General Programming

Getting a C++ compiler for Windows XP
I was wondering if anyone could advise me how to actually get a c++ compiler. First, some background. My previous computer ran DOS 5.0 and Window 3, and while I would use Windows some of the time a lot of the time I would just use DOS. I bought Turbo C++ for it, and this worked fine, creating DOS programs. I cre... 23 Sep 2006 11:15

Program performance/optimisation
Jack Klein wrote: On Tue, 12 Sep 2006 21:19:34 +0530, grid <prohit99(a)gmail.com> wrote in comp.lang.c: Hi, I was exploring the affect of cache on program performance/optimisation.Is it the compilers responsibility only to consider this kind of optimisation or the programmer can do his bit i... 15 Sep 2006 07:03

Lexical Analysis
Is there a program or Algorithm for comparing two strings to see if they are "close" to each other. I'm trying to find close matches in a large list of names. Close match meaning a letter or two different (misspelled) OR with some extra characters at the end (not the beginning). Example: Acme Widget Acme W... 18 Sep 2006 00:58

Please Loot the Inforamtion/Mainframe Material at "MFRESOURCE"
Sri wrote: MFRESOURCE -New Yahoo Group for Mainframe Resources MFRESOURCE is Mainframe Resources Group: Group useful for Mainframe Materials & Mainframe Jobs. Related Link: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mfresource/ Post message: mfresource(a)yahoogroups.com Subscribe: mfresource-subscribe(a)yahoog... 19 Sep 2006 17:17

Looking for freelancing work in LAMP Technology
Hi All, This is Santhosh Kumar looking for freelancing work. Technical Expertise : 3 Years of vast experience in developing Web Applications and RIA with LAMP Technologies, AJAX, XML, XSLT, HTML, Java Script, DOM, CSS. Skills : Languages: C, C++, Java, JSP, Servlet,PHP5, Web Server/Container: Xi... 7 Sep 2006 10:28

programmer productivity
Years ago I heard a statistic from a reliable source that went something along the lines of: "The average programmer produces [X] lines of production quality code per day." That is, taking into account all the time spent designing, debugging, refactoring, testing, and so on, the net productivity of a programme... 12 Sep 2006 09:35

A serious question about programmability of jokes
I have not studied theoretical computer science formally. I have programmed a lot in my life. I have also been maintaining a blog of jokes that strictly arise in my real life. I have reached to an observation: Of the most logical undertakings I know, computers can be programmed for two of them - executing algori... 17 Sep 2006 21:17

SAP Ebooks
ABAP Siemens Materials ABAP (Advanced Business Application Programming) is a powerful programming language created specifically for developing SAP applications. For 1. Siemens (Study Material) PDF Documents for ABAP 2. ABAP Dictionary PDF Documents 3. Cross Applications PDF Documents 4. LSW PDF Documents Vis... 5 Sep 2006 06:38

modulo
Is modular arithmetic used in compression or encryption. I don't seem to know of any good encryption lists. Would anyone happen to know of any? THX ... 6 Sep 2006 20:07

Fibonacci implementation
Hi, I'm looking for a non-recursive implementation of the algorithm to calculate Fibonacci numbers. Any language is OK (C/C++, pseudo code prefered). Any hints? Thank you, Chris ... 6 Sep 2006 12:04