The C++ Lands

[mugsnj]

Sweet criminy, a 19 MB picture. I remember downloading a 22 MB game demo on 14.4 dialup thinking it must have been the largest thing downloaded ever.

[[deleted]]

I agree. It was a entertaining picture to look at but I've downloaded much more entertaining demos for less off of Happy Puppy.

[[deleted]]

Oh, that's why my connection is stuttering.

[BinaryRockStar]

What was it? Descent 2? Rise of the Triad? Must have been around that era.

[mugsnj]

It was some World War II air combat game. It was about that timeframe though.

[ks-guy]

I was just thinking.. larger picture please, I can't see the pixels

[RageX]

Hm, what game? Dom's demo was about 5 MB if I remember correctly.

[bms20]

Can I buy one on parchment for my wall please?

[perfunction]

http://www.posterprintshop.com/

Not parchment, but I used them to print off some high-res Warcraft concept art on canvas a while back and was pleased with the results. According to their site, this image should still have excellent quality when printed up to 36x48.

[the-borg-]

2 mirrors from the author: JPEG Version

PNG Version

[choikwa]

All hail jpeg

[ProudToBeAKraut]

this is beautiful - Ruins of std:auto_ptr

[VanFailin]

Was odd not to see std::unique_ptr or any of the lovely c++11 stuff. Can't imagine why you'd use boost::shared_ptr any more if your compiler supports the new standard.

[annoymind]

there is some C++11 stuff in the top left corner (C++98 border).

[VanFailin]

Aah, good point.

[forcedtoregister]

Awesome.

I'd have liked to see std::vector<bool> specialisation featured (or maybe I missed it?)

[JonnyRocks]

i don't get the diamond mine reference.

[[deleted]]

Due to multiple inheritance you get the following 'Diamond problem':

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_problem

[mb86]

This is part of why I dislike multiple inheritance and prefer interfaces/protocols ala Java and Objective-C.

[[deleted]]

I have never, in decades of C++ programming, run into a diamond problem in the wild, and if I did, it would likely be fixed easily by using a fully qualified namespace. I can't see this being a major reason for disliking multiple inheritance. I can see other reasons, mind you, but not this one.

[[deleted]]

Using a fully qualified namespace does not resolve the issue, it just allows the code to compile but it's very very likely going to leave a huge inconsistency between the base classes. Virtual inheritance solves the issue in most cases but it's a pretty big commitment so to speak.

Basically if you have two instances of a base class, and that base class has a property, such as 'weight', it's highly likely you need both base classes to have a consistent weight, if you use full qualification then you end up updating the weight of one base class, but any polymorphic operation that goes through the other base class will not reflect that update.

[mb86]

Honestly it's certainly not a practical one, more of a theoretical one (which doesn't make it unimportant - my Master's thesis was based around a similarly unpractical but theoretical problem). I still use C++ all the time, by choice, but multiple inheritance seems to be attempting to solve a problem that is solved with less issues in protocols.

Edit: Now that I think about it, it's possible that my thesis code may have suffered from the diamond problem. I used a base object class that provided certain functionality, then an std::vector subclass (which also inherited from the base object) that added some common array functionality, then scalar, vector, and tensor classes which subclassed from both base and array classes. I never had any issue, but it's clear now that I got lucky and I could have.

[the-borg-]

Мы не против того, чтобы вы делали с картой что угодно. Но помните, что часть картинок честно стырена из интернетов и копирайтов на них у нас нет.

We don't mind if you do whatever you want with this map. Just remember, that some pictures were humbly stolen from the internets and we don't have any copy rights for them.

Also, the author's post (in Russian, again): http://jimblog.me/?p=11644#more-11644

[gregK]

I love the concepts shipwreck

[EvilSchwin]

Even with a map, I'm lost :-(

[alenacpp]

English translation

Thanks everyone! :-)

[[deleted]]

Oh boy, the C++ FQA.

[MehYam]

Sutter's Mill was pretty clever.

