2006-01-09 16:08:00.735072+01 by Dan Lyke 4 comments
C++ trick of the day: The Impossibly Fast C++ Delegates By Sergey Ryazanov. Summary: Use templates to create a static function which does a static_cast on a void * and then dispatches a method on it, and pass around the void * and a pointer to this function. Gives a pointer to a member function that does all the right things, including dispatching virtually, and even from a pure virtual.
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#Comment Re: made: 2006-01-12 22:28:13.127122+01 by: baylink
"If a programmer can simulate a construct faster than the compiler can implement it, then the compiler writer has blown it *badly*."
Guy L Steele, I think.
#Comment Re: made: 2006-01-12 22:52:58.862044+01 by: Dan Lyke
Yeah, the problem with C++ is that it sucks slightly less than all of the other solutions. And it's not really a language, it's a language construction kit.
But it gives you so much more than C, and has performance that Python![[Wiki]](/adbanners/lookingglass.png){kind=small}
and Perl don't match (and Java and C# aren't in the running, so don't even bother mentioning them), that... well... sometimes you gotta dance with the devil.
#Comment Re: [Entry #8533] Re: made: 2006-01-13 03:06:03.125704+01 by: Unknown, from NNTP
FWIW, the Feb issue of Linux Journal had a nice article about embedding the Python interpreter in a C/C++ program, and how you go about actually using it once it's embedded.
#Comment Re: made: 2006-01-13 05:05:47.341847+01 by: DaveP
I've been seeing good things from a combination of Obj-C++ and Lua around the office, too.
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