Why SQLite Is Implemented in C: Performance, Portability and Stability
TL;DR SQLite has been written in standard C since its debut in 2000 and the project maintains that C remains…
Developing a Rust-Inspired Static Analysis Tool for C++ Using AI Assistance
TL;DR A post titled 'Building a Rust-style static analyzer for C++ with AI' appeared on mpaxos.com. The full article text…
How a production C++ bug exposed undefined-behavior pitfalls in struct initialization
TL;DR A real-world C++ production bug returned impossible API responses because two bool fields in a response struct were both…
Production failure from uninitialized C++ struct exposed undefined behavior
TL;DR A production bug in a C++ payment service produced responses that claimed both error and success. The root cause…
C++ says “We have try…finally at home” — cleanup via destructors and scope guards
TL;DR Many modern languages provide a finally clause for guaranteed cleanup; C++ accomplishes the same goal using destructors and RAII-style…
C++ says “We have try…finally at home” — destructors handle cleanup
TL;DR Many modern languages offer a finally clause to run cleanup when control leaves a block; C++ provides the same…
C++ provides try-finally behavior via destructors, not a finally clause
TL;DR C++ lacks a dedicated finally clause; instead, developers rely on destructors to run cleanup when control leaves a scope.…