BD Software

Leor Zolman has been involved in system software development, system administration and applications development for over 25 years, spanning the CP/M, UNIX and Windows operating systems. In 1979, Leor wrote the BDS C Compiler, the first C development system targeted exclusively for personal computers. The package sold some 50,000 copies internationally between 1979 and 1985. Between 1989 and 1992, Leor served as a member of the technical staff of R&D Publications, Inc., in Lawrence, KS, where he wrote columns for the magazines The C Users Journal (now The C/C++ Users Journal), Windows Developer"s Journal and SysAdmin. Duties there also included internal software development involving Unix shell scripts and Informix SQL/4GL, internal PC tech support and configuration of Internet connectivity. Leor launched into technical training in 1992. He has authored courses in C and C++, and co-authored beginning and advanced courses in Java and Unix. Leor"s first book, "Illustrated C" (R&D Publications, Inc. and Prentice-Hall) a collection of his tutorial columns from The C/C++ Users Journal, was published in 1992. Leor"s latest programming project is a Freeware tool for C++ developers named An "STL Error Message Decryptor". Initially written for Microsoft Visual C++ and now also available for g++ and Comeau C++, this tool simplifies the horrendous error messages produced by most modern compilers when they encounter coding errors involving use of the C++ Standard Template Library (STL). All users of MSVC 6 or 7 (Visual Studio.NET), g++ or Comeau C++ are invited to download the package (source code is included) at: www.bdsoft.com/tools/stlfilt.html.

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