Memory and performance problems plague most of us, but tools are available that can help. One of the best, most powerful and easiest to use is Valgrind. One thing stands out when you use Valgrind--you ...

We all know what bugs in code are. We don’t like them when they are in programs we use, and they’re even worse when they are in code which we have written. Clearly, the best code is bug-free, but how ...

1) Are there any good memory debugging tools (ie: Valgrind) available for OS X?<BR><BR>2) If anyone has used dmalloc for OS X, should I install the shared version or the thread version?<BR><BR>I write ...

As a programmer, I’m aware that I tend to make mistakes — and why not? Even programmers are human. Some errors are detected during code compilation, while others ...

I have a program which produces differing behavior depending on the compiler optimization level. It works fine at -O0, and anything above it, even -O1, produces incorrect results. For the higher ...