I program in C++. I like Pain.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

That will be all.

I'm dealing with streams of data that come from a communications device with NO boundaries between the bytes. Therefore, they may come in all 8 possible bit shifts. Have to do all kinds of treatment in real time.

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[LisaLynne]

1. You have my sympathies...

However, I occasionally have to program in FORTRAN. That's right -- FORTRAN. Seriously, it's not bad except for the fact that I'm cleaning up really bad code written by people who obviously can't be trusted around a computer ... at least with a keyboard hooked up.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

8. Wow. I'm privileged.

Find someone dealing with old buggy undocumented COBOL code, so YOU can feel privileged.

On edit: DarkSim is your man. :evilgrin:

[Florida_Geek]

2. I am a C guy and feel no pity for you C++ ppl

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[meegbear]

3. What compiler and OS?

[ContraBass Black]

4. I program in C++. I hate pain.

My work is simple training, but between bugs in my compiler and my own ineptitude, I am hopelessly behind. :argh:

[demnan]

5. Dreamweaver

The web stuff is more routine but a lot easier.

[htuttle]

6. When is an equals sign not an equals sign?

When you're programming in C++ and somebody overrode it. GAAAAAHHHHH! A POX on overridden operators!!

Believe it or not, I taught myself C++, having previously only programmed in several of Wirth's languages (Pascal, Modula). I almost went batshit nuts before I got comfortable with it. Looking at templated code STILL gives me a headache...

Good luck! I'm off to write Java code most of the day today. Lots more typing, somewhat fewer headaches.

[DarkSim]

7. Nothing worse than COBOL n/t

[German-Lefty]

9. Bit alligned data requires bit pointers not byte(or word) pointers

The driver of you IO device is giving you bytes back, but the data is bit alligned. So you've got some buffer of bytes, but you just need to keep offsets to it in bits. Write yourself some helper functions to retrieve/write like memcpy(),memset() => bitcpy(), bitset().

I think this is legal in C++.
class foo{
int a5BitInt:5;
unsigned int a3BitNumber:3;
};
where sizeof(foo)==1. Remember to set packing to bytes. In MVC++ it's:
#pragma pack(1)

Have fun. I remomend you just convert all the packets coming in into an easier format, instead of allowing this logic to wander around your whole application. Then again I'm not 100% sure I know what you're doing.

[Arkana]

10. Then so do I, for that's the only language I know so far.