A developer who is porting his Windows-application to the 64-bit platform sent a letter to our support service with a question about using floating-point calculations. By his permission we...
I was convinced one more time that programmers write programs absolutely carelessly, so that their programs work not because of their skill but due to chance and care of Microsoft or Intel...
This article is the most complete collection of examples of 64-bit errors in the C and C++ languages. The article is intended for Windows-application developers who use Visual C++, however, it...
The terms verification and validation are related to software quality checking. We use these terms in our articles and reports. Very often we have heard various comments and debates concerning...
The article explains what size_t and ptrdiff_t types are, their purpose, and when to use them. The following information is especially valuable for developers starting to create 64-bit...
When porting software one of the task a developer faces is to change types' sizes and rules of their alignments. Not so long ago we provided support of the diagnosing rule allowing you to detect...
