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• More on Getting the Number of Array Elements

  In a previous post , I discussed a safer way to get the number of elements in a C++ array. I mentioned that the countof() macro doesn’t work with local types (i.e. types defined inside a function definition). I just realized that the macro also fails Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 06, 2004 4:36 PM by the1 | 3 Comments Filed under: Software Development

• Programming in XSLT!

  Not so long ago, I posted a programming challenge , and received solutions in many different languages. Just when I thought people had forgot about this, I got this one from Anton Triest . It was written in a programming language called ... (surprise) Read More... Posted Friday, August 20, 2004 2:31 PM by the1 | 1 Comments Filed under: Software Development

• Generalize Smart Pointers in C++

  After programming in C++ for a while, you will inevitably be introduced to the concept of “smart pointers” (or you will discover them on your own). These are pointers that know to automatically release the objects they point to when they (the Read More... Posted Friday, August 06, 2004 1:11 PM by the1 | 10 Comments Filed under: Software Development

• Using template specialization in C++

  We all know that C++ templates can be used to write generic code, e.g. template <typename T> class Array { … }; Then we can use the same template to generate code for different template parameters. This is called instantiation of the template. Read More... Posted Friday, August 06, 2004 10:59 AM by the1 | 0 Comments Filed under: Software Development

• Using C++ Member Function Pointers

  I don't know about you, but the C++ syntax for member function pointers always eludes me. Every time I would spend half an hour or more deciphering MSDN to get the exact syntax, only to completely forget it the next time. Oops. I can think of three reasons Read More... Posted Friday, August 06, 2004 10:58 AM by the1 | 1 Comments Filed under: Software Development

• How Would You Get the Count of an Array in C++?

  The question is simple: given a C++ array (e.g. x as in int x[10] ), how would you get the number of elements in it? An obvious solution is the following macro ( definition 1 ): #define countof( array ) ( sizeof ( array )/ sizeof ( array[0] ) ) I cannot Read More... Posted Friday, August 06, 2004 10:54 AM by the1 | 0 Comments Filed under: Software Development

• Improve Longhorn code quality

  Starting the coming Monday (July 12, 2004), I will be working for the Windows devision instead of Visual Studio. My new team is focusing on improving the quality of the Longhorn code base. I might write more about it once I get an idea on what it is really Read More... Posted Thursday, July 08, 2004 6:57 PM by the1 | 3 Comments Filed under: Software Development

• Welcome, Aaron!

  I'm glad to see Aaron Stebner started blogging about setup (installer). Before Aaron switched team, he was a QA lead in the VS / .NET setup team, which I'm working for. He was a great resource then. Looks like his posts will be a new valuable source of Read More... Posted Friday, May 07, 2004 11:03 PM by the1 | 0 Comments Filed under: Software Development

• How Would You Get the Count of an Array in C++?

  The question is simple: given a C++ array (e.g. x as in int x[10] ), how would you get the number of elements in it? An obvious solution is the following macro ( definition 1 ): #define countof( array ) ( sizeof ( array )/ sizeof ( array[0] ) ) I cannot Read More... Posted Friday, May 07, 2004 5:56 PM by the1 | 6 Comments Filed under: Software Development

• A JScript entry to the Phaser chanllenge

  You probably have got tired of me, and my phone number phraser chanllenge , but you should check this one out. Today I got a JavaScript (!) program that solves the phraser problem from Nicholas Allen. This one is surprisingly short, and fairly clear too. Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 06, 2004 5:48 PM by the1 | 4 Comments Filed under: Software Development

• One more entry to the Phaser challenge

  Since I keep receiving entries to my programming challenge , I’ve compiled a list . New entries will be added to that list as they are received. Last Saturday (4/3/04) I received another C# solution from Frans Bouma. In his own words: “Hi, Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 06, 2004 4:54 PM by the1 | 4 Comments Filed under: Software Development

• Solutions to the Phraser programming challenge

  On 3/29/04 I posted a programming challenge : given a telephone number, find all possible ways to represent it using English words and digits. Several people have submitted their solutions. This page contains a list of all the entries I received, in the Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 06, 2004 4:50 PM by the1 | 8 Comments Filed under: Software Development

• My own solution to my programming challenge

  I posted this programming puzzle on Monday this week, and have received a solution in Fox Pro from Calvin Hsia, one in C# from Justin Rodgers, and one in C++ from Michael Scholz. So we have 3 players using 3 different languages. Cool! I promised to post Read More... Posted Friday, April 02, 2004 1:00 PM by the1 | 19 Comments Filed under: Software Development

• Another entry to the phraser programming contest

  I received another entry to my programming contest in email: From: "Michael Scholz" Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 5:34 PM I started working on your programming contest, but I quickly tired of optimizing for how-clear-the-code-is. But then, when you posted Read More... Posted Friday, April 02, 2004 2:11 AM by the1 | 4 Comments Filed under: Software Development

• Entries to my programming challenge

  Calvin submitted the first entry to my programming challenge . And (surprise!), it’s in Visual Fox Pro . I didn’t know Fox Pro can do that! It’s always nice to see unconventional ways to solve a problem. Calvin’s post includes Read More... Posted Thursday, April 01, 2004 4:41 PM by the1 | 3 Comments Filed under: Software Development