"a decade ago was that there was a serious lack of uniformity." ... "I had hoped that the situation in the C++ world would have improved since then, unfortunately it appears that I may be sadly dissapointed."
these are samples, not complete applications. The code (and coding style) is not meant to be industrial strength; it's not even well-designed. The sole purpose of the samples is illustrating a point, not teaching proper coding style.
discussion of the ANSI/ISO C++ standardization process and the C++ standard, and for discussion of the design and standardization of the C++ language and libraries.
The obvious question is: should you be considering a move to 64-bit Windows? In this article, we will explore the answer to this question. We will discuss the advantages of 64-bit Windows over 32-bit, talk about a few concepts, and get some tips...
The GNU C compiler apparently still permits this, and the VC++ 2005 compiler permits it too, though it issues a Level-4 warning if it’s C code, and a Level-2 warning if it’s C++ code.