James Carlson's Weblog

If you have a class (call it " myclass ") that has Plain Old Data (POD) members and does not have a defined constructor (i.e., use...

Linux RTLD_DEEPBIND has at least one very deep problem: if you load a dynamic object with it, the symbols called from within that one object...

I very rarely build anything on Windows.  My day job doesn't call for it much, and I certainly wouldn't want to do that for "fu...

This happened many years ago, but I still think about it at times, and a recent exchange on Twitter made me remember that I really should ha...

My desktop system at home is currently running OpenSUSE Tumbleweed.  It used to run Debian until I got caught in an upgrade version-locked d...

I have a lousy old laptop that I use for IMC Club presentations and the like.  I wish I could afford something better, but it mostly works a...

I had high hopes for AMC's new "Halt and Catch Fire."  It's great to see the pie man back on TV.  And the subject is one t...