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VOTEFast Math in Six Languages: What We Did and Why It Works
David Millington
We recently upgraded Elements’ LLVM backend and, while we were there, got curious about our math performance. We had our own implementations of sin, cos, exp, and the rest, which were correct, but modern instruction… … Read more
2 weeks ago
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Preview: CodeBot for Delphi
David Millington
A few months ago, we previewed an AI coding assistant for Delphi called CodeBot at Embarcadero’s AI Code Camp. In October, we gave a preview of an early alpha to the attendees at EKON. On… … Read more
1 month ago
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Texas, Start Your Photocopiers
David Millington
Oxygene, modern Pascal, began in the 2000s with the goal of providing a modern, elegant version of Object Pascal to the world. While it is backwards compatible with legacy Delphi constructs, Oxygene has led with… … Read more
5 months ago
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Instruction Sets in C++Builder 12.3!
David Millington
In my blog about sanitizers (runtime safety checking) in C++Builder 12.3, I said: The new C++ Modern toolchain … is something we’ve talked about as a ‘foundation for the future.’ ‘We can build things we… … Read more
11 months ago in avx, avx2, C++, cbuilder, Code, cpu, instruction sets, modernization, News, Performance, RAD Studio, sse3, sse4, vectorisation, windows
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Upgrading C++Builder 12.2: Tip #7, bcc64x tips!
David Millington
Welcome to a series of tips and tricks for taking advantage of the new Windows 64-bit Modern toolchain in C++Builder / RAD Studio 12.2! This builds on a webinar we did sharing a bunch of… … Read more
1 year ago in 12.2, bcc64x, C++, cbuilder, Code, How-To's, News, RAD Studio, tips, Tips and Tricks, windows
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Upgrading C++Builder 12.2: Tip #6, Handling Libraries with AutoLinking
David Millington
Welcome to a series of tips and tricks for taking advantage of the new Windows 64-bit Modern toolchain in C++Builder / RAD Studio 12.2! This builds on a webinar we did sharing a bunch of… … Read more
1 year ago in 12.2, auto-linking, autolinking, C++, cbuilder, Code, How-To's, library, linking, News, Package, RAD Studio, upgrade, windows
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Upgrading C++Builder 12.2: Tip #5, Split out C++ EH and SEH exception handling
David Millington
Welcome to a series of tips and tricks for taking advantage of the new Windows 64-bit Modern toolchain in C++Builder / RAD Studio 12.2! This builds on a webinar we did sharing a bunch of… … Read more
1 year ago in 12.2, C++, cbuilder, Code, eh, exception handling, extract method, How-To's, News, RAD Studio, refactor, seh, visual assist, windows
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Upgrading C++Builder 12.2: Tip #4 ¾, Help When Moving from 32 to 64 Bit
David Millington
Welcome to a series of tips and tricks for taking advantage of the new Windows 64-bit Modern toolchain in C++Builder / RAD Studio 12.2! This builds on a webinar we did sharing a bunch of… … Read more
1 year ago in 32-bit, 64-bit, C++, Code, How-To's, modernisation, modernization, News, port, porting, RAD Studio, upgrade, windows
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Upgrading C++Builder 12.2: Tip #4 1/2: Check out compiler safety options
David Millington
Welcome to a series of tips and tricks for taking advantage of the new Windows 64-bit Modern toolchain in C++Builder / RAD Studio 12.2! This builds on a webinar we did sharing a bunch of… … Read more
1 year ago in C++, How-To's, modernization, News, RAD Studio, windows
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Upgrading C++Builder 12.2: Tip #4, Take Advantage of Security and Correctness
David Millington
Welcome to a series of tips and tricks for taking advantage of the new Windows 64-bit Modern toolchain in C++Builder / RAD Studio 12.2! This builds on a webinar we did sharing a bunch of… … Read more
1 year ago in 12.2, C++, cbuilder, Code, code safety, How-To's, modernization, News, RAD Studio, reliability, robustness, safety, Security, windows
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Upgrading C++Builder 12.2: Tip #3, Massive Files with iostreams
David Millington
Welcome to a series of tips and tricks for taking advantage of the new Windows 64-bit Modern toolchain in C++Builder / RAD Studio 12.2! This builds on a webinar we did sharing a bunch of… … Read more
1 year ago in C++, Code, modernization, News, RAD Studio, Webinar, windows
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Upgrading C++Builder 12.2: Tip #2, Handling Old RTL
David Millington
Welcome to a series of tips and tricks for taking advantage of the new Windows 64-bit Modern toolchain in C++Builder / RAD Studio 12.2! This builds on a webinar we did sharing a bunch of… … Read more
1 year ago in C++, modernization, News, RAD Studio, windows
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Upgrading C++Builder 12.2: Tip #1, the Patch
David Millington
Welcome to a series of tips and tricks for taking advantage of the new Windows 64-bit Modern toolchain in C++Builder / RAD Studio 12.2! This builds on a webinar we did sharing a bunch of… … Read more
1 year ago in News
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Practical Info: Fast Parallel Compiling with C++Builder 12.2
David Millington
In the C++Builder and RAD Studio 12.2 launch webinar, we made a big deal of having fast parallel builds on by default: This blog is to provide some practical info on the feature. Using it… … Read more
1 year ago in 12.2, C++, C++Builer, Cmake, Developer Interviews, FireMonkey, How-To's, modernization, News, parallel build, parallel compile, Performance, Python, RAD Studio, windows
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Practical Info: Packages in C++Builder 12.2
David Millington
We’ve released the new Windows 64-bit Modern C++ toolchain over time: a preview in C++Builder 12.0 through to fully complete in 12.2 (dynamic package linking, CMake support, parallel building by default, etc.) In 12.2, it… … Read more
1 year ago in 12.2, 3rd Party Components, C++, cbuilder, Component, How-To's, IDE, modernization, News, Package, RAD Studio, windows
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