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Main thread vs. Worker thread(s)

1. Main thread – Gets created during startup – It’s possibly the only thread – Normally sets up the app/program

After developing a feature or fix you want to merge that branch onto the parent branch. There are two main

Most guys would say “No, but C++ has pointers” and they are right, but not in the way they assume

… is user for unidirectional inter process communication on a single machine. In the following example a pipe gets created

Illustration Creator: Yihui Xiong Scenarios ALSA (The red scenario) – Using ALSA without any sound server – Just one source

The shell provides the user a way to interact with the OS. It’s called shell, because it’s the outermost layer

Windows You always have to create a totally new process via a CreateProcess(…) call. Linux You can either just copy

With OC (Open Circuit) you are breathing the gas from the tank(s) just once, but with CCR (Closed Circuit Rebreather)

Axle vs. Shaft Both serve the purpose of supporting rotating machine parts. Axles do not transmit torque. Shafts transmit torque.

Since C++11 we can now use move semantics (move constructor, move assignment operator). They provide a perfomance boost over copy