A reader wrote in some time after we ran a short series on the Singleton pattern with some questions. These included how to construct a singleton when the class has a non-trivial constructor with arguments that are calculated at run-time, and how to use the singleton in a multi-threaded environment. If you were wondering about these issues as well, keep reading. More info

Most Linux and Unix programs are written in C. When you download source for a project, it will often be C or C++ source code. You don't necessarily need to know a darn thing about C or anything else to compile the source if you aren't changing it. It may be helpful for you to understand a bit if you are having problems with the compile, but even that isn't really necessary. More info

This article explains how to represent threads in .NET using managed C++ classes and how to use in your applications. More info