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Anyone any idea on the contributions of Embarcadero to the LLVM project?

jpluimers jpluimers With the huge dependency of Delphi on the LLVM project – basically none of their cross-platform support falls apart without LLVL – I wonder how much Embarcadero and their. mother company Idera contributed back to… … Read more 7 hours ago in C++, C++ Builder, Delphi, Development, Software Development 0

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Delphi “array of const” to “varargs” – Stack Overflow

jpluimers jpluimers Just in case I ever think “oh, I might try want to go the Variadic function arguments way in Delphi” again, I must remember “maybe not a good idea” and re-read these posts: [Wayback/Archive] Variadic… … Read more 2 weeks ago in .NET, C++, Delphi, Development, Freepascal, pascal, Software Development 0

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From Turbo Pascal to Delphi to C# to TypeScript, an interview with PL legend Anders Hejlsberg – YouTube

jpluimers jpluimers Nice historic perspective: [Wayback/Archive] From Turbo Pascal to Delphi to C# to TypeScript, an interview with PL legend Anders Hejlsberg – YouTube Via [Wayback/Archive] Zack Urlocker on Twitter: “Great interview with @ahejlsberg on the evolution of… … Read more 3 weeks ago in .NET, Borland Pascal, C++, Delphi, Development, History, JavaScript/ECMAScript, MS-DOS, pascal, Scripting, Software Development, Turbo Pascal, typescript, Windows Development 0

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Instruction Sets in C++Builder 12.3!

David Millington 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 1 month ago in avx, avx2, C++, cbuilder, Code, cpu, instruction sets, modernization, News, Performance, RAD Studio, sse3, sse4, vectorisation, windows 0

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RAD Server Gets a Boost in RAD Studio 12.3

Antonio Zapater Antonio Zapater RAD Studio 12.3 brings several improvements to RAD Server that address common pain points and add new functionality. Let’s take a look at what’s new. Consistent Date/Time Formats Across Requests One issue that’s now resolved… … Read more 1 month ago in C++, Delphi, News, rad server 0

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Writing a tool that restarts the Google Chat desktop app Window (and hopefully the Google Duo desktop app Window too) and some EnumWindows/EnumChildWindows tricks

jpluimers jpluimers Earlier this months I wrote Writing a tool that restarts the Google Chat desktop app Window (and hopefully the Google Duo desktop app Window too) promising I would rewrite the Delphi code into C# and… … Read more 1 month ago in __Unfinished, .NET, 46843, 51505, 600, C++, Conference Topics, Conferences, Delphi, Development, Event, PowerShell, Scripting, Software Development 0

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For my link archive: Counting the leading zeroes and ones in a binary number with C#

jpluimers jpluimers From a while back, but still interesting: [Wayback/Archive] Counting the leading zeroes in a binary number with C# [Wayback/Archive] c# – Getting the number of leading 1 bits – Stack Overflow (thanks [Wayback/Archive] Barry Kelly… … Read more 2 months ago in .NET, AArch64/arm64, algorithms, ARM, Assembly Language, C++, csharp, Delphi, Development, dotnet, dotnetcore, Software Development, x64, x86 0

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Writing a tool that restarts the Google Chat desktop app Window (and hopefully the Google Duo desktop app Window too)

jpluimers jpluimers In the past, the Google Hangouts desktop app on Windows would integrate with the system “tray” (actually the notification area) and show you missed chats and calls. The [Wayback/Archive] Google Chat desktop app does not…. … Read more 2 months ago in .NET, 37, C++, CommandLine, Delphi, Development, PowerShell, Scripting, Software Development 0

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The Best Embedded Database For Your Mobile Apps Is Free

Ian Barker Ian Barker If you are looking for a fully functional powerful database which can be easily used in your mobile apps and, importantly, unlike SQLite, it supports full-strength encryption without having to pay an extra fee then… … Read more 3 months ago in android, C++, database, Delphi, InterBase, ios, Mobile, mobile app, object pascal, programming, RAD Studio, SQLite, Webinar, windows 0

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Delphi sorcery: Introducing Spring.Benchmark – a port of Google benchmark

jpluimers jpluimers On my list of tools to experiment with: [Wayback/Archive] Delphi sorcery: Introducing Spring.Benchmark – a port of Google benchmark This got released while I was recovering from cancer procedures, to I totally missed it. Interesting… … Read more 4 months ago in C++, Delphi, Development, Profiling-Performance-Measurement, Software Development 0

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Old programming books had cool little “puns” in their references, modern lack them in their indices. On the why, and history of them.

jpluimers jpluimers I wrote a two earlier blog posts around puns in programming book indices before: the 1992 Turbo Pascal 7.0 Language Guide having both entry in the manual about Recursion (“recursive loop, see recursive loop”) which… … Read more 4 months ago in .NET, 1, 7, C++, Conference Topics, Conferences, Delphi, Delphi 1, Delphi 2, Development, ekon, Event, History, LaTeX, LifeHacker, Mathematics, pascal, Perl, PL/I (a.k.a. PL/1), Power User, science, Software Development, Turbo Pascal, Typesetting 0

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Upgrading C++Builder 12.2: Tip #7, bcc64x tips!

David Millington 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 4 months ago in 12.2, bcc64x, C++, cbuilder, Code, How-To's, News, RAD Studio, tips, Tips and Tricks, windows 0

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Upgrading C++Builder 12.2: Tip #6, Handling Libraries with AutoLinking

David Millington 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 5 months ago in 12.2, auto-linking, autolinking, C++, cbuilder, Code, How-To's, library, linking, News, Package, RAD Studio, upgrade, windows 0