General Programming

Makefile: set targets from a list
Is it possible to define targets from a given list? For example, let's say that I have the following files: a.c++, a.h++ b.c++, b.h++ c.c++, c.h++ And let's say we have the following list defined in a makefile: LIST = a b c Is it possible to built the following targets from that list? a.o: a.c++ a... 28 Mar 2010 22:15

Benchmark Statistics on WebServers (.NET and/or Java)
Hi Does anyone know of benchtests (memory overheads, cpu loads, delivery times, scalability) of J2EE, .NET, Websphere running a variety of different webpage generation technnologies (ASP, ASP.NET) and backend databases? I note with interest Facebook championing HipHop because it seems that PHP (and other script ... 19 Mar 2010 18:59

Simple question on XML Schema
Greetings, I have two newbie questions. 1) Using XML Schema, how can I describe an XML document in which the root element is either A or B? Also, using DTD, how can the same be achieved? 2) In an XML driven messaging system, is it a good design practice to use XML documents with different root elements to ... 18 Mar 2010 05:55

Unspecified?
This fragment of code is from zlib: /* We check for insufficient lookahead only every 8th comparison; * the 256th check will be made at strstart+258. */ do { } while( *++scan == *++match && *++scan == *++match && *++scan == *++match && *++scan == *++match... 17 Mar 2010 18:39

Warning to newbies
Ted DeLoggio <tdeloggio(a)gmail.com> wrote: Rod Pemberton wrote: "spinoza1111" <spinoza1111(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:8e7a446f-d1b3-4566-a9cb-a50dcee719cc(a)s25g2000prd.googlegroups.com... Steve Wozniak has asked if the Toyota failures aren't software. Unlikely... No offense to the ... 16 Mar 2010 16:13

Idiotic programming style edicts
> If an obscure technique is being employed, then a comment to that effect is a helpful pointer but I have seen _REALLY USEFUL_ comments along the following lines ... x := X + 1 ; increment x ... which only serve to increase the noise floor. In our shop, those appeared when we ... 22 Mar 2010 14:12

System Calls
On Mar 14, 9:28 pm, "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nosp...(a)Verizon.Net> wrote: From: "Karthik Balaguru" <karthikbalagur...(a)gmail.com> | On Mar 14, 6:08 am, "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nosp...(a)Verizon.Net> | wrote: From: <spi...(a)freenet.co.uk> | And verily, didst Karthik Balaguru <karthikbalagur..... 17 Mar 2010 22:17

polynomial multiplication
I am trying to solve the problems in "Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis in C". One of the questions asks you to find algorithms to find the product of two polynomials. The polynomials are represented using linked lists. The terms in the list may not be in sorted order. However the product itself should be a l... 21 Mar 2010 00:27

Looking for a development tool to list all the functions in a ?source file
Lucius Sanctimonious <concordate(a)gmail.com> wrote: On Mar 5, 2:04 pm, Ramon F Herrera <ra...(a)conexus.net> wrote: I do most of my server-based coding using vi and Linux. I could use a CLI-based tool that takes a C or C++ file and displays all the function names in it, with signatures. TIA, ... 15 Mar 2010 01:21

Survey about 'The view of the IT staff on open source software'
walec51 <walec5(a)gmail.com> wrote: Paul's point is that if you're only asking usenet, you'll get a ver specific subset of the IT community. Usenet users are hardly indicative of the general feelings/view points of the IT/programming community. In order to get a better sample size/distribution, you'd have to show ... 14 Mar 2010 15:25