Is it possible to learn C++ or matlab for financial engineering without a strong background in math or previous experience in computer science or engineering? Any advice would be appreciated.
posted by jsmith78 on Oct 20, 2009 - 13 answers

I'm trying to get more comfortable with Linq and I'm having some trouble. I have a list myprojects that is initiated when a session is started (and discarded at the end). I have a projects entity and repository and have a form setup to add projects to myprojects. This works. I have a reports entity where there might be many reports to a single project. I'm trying to use myprojects to filter the reports and this does not work. [more inside]
posted by geoff. on Oct 12, 2009 - 4 answers

Tonight around midnight, in South City St. Louis, MO, my mom pulled up to a stoplight left of a pickup truck, and the thirty-something, white, crew-cut haired driver flashed her a hand sign that looked, from her perspective, like the letter "C." He did this several times over the next couple minutes whenever he pulled along side her, until she managed to lose him. Has anyone seen this before or know what it means?
posted by Hollow on Sep 27, 2009 - 18 answers

int *ptr=(int*)2; ...could someone explain the use of the second asterisk? [more inside]
posted by run"monty on Aug 16, 2009 - 21 answers

I need help solving an interesting algorithm using 'C'! [more inside]
posted by niwnfyc on Jul 15, 2009 - 6 answers

I'm working a project that requires some custom programming. This is outside of my usual domain, I'm feeling overwhelmed by the amount of objects and libraries available to me. I find most of my time is spent looking up what to include and how to do simple things that are easy once I find what I'm looking for. What's the best way to go about learning the libraries? Should I just sit down with a big reference book? [more inside]
posted by geoff. on Jul 12, 2009 - 8 answers

Can I port an open-source project to another language without violating its BSD License? [more inside]
posted by DWRoelands on Jun 12, 2009 - 12 answers

Visual Studio 2008 IDE Question [more inside]
posted by sepsis on Jun 7, 2009 - 6 answers

How much of C do I need to learn before moving on to Cocoa, and what's the best resource for learning it? [more inside]
posted by joshrholloway on May 31, 2009 - 18 answers

I would like to write a program which transforms the Windows task manager's process list into clickable links. Where do I start? [more inside]
posted by TimeTravelSpeed on Apr 29, 2009 - 8 answers

How fast do vitamins & Minerals absorb into the body? [more inside]
posted by Black_Umbrella on Apr 13, 2009 - 16 answers

I need some help diagnosing a problem static linking a C++ program using g++. It compiles and runs just fine without "-static", but I get all sorts of "undefined references" errors when I use "-static". I'm a C++ novice and am at a loss. Can anyone throw me a bone? [more inside]
posted by duoshao on Mar 26, 2009 - 9 answers

C++ and the rand() function. Please explain why this piece of code works the way it does: cout << rand() % 20 << endl; [more inside]
posted by Ziggy Zaga on Feb 17, 2009 - 13 answers

Seeking some direction in learning C for a project. [more inside]
posted by sailormouth on Feb 15, 2009 - 13 answers

What books would you recommend for embedded C programming? [more inside]
posted by gkhewitt on Feb 11, 2009 - 6 answers

What are the libraries/techniques that are available for event synchronization in C++? More specifically, how would I go about learning the best strategies for synchronizing events (say, a graphical event with an sound, or one sound with another)? I'm looking to learn about the techniques that are used by complex games as well as audio software, like Ableton Live or Logic. [more inside]
posted by dubitable on Feb 7, 2009 - 10 answers

Can you identify this 1950s robotic dog? [more inside]
posted by levijk on Jan 31, 2009 - 1 answer

I have a program that captures live data from a piece of hardware on a set interval. The data is returned as XML. There are several things I would like to do with this data (in order): -display it to user -save it to disk -eventually, upload it to database [more inside]
posted by jdlugo on Jan 17, 2009 - 8 answers

Tips / resources for designing / implementing and application from the ground up? [more inside]
posted by yarrr on Dec 2, 2008 - 2 answers

Why aren't there assembly -> C or pseudocode tools? [more inside]
posted by tmcw on Nov 22, 2008 - 10 answers

What's the best way of adding a "live" graph to my .NET WinForms application, similar in behaviour to the scrolling CPU usage and pagefile graphs found in Task Manager? Must be free, not too ugly, and not too processor-intensive.
posted by matthewr on Nov 8, 2008 - 5 answers

How can a program output a variable number of files in C++? [more inside]
posted by londontomasbird on Nov 4, 2008 - 15 answers

Where can I find an honest, intelligent, organized community of folks looking for freelance .NET programmers? [more inside]
posted by Glendale on Oct 6, 2008 - 0 answers

