TexBlog : November 2005

November 2005 - Posts

Is C++ a first-class .NET language?

Posted Monday, November 21, 2005 1:03 PM by stevetei

I get this question pretty frequently. Most recently, reader Wil brings it up in response to my last blog post. It's a very fair question; we keep talking about how cool C++/CLI is, but there is no denying that several of Microsoft's tools and technologies Read More...

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C++ or C# to get started?

Posted Wednesday, November 16, 2005 9:27 AM by stevetei

TexBlog reader Gordon writes: "I just got VS 2005 C++ Express. I have been looking for comprehensive examples of C++ code and it seems to me there are a great many more C# examples. This is making me wonder if C# isn't a better choice for someone getting Read More...

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100 blogs without GYM?

Posted Monday, November 14, 2005 1:28 PM by stevetei

Scoble's trying to do 100 blogs without mentioning Google, Yahoo, or Microsoft. He's now 25% of the way there, but I have to say that I prefer the GYM version of Scoble. Blogging without mentioning GYM is like programming without for loops... or hockey Read More...

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Applause-o-meter

Posted Thursday, November 10, 2005 4:53 PM by stevetei

As an ISV, it's fun to see what product features folks are excited about based on spontaneous applause during a presentation. Martyn did a session today at C++ Connections that was a kind of greatest hits tour of the new stuff for C++ developers in the Read More...

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eWeek discusses C++ futures

Posted Thursday, November 10, 2005 3:22 PM by stevetei

Esther Schindler of eWeek wrote on this week's C++ Connections conference. Near the end of the article, she noted the hullabaloo surrounding our use of the word "deprecated" to warn on the use of potentially unsafe standard library functions. Yes, the Read More...

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Concurrency, a roast, and a burrito

Posted Wednesday, November 09, 2005 5:55 PM by stevetei

A bunch of session yesterday at C++ Connections on concurrency, threading, and the like. Highlights included Herb Sutter 's session on The Concurrency Landscape, in which in touched on a lot of topics from his The Free Lunch is Over paper. This really Read More...

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A Tale of Two Conferences

Posted Wednesday, November 09, 2005 2:33 PM by stevetei

As fortune would have it this week, the C++ Connections in Vegas overlaps with the annual Borland Developer's Conference in San Francisco. I'm a little bummed because I hoped to attend both. I stopped working at Borland in 1998, but prior to this year Read More...

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Software Security: When good neighborhoods go bad

Posted Tuesday, November 08, 2005 4:29 PM by stevetei

I guess this entry would be a zombie blog, since I wrote part of it live and part of it after the session (Zombies are 1/2 live and 1/2 dead, get it? Groan. Haven't finished my latte yet; joke-u-lator not yet running at full steam). I'm now sitting in Read More...

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Live from C++ Connections

Posted Tuesday, November 08, 2005 3:03 PM by stevetei

I thought I'd try my hand at this live blogging thing to see first hand what all the kids are talking about. :) I'm currently in Matt Austern's session on TR1, where he's discussing the proposed additions to the standard C++ library. Matt is delivering Read More...

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In Vegas for C++ Connections

Posted Monday, November 07, 2005 9:59 PM by stevetei

I've just arrived in Las Vegas for the C++ Connections conference. I was lucky enough to find myself on one of those almost empty flights that are so rare these days, but Great Arbiter of Travel Fortune made sure I paid back that bit of good luck, with Read More...

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I saw a Beatle!

Posted Friday, November 04, 2005 11:51 AM by stevetei

Sir Paul played the Key Arena last night. And I was there. At the risk of revealing my manifest nerdiness, I've been a huge Beatles fan since I was a kid, so this was a big deal for me. I've been looking forward to the show for months, and I'm happy to Read More...