Confusion between the term “reference” and “pointer”
A few years ago, I wrote an article saying that Java has pointers. However, by typing Java pointer into Google, there are a lot of
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Personal blog was cracked today
Today when I tried to open one of my websites https://longswims.net/ in order to update its contents, it stopped working throwing HTTP 500. I immediately
Type-safe callables in PHP by interfaces with __invoke()
The type system in PHP has become safer each version since PHP 7.0, by using a strict type declaration on top of the PHP file.
static in depth
After my previous post about static members in various programming language, I decide to write a post about the word static in depth. static is
static in PHP
static keyword is used to represent class members, i.e. members which are shared among the class, as opposed of instance members which is unique to
My views on type systems
As my programming experience begins to diverse, from traditional command-line programs to web and app development, I have used many programming languages, some of which
Java DOES have pointers!
Java has pointers. People who say that Java does not have pointers are lying. The most confusing point is that, pointers in Java are not
Polymorphism within constructors
In C++, polymorphism does not take place within constructors: #include <iostream> using namespace std; struct Base { Base() { foo(); } virtual ~Base() {} virtual
Garbage Collection is evil
Programming languages with built-in garbage collection (GC) is often praised as no memory leaks, less error-prone, etc but I don’t disagree with this. This article
Don’t use C++ exception specifications
Exception specifications should be very familiar to Java programmers. Here is an example: class MyException extends Exception { } class Foo { void abc(int x)