The C and C++ standards do not specify the order of evaluation for function arguments. This can lead to subtle portability problems. As I explained in my column last month (“As Precise As Possible”), ...

This may fall under the heading of "Don't do that" but did cause me to be slightly curious.<BR><BR>What would happen if you say, created a pointer to a function that ...

The three most common open source technologies for writing data science programs are Python, SciLab, and R. Here's how to write program-defined functions in R. There's no clear definition of the term ...