Dire Straits

Dire Straits is definitely one of the best bands ever.

Learning more C++

A few years ago I bought Bjarne Stroustrup's "The C++ Programming Language" with the intent of soaking it into my brain, but got a few chapters in before being distracted by something shiny. This break I've come back at it in earnest, and I'm glad I did. I've learned a lot, and I've been coding in C++ for a while. For instance, I found the following bit of code especially intriguing.

#include <iostream>

double& lvalue_me() {
    static double secret_double;
    return secret_double;
}

int main() {
    using std::cout;

    cout << lvalue_me() << endl;

    lvalue_me() = 1.0;

    cout << lvalue_me() << endl;

    return 0;
}


In particular I just find the fact that by returning a reference, a function can be used as an lvalue. It makes perfect sense of course, I just never thought of it that way before.

Just thought I'd share....

pictures

Just to prove how much I rule, I scanned this picture of me as Captain Amazing taken last summer. Also I scanned a picture taken later the same day of Mira and I rocking out to Afro Hoosier.

Click the thumbnails for BIIIIG versions .. if you think you can handle the ROCK






The wet spot on my shirt is from having just gone canoeing.