Labs
The Labs section groups posts together. These posts are usually small tips or tricks on how to code or hack something.
Posts are sorted by topic and for each link a small excerpt of the contents is shown.
Programming
C++, as many other Object-Oriented languagues, provides many facilities for us to implement our Object Oriented Designs. In this post I talk about a feature which is not frequently discussed, but must be taken into account when implementing a class hierarchy that leverages polymorphism as part of its design.
Static libraries provide a mechanism by which we can “pack” object code into reusable libraries. In this article I’m going to focus on creating static libraries of C (and C++) objects and functions.
Although the compiler most commonly used on Mac OS X is the GCC compiler, the version supplied by Apple has a handful of modifications which are specific for OS X. In particular, the -shared compiler flag, used to create Shared Objects under GNU/Linux based systems, has no effect…
Server Configuration
If you have a desktop computer and a laptop chances are that, in the long run, you end up spending more time working on your laptop than on your desktop. If repurposing your old desktop into a fully fledged server seems like too much of a commitment (either because you do not have the time to set it up or do not want to give up your desktop), you can still configure it as to offer services to other computers on your network without having to go for a server operating system…
