Embarcadero All-access: a better way to deploy developer tools?

By tim, on March 31st, 2010 Follow tim on Twitter

I have a call lined up with Embarcadero today, and wanted to catch up with their latest tools. It reminded me of something I’d intended to post about for some time, the Embarcadero All-Access system which allows no-touch install of many of its tools. Here is how it works. First, you run the All-Access

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March 31st, 2010 | Tags: , , | Category: c++, delphi, embarcadero, software development | Leave a comment

How Intel’s compiler underperforms on other CPUs: artificial impairment versus failure to optimise

By tim, on January 4th, 2010 Follow tim on Twitter

Last month the US Federal Trade Commission sued Intel for anti-competitive practices; and in my post on the subject I tried to make sense of part of the FTC’s complaint

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January 4th, 2010 | Category: c++, intel | One comment

Parallel Programming: five reasons for caution. Reflections from Intel’s Parallel Studio briefing.

By tim, on April 23rd, 2009 Follow tim on Twitter

I’m just back from an Intel software conference in Salzburg where the main topic was Parallel Studio, a new suite which adds Intel’s C/C++ compiler, debugging and profiling tools into Visual Studio. To some extent these are updates to existing tools like Thread Checker and VTune, though there are new features such as memory

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April 23rd, 2009 | Category: c++, intel, software development, visual studio | Leave a comment

Delphi and C++ Builder 2009 are available to order

By tim, on August 25th, 2008 Follow tim on Twitter

I’m choosing my words carefully, because although the CodeGear/Embarcadero site is now showing Delphi 2009 as the current version, if you click through to the order page it only offers a pre-order. Still, it must be done or thereabouts. US prices are as follows:

Delphi 2009: Pro $874.00;  Enterprise $1974.00; Architect $3474.00

C++ Builder

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August 25th, 2008 | Category: c++, codegear, delphi, software development | 5 comments

Visual C++ Feature Pack includes major MFC update

By tim, on April 11th, 2008 Follow tim on Twitter

The Visual C++ 2008 Feature Pack is now available for download. It includes an update to MFC (Microsoft Foundation Classes), with classes for an Office Ribbon style interface (if you can live with the legal aspect) and other new GUI controls. There is also an implementation of  the TR1 (Technical Report 1) standard (PDF),

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April 11th, 2008 | Category: c++, microsoft, software development | 3 comments