The following branching concept is commonly used these days for software development. Source: https://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/ (by Vincent Driessen)
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Variant managment – Macros vs. Branching
Via Macros A way to realise different variants is to work with variant flags within the code itself. The big
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1. Main thread – Gets created during startup – It’s possibly the only thread – Normally sets up the app/program
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After developing a feature or fix you want to merge that branch onto the parent branch. There are two main
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Most guys would say “No, but C++ has pointers” and they are right, but not in the way they assume
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… is user for unidirectional inter process communication on a single machine. In the following example a pipe gets created
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Illustration Creator: Yihui Xiong Scenarios ALSA (The red scenario) – Using ALSA without any sound server – Just one source
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The shell provides the user a way to interact with the OS. It’s called shell, because it’s the outermost layer
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Windows You always have to create a totally new process via a CreateProcess(…) call. Linux You can either just copy
Continue readingOC vs. CCR
With OC (Open Circuit) you are breathing the gas from the tank(s) just once, but with CCR (Closed Circuit Rebreather)
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