A basic formatted string exploit shows you how small errors in programming with the printf function can be a lethal weapon for hackers looking to compromise a system.

Convenient Constructs For Stepping Through a Range of Values

by Mikhail Semenov

This articles proposes an implementation of a collection of constructs for writing loops in C++11, as an alternative to the standard C-style for-loop.

Flexible Particle System - Updaters

by Bartlomiej Filipek

Flexible Particle System - Updaters

Implementation of Delegates in C++11

by Mikhail Semenov

This is an alternative for "Member Function Pointers and the Fastest Possible C++ Delegates"

Infobright/MySQL Statistics Utility (C++)

by Ryan Krage, Binfeng Yuan

Display Infobright/MySQL Database Statistics in C++

It is Better to Use Devector Than std::deque

by Mikhail Semenov

This article shows that double-ended vector is much faster than std::deque and should be preferred.

LINQ and Performance

by Steffen Ploetz

Is LINQ the right technology for processing large amounts of data in runtime-relevant environments?

Move Semantics and Perfect Forwarding in C++11

by Mikhail Semenov

Essential features in Visual C++ 11 and GCC 4.7.0: move, rvalue references, prvalues, xvalues, perfect forwarding.

Quadruple precision floating-point calculations in C/C++/FORTRAN

by Shmuel Safonov

Creation a numeric library that calculates with quadruple floating-point precision and used from MSVC C/C++ code

Segmented Map, a Compromise Between Flat Map and std::map

by Mikhail Semenov

This article proposes a mapping algorithm, called Segmented Map, which is almost as fast as Flat Map is random access and enumeration of elements and close to std::map in insertion of elements.

Simple Performance Timer

by Bartlomiej Filipek

Description of a simple performance timer that can be used to profile cpp code in your app

Smart Pointers Gotchas

by Bartlomiej Filipek

Several issues related to smart pointers that are worth knowing.

StringLib C: Library Adding String Type to C

by Alex the Green Apple

C library defining string type and string manipulation functions

Understanding C++20 Coroutines, Awaitable Objects and Operator co_await with Real Samples

by Yuancai (Charlie) Ye

C++, C++20 Coroutine, Awaitable Object, co_await, Cross Platform Development and Non-blocking Socket Communication