Sun Studio C/C++: Support for UTF-16 String Literals

Characters in general are stored as ASCII codes. ASCII uses one byte (8 bits) to store each character, and hence can store a maximum of 256 (28) characters. Due to this limitation, ASCII is not capable of accomodating new characters to support other languages like Chinese, Japanese, Indic languages etc. The existing character set (ASCII) is adequate, as long as we restrict ourselves to english alphabet and most commonly used punctuation and technical symbols. But this is not the case, if we want to extend our applications to support quite a number...

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Running Enterprise applications on Solaris 10

The following material is a concoction of information on binary compatibility, appcert tool etc., and illustrates how Siebel 7.7 can be installed and run on Solaris 10, with some troubleshooting steps. Consider this blog post as a case study for installing Siebel 7.7 on Solaris 10; hence most of the material talks about Siebel 7.7/Solaris 10 combination, as we walk through from the decision making , to the installation of tl driver patch, for it (the combo) to handle high user load. However the underlying execution methodology of application migration...

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My Favorite Music - A Retro V

Last week I have had a retrospective series of blog posts on western music. However due to my penchant for telugu music, I couldn't resist posting some of my favorite songs from telugu movies, released in 2004. My top 25 picks are as follows:Seenu Vasanthi Laxmi - Vaana VaanaAnand - Yamuna Theeram7/G Brundhavan Colony - Thalachi Thalachi ChoosaNenunnanu - Nee KosamGharshana - Cheliya CheliyaaVarsham - NuvvosthananteSeenu Vasanthi Laxmi - Godari NavvindhiNaa Autograph - GurthukosthunnayiAarya - Feel My LoveAnand - Charumathi I Love You7/G Brundhavan...

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Solaris: Initialization & Termination routines in a dynamic object

Some times it is desirable to have some work to be done during the loading and unloading of a dynamic library. For example it is convenient to initialize some global variables, or to open some files, or to allocate a chunk of memory etc., when the library loads up, instead of waiting for the caller to make reference to any of the interface symbols of the library. As a result of separating initialization, finalization code, we may end up with some what clean code. Run-time linker processes the initialization sections (if any) found in the application,...

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Sun Studio C/C++: Profile Feedback Optimization (PFO)

Profile Feedback--------------------In general, compilers do optmizations based on the compiler flags supplied during the compilation, and the other information that it thinks appropriate for an optimization though the user hasn't asked for it specifically eg., inlining certain routines, even if they are not accompanied by inline key word, loop unrolling etc., However since it can't predict the run-time behavior of the application, it can't do certain optimizations like block reordering, register allocation etc., during compile time. So, it is...

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My Favorite Music - A Retro IV

My Favorite Music - A Retro IIIMy Favorite Music - A Retro IIMy Favorite Music - A Retro IOasis - WonderwallOasis - Don't Look Back in AngerOasis - Morning GloryOasis - Champagne SupernovaHoobastank - The ReasonPearl Jam - Even FlowPearl Jam - JeremyPearl Jam - OnceMetallica - Master of PuppetsRage Against The Machine - Renegades of FunkJennifer Lopez - Waiting For TonightDepeche Mode - Barrel of a GunDepeche Mode - Love ThievesDepeche Mode - HomeDepeche Mode - It's No GoodDepeche Mode - UselinkDepeche Mode - UselessDepeche Mode - Sister of NightDepeche...

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My Favorite Music - A Retro III

My Favorite Music - A Retro IMy Favorite Music - A Retro II Moby - HoneyMoby - PorcelainMoby/Gwen Stefani - South SideMoby - BodyrockMoby - MacheteMoby - Run OnMoby - If Things Were PerfectFive for Fighting - 100 yearsGavin DeGraw - I Don't Want To BeCold Play - Speed of SoundPat Benatar - We BelongSugar Ray - Every MorningJessica Simpson - These Boots          are Made for Walkin'Aerosmith - Dude is Like a LadyMissy Elliott - Lose ControlThe Pretenders - Brass in PocketKelly Clarkson - BreakawaySade...

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My Favorite Music - A Retro II

My Favorite Music - A Retro IO-Town - All Or NothingDaniel Bedingfield - Gotta Get Thru ThisProdigy - Baby's Got a TemperSting - The Soul CagesTool - SchismBeck - Where's AtPuddle of Mudd - She Hates MeMichael Jackson - JamR.E.M - Losing My ReligionMetallica - OneMadonna - Don't Tell MeLa Bouche - Sweet DreamsBilly Joel - We Didn't Start The FireJames Brown - Sex MachineDeftones - My Own SummerRob Dougan - Clubbed to DeathSting/The Police - Every Breath You TakeRage Against the Machine - Wake upRage Against the Machine - How Could I Just Kill A...

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My Favorite Music - A Retro I

Though I listen to a lot of music every day on TV/Radio/Music system, I don't even know what kinda music pleases me most. I do know, for sure, that it is either innovative, rhythmic music or music with cool lyrics. I have been trying to recollect the songs that I liked most, so I can put together a list, before they all slip out of my mind. And here comes a long list, with an 8 hr effort.Mono - Life in MonoRobert Palmer - Addicted to LoveLimp Bizkit - My WayMatchbox 20 - BentMetallica - I DisappearQueen - We Will Rock YouSting - Desert RoseChumbawumba...

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MPlayer: Extracting Audio from a DVD

PRE.programlisting, PRE.screen { border: #3300FF 1px dashed; color: #006600;}listing { border: #630 1px dashed; color: #630;}Some times, for whatever reasons we may have to extract audio from a DVD. Such a task can be done very easily with MPlayer. The following command dumps the audio from the 1st chapter of the DVD to a WAV file:% mplayer -vc dummy -vo null -ao pcm -aofile dummy.wav dvd://1 -dvd-device /cdromWhere:-vc dummy suggests using a dummy video codec, since we don't need video play back-vo null suggests MPlayer to disable...

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