Separating interface from implementation has many practical benefits. Here’s a simple way to do just that, in ANSI-standard C code. How do you organize medium-sized or larger C programs? Few C ...

Overview: C and C++ remain the most important languages for fast, low-memory embedded devices. Newer languages like Rust and ...

From our study of C++, it should be clear that, unlike class encapsulation and single inheritance, which were essentially free in C, polymorphism in C involves some complexity and overhead. In the ...

The modernization of programming languages and the importance of better coding techniques is directly related to the evolution from mechanical computers to modern software-development processes. We ...

Software-testing firm Tiobe, which maintains a monthly tracker of the popularity of the vast array of programming languages available to software developers, has picked C++ as its programming language ...

At a Computer Science Education Seminar talk Thursday, C++ creator Bjarne Stroustrup shared his thoughts on the role of C++ and what needs fixing in programming education. C++, a programming language ...

Mark Russinovich, the chief technology officer of Microsoft Azure, says developers should avoid using C or C++ programming languages in new projects and instead use Rust because of security and ...

PITTSBURGH, March 22, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) has released the 2016 edition of the SEI CERT C++ Coding Standard. The standard provides rules for secure coding in ...

That's probably one of the most popular questions from first-time learners, and it's something that educators debate as well. The thing is, you can ask ten programmers what the best language is to get ...

Citadel Securities has hired Herb Sutter, who spent 20 years at Microsoft. Sutter is an expert in C++, a coding language that underpins most of Citadel Securities' technology. He'll lead the firm's ...