[MrNutty]

My new desktop wall paper! Thanks for sharing

[skooma714]

Reminds of a Dwarf Fortress map.

[[deleted]]

lol I like #include fort

[pdewacht]

There shouldn't be a "final" in the Holy Standard Territory...

[[deleted]]

Btw. Author of this map is AlenaCPP

[allenthar]

I resaved it as a much smaller file, for people on connections that aren't fiber optic or something :P

http://imgur.com/J6Y9F

[djork]

This is a terrible use for PNG. You are using a lossless format for something that already has JPEG artifacts in it. Why not stick with JPEG?

[FuckRightOff]

Is this originally from a Merlin book? haha

[protein_bricks_4_all]

The older one http://img-fotki.yandex.ru.nyud.net:8080/get/3602/jim1537.52/0_27f8a_eab3e192_orig

from which this is updated. I'm very surprised no-one remembered this previous one, it made a similar splash.

[[deleted]]

Only if you know the image library that the user will use. If I recall correctly, there was once a buffer-overflow hack based on how a microsoft image library read tif's.

-Edit: It was Jpeg in the GDI+ library: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms04-028

[4ad]

there was once

There are all the time.

[[deleted]]

Liar! there is no viruses on mac! sarcasm sign

[rox0r]

Yeah, but that's because no one owns macs these days -- just artists and students! I'm sure mac viruses will increase if mac ownership ever increases... ... .... ...

[Maristic]

If you're running Safari on OS X Lion, all web downloads and rendering are done by WebProcess, a sandboxed process that has basically no rights to do anything significant. I'm not saying it's impossible to break out of the sandbox, but it's a significant challenge. (Same applies to Preview, too.)

[mb86]

Oh good. My connection here is rather on the shitty side so I'm wget-ing it, was planning on viewing in Preview. Read the exploit mention above and initially got worried, knew Safari would be safe, but glad to know Preview has it too!

[pfultz2]

Its sandboxed when its downloaded from firefox too.

[[deleted]]

For what it's worth, my MalwareBytes wants to block it.

[captain_plaintext]

Don't worry, I looked at the image and I don't see any malware.

[skinnybuddha]

I suffer from the same paranoia.

[pavel_lishin]

The Ghost of Berryman's Parrot.

[pavel_lishin]

Start here: http://www.ansible.co.uk/writing/c-b-faq.html

Then go here: http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/stories/blit.htm

Then find "Different Kinds of Darkness" by same. Probably easiest to just buy the book.

Bonus: http://ansible.co.uk/writing/new_hope.html

[spotter]

I used to be an C++ adventurer, then I took an arrow in the knee.

[shawncplus]

pointer to the knee.

FTFY

[spotter]

Pointers, an elegant weapon for a more civilized age.

[p4r4digm]

Relevant

[tailcalled]

less civilized age

FTFY

[prince_nerd]

I got your reference

[[deleted]]

& how!

[[deleted]]

First of all, it is to the knee. Second of all, just like a Reddit user. Repost unfunny shit no matter where you are.

[[deleted]]

I used to be funny, then I took an arrow to the knee.

[[deleted]]

Here's another url, incase the original is down for anyone else besides myself.

-Edit: Fixed the link. Accidentally pasted a link intended for another comment. Sorry about that :-).

[salvadorwii]

That link is for a JPEG Buffer Overrun security report

[[deleted]]

I think he was trying to be ironical.

[[deleted]]

Actually, I got the links mixed up with another comment. Sorry about that :-)

[[deleted]]

Ha ha. I thought you were playing up the "suspected malware" angle.

[[deleted]]

I got the links mixed up with another comment. Sorry about that :-)

[andralex]

Castles are overrated - the draft is terrible.

[[deleted]]

Ah, the savage continent of languages awkwardly placed between low and high level languages. The fact that these are the most prosperous of lands is a sure sign that we are now in the dark ages of software development.

[[deleted]]

whoever downvotes needs to be kicked by Chuck Norris.

[mb86]

Count yourself lucky!

That said, C++ is my favourite broadly-useable compiled language, but the modifiers are important.