Thoughts on Programming
Bodo Schönfeld 
This introduction to the C++ programming language uses a simple program to teach some of the basics. I’ll be using an example from the articles on setting up a C++ programming environment (links at the end of this article). It’s a simple “Hello World” program: The main() function I would now like to discuss this … Read more
To write C++ applications on Linux, you need a compiler and an editor (or an IDE). Installing a Compiler On Debian and Linux distributions based on Debian, start by running the following command: On openSUSE, run the following command as root: And on Fedora (versions 33 to 36), the following commands will do the job: … Read more
Introduction Rust is a relatively young language in the field of systems programming. The first stable version appeared in 2015, though it was announced back in 2010. It combines different programming paradigms, namely from functional, object-oriented, and concurrent programming. This means programmers from other languages will quickly find familiar elements, though they may also be … Read more
Microsoft’s Build developer conference has wrapped up. Like Google’s I/O, the spotlight was mainly on artificial intelligence. But there were also announcements on other fronts — for example, cloud computing and developer tools like Visual Studio. One interesting highlight was Microsoft’s new Rust-based command-line editor. Called Microsoft Edit, it’s open source and runs on both … Read more
The path to a user directory can vary depending on the operating system. For instance, if the username is “kendra”, you would deal with the following paths: When writing a Python program for personal use, you could simply use the corresponding path to your user directory (i.e., /Users/<Username>). However, the situation changes when the program … Read more