I recently presented arguments for and against using dynamic memory allocation in C and C++ programs. 1 I do agree that truly safety-critical systems should avoid using dynamic allocation because the ...

A shallow copy of an object is one where only the addresses of data created in dynamic memory have been copied, rather than the data themselves. A deep copy of an object is one where new dynamic ...

Extensible applications allow you to add functionality without rewriting your application: you dynamically select the classes that make up your application at runtime rather than design time. I once ...