In C++, I'm wondering why the bool type is 8 bits long (on my system), where only one bit is enough to hold the boolean value ? ...

When using the ObsoleteAtribute in .Net it gives you compiler warnings telling you that the object/method/property is obsolete and somthing else should be used. I'm currently working on a project that requires a lot of refactoring an ex-employees code. I want to write a custom attribute that I can u...

... As others have said, it's an initialisation list. You can use it for two things: Calling base class constructors Initialising member variables before the body of the constructor executes. For case #1, I assume you understand inheritance (if t...

I have a case where I must write inline CSS code, and I want to apply a hover style on an anchor. 23 Answers ...

... What makes you say that either a singleton or a static method isn't thread-safe? Usually both should be implemented to be thread-safe. The big difference between a singleton and a bunch of static methods is that singletons can implement interfaces (...

... signal() . To follow convention I should use sigaction() but if I was writing from scratch, which should I choose? 9 Ans...

I don't know enough Lisp to say whether it's good or bad. It seems like everyone who has used Lisp loves it, yet the most popular languages these days are descended from C. ...

I have a little peculiar problem that I currently solve using a table , see below. Basically, I want to have two divs take up 100% of the available width, but only take up as much vertical space as needed (which isn't really that obvious from the picture). The two should at all times have the exa...

I was helped out today with a command, but it doesn't seem to be working. This is the command: 10 Answers ...

...studying OpenCV tutorials and came across the assert function; what does it do? 9 Answers ...