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Questions about C++, a statically typed, free-form, multi-paradigm, compiled, general-purpose programming language.

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Which one of these answers regarding functions is incorrect?

So while I've been doing some lengthy compiles I decided to take the C++ general test on ODesk and came across this question. If I'm not mistaken, given the wording (or lack thereof) all of these …
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5 votes
2 answers
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Where does `this` go in a x64 thiscall?

So I understand that thiscall doesn't really exist in x64 programming. However, I can't really find any definitive explanation as to where the this pointer is put to be passed to the callee. Is a x64 …
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3 votes
1 answer
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Where did the T in wchar_t come from?

In many native types, a common suffix (and sometimes prefix) of t or _t is used to denote platform-independent types (such as wchar_t, int32_t, etc.) What was the logic behind the letter t as opposed …
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Lua-type Java integration with C++

So I'm curious: I've implemented Lua within C++ a few times before, and while it was relatively simple, it still didn't harness the power that I would have liked. I love how eclipse works, includin …
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13 votes
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Isn't class scope purely for organization? [duplicate]

Isn't scope just a way to organize classes, preventing outside code from accessing certain things you don't want accessed? More specifically, is there any functional gain to having public, protected, …
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