(Technical) Whimsical Writings of the Web
-XXaltjvm, dtruss and ASAN
Been a while since I’ve posted anything technical, but in any case it is good to be back!
WinXP: Missing Registry Key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\SxS\VS7
For whatever reasons the following script in vcvars32.bat was attempting to detect the key in order to be able to run the compiler, but the key was never installed.
Redirect Chrome Through Socks5 Proxy
Another browser hack that I found useful for the VM instances I’m running these days.
Interesting Links [0x07]
For the Hallowe’en Edition(tm), we’re going to read about more scary bugs!
Choice of Containers
Really useful mnemonic on how to decide what is the right data structure to use:
Building GCC/LLVM from Sources
Mainly for own historical reference. (NOTE TO SELF: Do not ever rely on building from svn sources for LLVM lest dealing with borked Makefiles)
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Keyword of the day: ‘Editors’. I was initially going to dedicate this solely to ‘vim’, but given the fact that it is sometimes helpful to have some ‘magic’ (but slow) capabilities when navigating Java sources, I’m including Eclipse links just for a refresher:
In Linux, Compiling Software from Source is the 'Right Thing to do'
Ended up building GCC-4.9 to build python-2.7 to then use both to build LLVM-3.