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Re: String

Fri, 14 May 2010 06:17:33 -0800

Posted a 'reply on the Beginner C/C++ forum.

A string is some characters that are stored in consecutive memory locations and terminated with the '\0' character -- often called a NULL terminator. For example:

char MyString[] = "Hello World";

IN the above, MyString is the name I gave to the memory location that contains the characters "Hello World". We normally do not care where those characters are stored, all we care about is the name -- MyString.
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Re: What are advantages of using Turbo C?

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 05:49:18 -0800

Posted a 'reply on the C and C++ forum.

AFAIK the only people on planet Earth that still use Turbo C are in India. Why in the world do India's universities ROB their students of decent education is beyond me. They are teaching their students the wrong way to program computers by requiring them to use an ancient comiler that has not been used in businesses for at least two decades now. I know students in India are among the smartest in the world and they diserve a better education than they are getting there.
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OMG This Site Sucks

Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:32:24 -0800

Posted a 'new message on the Off topic board forum.

I'm using 64-bit Windows 7 and IE8. This site must be one of the worst sites I have visited. When I tried to change my profile some scrip was running that my browser had to kill. Tried to send a PM and the same thing. I'm afraid I won't bother coming back because it isn't worth the hassle having to kill the browser every few minutes.
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Re: need COBOL forum

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:34:49 -0800

Posted a 'reply on the New programming languages forum.

COBOL -- hummmm! Do people still use that language? I haven't even hear it mentioned in the past 25 years. But apparently someone is using it because of this windows compiler
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Re: How to inherit a MFC dialog box?

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:28:18 -0800

Posted a 'reply on the C++ MFC forum.

Its done exactly like any other c++ class. If you need message maps in your new dialog then add the DECLARE_MESSAGE_MAP macro in the header file (see the original dialog's header file for example).
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Re: vc++

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:20:53 -0800

Posted a 'reply on the C and C++ forum.

You don't have to use precompiled headers if you don't want to. Their use can be turned off -- how to do that depends on the compiler and version you are using.
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Re: C++ using MS Access as Database

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:18:36 -0800

Posted a 'reply on the C and C++ forum.

IMO you download the wrong compiler. If you want to stick with that compiler then you also need to download the Microsoft Platform SDK, which is really huge. But had you downloaded VC++ 2008 Express you don't need that SDK.
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