The Definition of Functional Programming
The definition of functional programming is relatively easy. Functional programming is programming with mathematical functions. Is that all? Of course, not!
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Functional in C++17 and C++20
Which functional feature can we expect with C++17, and for which functional feature can we hope with C++20? This is precisely the question I will concisely answer in this post.
Functional in C++11 and C++14: Dispatch Table and Generic Lambdas
My favorite example, the dispatch table, shows how nicely the features in modern C++ work together. A dispatch table is a table of pointers to functions. In my case, it is a table of handles for polymorphic function wrappers.
Functional in TR1 and C++11
This post continues our journey through the functional features of classical, modern, and future C++. Today, we stop in the present.
Functional in C++98
C++ is not a functional programming language, but you can program in a functional style. What are the functional features of C++? I will answer this question for C++98.
Object-Oriented, Generic, and Functional Programming
C++ is not a functional programming language. C++ has its roots in procedural and object-oriented programming. So it’s pretty surprising that programming in a functional style becomes increasingly important in C++. That is not only true for C++. That also holds for Python, which has many functional features, and even for Java. Now Java has […]
Memory Pool Allocators by Jonathan Müller
After I have written a few posts about memory management in C++, I’m very glad to present Jonathan Müller, which will write a guest post about his implementation of the memory library. He will explain to us his concepts about his design. Jonathan is known as an expert in memory management in the C++ community. […]
Pros and Cons of the various Memory Allocation Strategies
In C++ you have the choice between various memory allocation strategies. In addition to the frequently used dynamic memory allocation, you have the stack allocation. But you can preallocate the memory at the start time of your program. This can be a fixed-sized block or one or more memory pools. Each of these strategies has […]
Strategies for the Allocation of Memory
There are a lot of different strategies for allocating memory. Programming languages like Python or Java request their memory from the heap at runtime. Of course, C or C++ also has a heap but prefers the stack. But these are by far not so only strategies for allocating memory. You can preallocate memory at the […]
Improvements of this Blog
In my post Time for Wishes, I asked: “How can I improved my blog?” And here are the answers.