This article provides an in-depth look at the "pure virtual function called" error message.

Rvalue references allow programmers to avoid logically unnecessary copying and to provide perfect forwarding functions. They are primarily meant to aid in the design of higher performance and more robust libraries.

Offers a sneak peek at the next version of standard C++. It briefly outlines the guiding principles of the work on C++0x, presents a few examples of likely language extensions, and lists some proposed new standard libraries.

Python creator talks with Bill Venners about topics relevant to Python and its community; 6 part series, Artima Software.

This article investigates the use of metafunctions in template metaprogramming, and introduces the Boost Metaprogramming Library. It is an excerpt from the book, C++ Template Metaprogramming by David Abrahams and Aleksey Gurtovoy.

This article looks at XML Data Binding at a new alternative to automate much of the task of processing XML data by presenting the information stored in XML as a statically-typed, vocabulary-specific object model. (Boris Kolpackov)

Discussion forums for Java, Jini, J2EE, and object-oriented software design and development.

Includes objects, patterns, and Jini related seminars and workshops taught by Bill Venners.

C++ is a statically typed language but its type system is not bulletproof. This article reveals some all-too-common type glitches and how to fix them. (Thomas Guest)

Weblog article treats static versus dynamic code generation: Can Java have some of the benefits of Rails by taking a wrapping rather than a mapping approach to persistence?