Are there any scripting / cli-compatible languages which decently provide or at least pretend to provide bit-math? [more inside]
posted by tmcw on Sep 27, 2008 - 7 answers

Help me understand keywords in C# functions. [more inside]
posted by zobot on Sep 24, 2008 - 9 answers

Is there such a thing as an obfuscator for compiled libraries? [more inside]
posted by Mayor West on Sep 11, 2008 - 5 answers

Is there a way to convert between two different types of SHA Hashes? [more inside]
posted by smithygreg on Jul 7, 2008 - 11 answers

What is a good open-source project to get involved in? [more inside]
posted by Who_Am_I on Jul 3, 2008 - 12 answers

Why am I getting these mysterious network errors in my C# app? [more inside]
posted by mpls2 on Jun 26, 2008 - 5 answers

Help a Perl/Python guy learn C# [more inside]
posted by wongcorgi on Jun 11, 2008 - 15 answers

Give me Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess for reading code. [more inside]
posted by tylermoody on Jun 10, 2008 - 8 answers

Best book for a beginner to learn C? I've never learned a programming language, but I'm hoping to learn C over the summer. My friend, a computer science student, is going to teach me as he learns it. We would like a textbook or reference book or work book of some kind. What would be a good choice? [more inside]
posted by asparagrass on May 21, 2008 - 22 answers

CompilerFilter: I've got an old project that was written with Borland C++ 5.0 for Windows. I've been tasked with porting this project to Visual Studio 2005. Easy way to do this? [more inside]
posted by jozxyqk on Apr 28, 2008 - 2 answers

How do I insert a row of identical drop-down lists into the top of my .NET datagrid? [more inside]
posted by TimeTravelSpeed on Apr 17, 2008 - 5 answers

Anyone here have any experience with programming using the Canon camera control toolkit? (EDSDK2.3, C++, for windows) [more inside]
posted by StickyCarpet on Apr 14, 2008 - 1 answer

How are people dealing with >16 bit Unicode code points? Specifically, in languages like Java, C# and C++, which assume 16 bit characters (I believe), how are you supporting GB 18030? I would suspect that the various languages' methods like substring(), charAt(), operator[], etc can't be safely used in China. If your wstring, say, contains a Chinese string, then .size() doesn't tell you how many characters are in it, right? On a related note, what interesting Chinese characters require more than >16 bits? I'm thinking about making a short presentation for my co-workers on this subject and I'd like to have some interesting examples. (Oh, and I'm going to run any examples by my Chinese colleagues first, so don't bother trying to make me say "penis" or something in front of my co-workers :-))
posted by bonecrusher on Apr 4, 2008 - 6 answers

ASP.Net development question. Can I map to a printer on the client's machine from a web page? [more inside]
posted by Eddie Mars on Mar 17, 2008 - 3 answers

What is, and what is the purpose of this part of a laptop power adapter? [more inside]
posted by jjbb on Mar 16, 2008 - 6 answers

Does compiled vs. interpreted code make a difference if the structure of the algorithm is the same (ie, ugly and slow)? Should I take the extra effort of writing a small program in C++ or just do it in Perl...? [more inside]
posted by omair on Mar 12, 2008 - 17 answers

How do I create PowerPoint slides using .NET? [more inside]
posted by mkultra on Feb 4, 2008 - 2 answers

How can I work with an unmanaged C++ API from within C#? [more inside]
posted by PuGZ on Dec 28, 2007 - 6 answers

I am looking for places that do anonymous testing for Hep B, Hep A and HIV. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Dec 15, 2007 - 14 answers

How do I access the C documentation that's on my computer? [more inside]
posted by tylermoody on Oct 25, 2007 - 6 answers

I've just installed ubuntu, and I'm looking to do C programming from the terminal. [more inside]
posted by amsterdam63 on Aug 20, 2007 - 12 answers

What is this strange protrusion from cat's paw? This odd "growth" extends out from the upper pad of front paw. [more inside]
posted by Kevin S on Jun 27, 2007 - 16 answers

Robust usage of sscanf and sprintf - how to avoid buffer overflows? [more inside]
posted by PuGZ on Jun 9, 2007 - 23 answers

Is it possible to hire a foreign caregiver for my grandparents (USA) who need a live-in caregiver? [more inside]
posted by bhays on Mar 7, 2007 - 3 answers

A question about memory allocation in C. Yes, I have to use C. There's [more inside]
posted by chrisamiller on Nov 8, 2006 - 17 answers

Can the Hep C virus replicate in vials of stored blood? [more inside]
posted by engling on Oct 31, 2006 - 4 answers

What is the best way to create a function which compares two structures consisting of LOTS of elements for a C-based qsort routine? [more inside]
posted by sleslie on Sep 28, 2006 - 18 answers