I briefly explore a common inheritance gotcha and its usual solution.
One of the most well-known "web 2.0" buzzwords is AJAX ("Asynchronous Javascript And XML") which, properly known as XMLHttpRequest is a mechanism to provoke the retrieval of data from a webserver at times other than the initial loading of a webpage. You see it when your Gmail inbox refreshes, or when you turn the page in a Facebook photo album. Unfortunately, AJAX is somewhat misunderstood.
A programmer friend recently revealed that his company has a strict no-tabs policy, and that they are forced to use space indentation… at no fewer than eight spaces. This makes me sad. I explain why.
I address the age-old debate of C and C++; which pointer initialisation syntax to use?
I compare several approaches to object initialisation in C++.
I explore a few oddities with templates and types in C++.
Why does C++ not allow conversion from T** to T const**?
I explore the removal of the Start Menu-docked Address Bar from Windows XP as of SP3.
Two short stories on copyright.
