Detecting memory management bugs with GCC 11, Part 2: Deallocation functions
The first half of this article described dynamic memory allocation in C and C++, along with some of the new GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) 11 Read More
Tag: C#
Optimizing the Clang compiler’s line-to-offset mapping
Recently, I’ve been trying to improve the speed of the Clang compiler for C and C++. When I profile the Clang pre-processing step on a Read More
Instant replay: Debugging C and C++ programs with rr
The common theme in many time-travel movies is to go back in time to find out what went wrong and fix it. Developers also have Read More
New features in OpenMP 5.0 and 5.1
OpenMP is an API consisting of compiler directives and library routines for high-level parallelism in C and C++, as well as Fortran. Version 5.1 of Read More
Red Hat Software Collections 3.7 and Red Hat Developer Toolset 10.1 beta versions now available
The latest versions of Red Hat Software Collections and Red Hat Developer Toolset are available now in beta. Software Collections 3.7 delivers the latest stable Read More
The GDB developer’s GNU Debugger tutorial, Part 1: Getting started with the debugger
This article is the first in a series demonstrating how to use the GNU Debugger (GDB) effectively to debug applications in C and C++. If Read More
Detecting memory management bugs with GCC 11, Part 1: Understanding dynamic allocation
Memory management bugs are among the hardest to find in C and C++ programs, and are a favorite target of exploits. These errors are difficult Read More
Value range propagation in GCC with Project Ranger
One of the optimizations GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) performs on C and C++ programs is value range propagation (VRP). VRP determines what subranges a variable Read More
Some more C# 9
In this final article of our C# 9 series, we’ll look at advanced features related to native interop and performance in C# 9. If you Read More
The MIR C interpreter and Just-in-Time (JIT) compiler
For the past two years I’ve worked on a project implementing a universal lightweight Just-in-Time (JIT) compiler known as MIR. The cornerstone of the project Read More