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by Duthomhas

I wrote a cron job! [Lounge]

This is a continuation of Finally switched to Linux Mint[/b] (https://cplusplus.com/forum/lounge/285724/[b][/b]). Mint, by default, is constantly popping up n...

Mar 29, 2025 at 8:55am

[16 replies] Last: That’s funny! Turns out my first experience with emacs[/b] was exac... (by Duthomhas)

by SimpleCoder

MSVC Solution and C1011 Error [Windows Programming]

MSVS Community Edition, v17.12.5 (latest), Win10 (latest), 64-bit I've raised an issue with MS, but after their acknowledging that they've replicated the probl...

Mar 28, 2025 at 4:47am

[3 replies] Last: did you try using #include instead? I know you may not want to, but m... (by jonnin)

by Ch1156

Is my understanding of pointers correct? [Beginners]

So I've been studying pointers and really trying to learn how to use them and how they work, and I feel like I completely understand their use cases now. I...

Mar 26, 2025 at 2:18am

[19 replies] Last: I have just discovered that [[nodiscard]][/code] can be applied to ty... (by TheIdeasMan)

by ElusiveTau

Getter for enum member returns a copy of enum? [Beginners]

I came across something non-intuitive, found a solution, but don't fully understand why the solution works. #include <iostream> using namespace std; enum ...

Mar 19, 2025 at 2:32am

[11 replies] Last: My view with regard to interface and not needing setters and maybe nee... (by TheIdeasMan)

by bistelA0005

Use C++ 20 with Embarcadero [General C++ Programming]

I have been using C++ builder for some C projects. It works really well. However, I have been trying to run some code from a tutorial I want to follow and I get...

Mar 18, 2025 at 3:36am

[4 replies] Last: The last recourse is the "other compiler options" where you can just l... (by salem c)

by BernardIE5317

Call of Templated Function w/ Explicit Template Argument Fails to Compile [General C++ Programming]

greetings kind regards may i please enquire why compiler reports error for code below as indicated . thank you kindly template<typename T, typename U> voi...

Mar 15, 2025 at 10:20pm

[1 reply] : The meaning of the name _T.aaa[/tt] depends on the template parameter... (by mbozzi)

by Duthomhas

Random Story Time [Lounge]

I once went to McDonalds, waaay back when $5 was expensive, and bought food that totaled something like $6.85. I gave the cashier a five, two ones, and a dim...

Mar 14, 2025 at 8:29am

[19 replies] Last: it was a little joke from ancient history. Long ago, there was a made... (by jonnin)

by ElusiveTau

Formatted Console Log with Datetime [Windows Programming]

I'm working on a C++11 project that uses console logging (cout) at the moment. I created the following Log method to perform printf-style formatting: // U...

Mar 12, 2025 at 3:59pm

[7 replies] Last: If the OP could move to C++20 rather than sticking with using C++11 th... (by seeplus)

by Duthomhas

Well, it looks like Mozilla is finally turning Evil™ [Lounge]

Firefox users are getting an updated EULA where Mozilla gets copyright to everything you post online through their browser. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4...

Mar 11, 2025 at 8:49pm

[7 replies] Last: Louis Rossmann does good work (I support his right to repair efforts) ... (by zapshe)

by PhysicsIsFun

scientific computing - optimize speed [General C++ Programming]

Greetings, this is a longer thread, so thank you in advance for anyone who takes the time. It might be that no one can help me without sharing the whole github...

Mar 7, 2025 at 8:53am

[16 replies] Last: Just leaving this here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnes%E2%80%93... (by salem c)