We all know what bugs in code are. We don’t like them when they are in programs we use, and they’re even worse when they are in code which we have written. Clearly, the best code is bug-free, but how ...

Memory and performance problems plague most of us, but tools are available that can help. One of the best, most powerful and easiest to use is Valgrind. One thing stands out when you use Valgrind--you ...

Now, though, I'm tasked with setting valgrind up on an application that's rolling its own memory management, and I just need a little help getting started. Reading through valgrind's documentation, I ...

</pre> <BR><BR>It appears that I'm leaking memory, but I'm not sure I can fix it without knowing what those question marks are. <BR><BR>I'm using a Gentoo system with gcc version 4.1.2 and glibc ...

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What is the right time to optimize code? This is a very good question, which usually comes down to two answers. The first answer is to have a good design for the code to begin with, because ...

As a programmer, I’m aware that I tend to make mistakes — and why not? Even programmers are human. Some errors are detected during code compilation, while others ...