Powerful, flexible, complex: The origins of C++ date back 40 years, yet it remains one of the most widely used programming languages today. TechRepublic spoke to C++ creator, Bjarne Stroustrup, to ...

Foremost in any strategy for the creation of safe and reliable C/C++ code is prevention of undefined behavior. But be prepared, because it’s not easy. On June 4, 1996, the Ariane 5 rocket was ...

Google and Microsoft are major users of and contributors to the fast programming language C++, which is used in projects like Chromium, Windows, the Linux kernel, and Android.

This 3.5-hour eLearning course introduces what distinguishes high-quality code and how to achieve it better using static and ...

The Zürich P-system compiler generated “p-code” for a virtual stack machine which was then interpreted; that led to UCSD Pascal for the IBM PC, and to Apple Pascal.

With 14 million users, Microsoft's open source cross-platform code editor Visual Studio Code is one of its key tools for keeping developers engaged with its future in the cloud.

As a piece of C or C++ code gets bigger and bigger, it’s possible for even the most careful coder to make lots of memory mistakes, filling the software with bugs.

The ISO’s formal adoption of C++ 20 is expected by 2020. But many C++ 20 features already are in experimental or production use, such as concepts in the GCC (GNU Compiler Collection) and ...