Intuition Behind X86 "lea" Instruction
June 11, 2019
During the last meeting of the North Denver C++ Meetup, some people mentioned that lea is more confusing than other instructions. lea is an acronym for "load effective address." The usual…
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When does a C++ temporary object die?
March 28, 2019
A lot of operations of C++ require temporary values. Using them before their destruction is imperative. However, not all C++ programmers I met have a solid understanding of when a temporary expire…
C++ Lambda Tutorial
March 25, 2019
C++ lambda expression is a construct added to C++ back in C++11, and it continues to evolve in each version of the C++ standard. A core part of the language nowadays, lambda expressions enable…
Book Review: "Functional Programming in C++"
March 22, 2019
Functional Programming in C++ by Ivan Čukić is a new book about applying functional programming principles in C++. This book is for people who already have a decent understanding of C++. It is…
Tail Recursion Explanation
January 22, 2019
Tail-recursion is an important concept to understand before we can analyse the behavior of a functional program. I will try to illustrate what tail recursion is with an Elm -like pseudocode. Though…