An emulator is an application that enables a computer with one operating system to run programs designed for a completely different operating system. Today we talk about GPCS4 — the emulato…

C++ is a truly controversial language. Good ol′ C was created in 1972. C++ appeared in 1985 and had backward compatibility with C. Since then, C++ was pronounced dead many times: Java did it first...

Recently, Wolfire Games released Overgrowth's source code. We couldn't but check the game's quality with the help of PVS-Studio. Let's see where you can find the coolest action: in the game…

Recently, we have released a new PVS-Studio version — 7.19. In this note, we′ll tell you about new features in the analyzer, the enhanced documentation, as well as what to read and... what …

Stack Overflow is full of questions from people learning to write code. Here′s a tip: you can get answers to most of these questions if you run a static code analyzer against your code. Tha…

PVS-Studio developers made an entertaining quiz for you. Try to quickly find a bug in a code fragment. If you spot an error - click on it.

Orleans is a cross-platform framework for creating scalable cloud applications. This software is developed by Microsoft, and PVS-Studio often checks its projects. Let′s see how many suspicious places...

Today I′ll talk some more about questions posted on Stack Overflow — in particular, about another discussion started by someone learning the C++ language. I′d like to note that, if you are …

Starting from PVS-Studio 7.14, the C and C++ analyzer has been supporting intermodular analysis. In this two-part article, we′ll describe how similar mechanisms are arranged in compilers an…

In mid-May this year we released an updated version of our quiz for C++ developers. It′s been 2 months already — keep on reading to learn more about the results!

In part 1 we discussed the basics of C and C++ projects compiling. We also talked over linking and optimizations. In part 2 we are going to delve deeper into intermodular analysis and discu…

Developers around the world use their favorite IDEs every day to create software. Today we are checking one of them and looking at the most interesting errors found.

On our way there, we′ll walk along the Cross Compilers Street, sit in the Build System Square, and have a drink at the Dependency Management Bar. We′ll also visit those who use Qt in embedded Linux.

When an analyzer or compiler issues a warning, sometimes it′s hard to identify whether it′s a false positive or a real error. Analyzers/compilers can be technically right, but the code also…

The CWE Top 25 list reflects the most serious software security weaknesses. I invite you to read the updated top list to become aware of the changes happened over the past year.

Sometimes we publish articles about a static analyzer that surpassed a C++ developer. And we carry on the tradition, but today we replace developer with hacker.

You may often come across the CVE abbreviation in articles about various vulnerabilities and publications on information security incidents. CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) is a …

What benefits does SAST have? What′s the difference between SAST and DAST? What′s IAST? What do all these words mean?! Let′s talk about this and more in the overview of the main types of Application...

This note is for C++ beginner programmers who are wondering why everyone keeps telling them to use delete[] for arrays. But, instead of a clear explanation, senior developers just keep hiding behind...

Discord.NET is a library written in C#. This library is used to interface with the Discord API. How can PVS-Studio help? You will find out in the article below.