Category Archives for C++

On C++ performance: The Evil Mr. Branch

Here’s a simple problem . For some reason, you’ve got to select between two types or values: smaller (or equal) than 50, and bigger than 50. And you need to do that fast using one core (no multithreading). ¿How do … Continue reading

26. December 2009 by Jon Valdes
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C++: Could you please code cleanly? Pretty please?

One of my little things when coding is that I always feel ashamed when my code is not clean. This means I try very hard to make my code simple and easy to understand. I don’t always succeed (not even … Continue reading

21. December 2009 by Jon Valdes
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C++ template instantiation problem (and some solutions)

Disclaimer: Really long post. If you’re not interested in C++ templates (or in correcting me when I write about them), don’t read this! Also, if you know more about C++ than I do, please respond with a better solution! Now, … Continue reading

15. November 2009 by Jon Valdes
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New blog, and new video

Hi there! New blog (again), I hope this one lives for more than 2 years…  This last year I got really tired of Drupal, and decided to use something else and create another blog. In the end (after some googling), … Continue reading

06. November 2009 by Jon Valdes
Categories: Blog, C++, Graphics, Programming | Tags: , | 8 comments