using namespace kyle; - c++ stuff

Kyle Kirby
November 29, 2012
As some may notice, my blog is called "using namespace kyle;" which is a language construct of C++. Well, up until now, I didn't actually know very much about C++ and recently I've wanted to correct this gap in knoweldge. I've started learning up on C++ and have found a lot of cool things about it. I find most interesting and fun is how C++ handles memory. From what I've determined, C++ is a front-end to memory managment. When you define a variable, it allocates some memory addresses for that variable and the size is determined by the type of variable. I find that pretty cool and amazing. Keep in mind, I come from scripting languages. Currently, I've been trying to think of ways to break the memory by tricking C++ into doing things (I wouldn't really consider it tricking but I'm not sure of a better use of words). One example I've found is inistalizing a variable then taking the address and pointing it to a pointer of a different underlying type. Having the address of a char be pointed to an int type. You can check out all of my progress on learning C++ through my github page.