Test application for different sort algorithms.

Overview

Application designed to practice C++ and test some possible improvements for different sorting algorhytms.

Building

Application written on C++ 20 with CMake build system.

Prepare environment

1. Prepare Windows environment

   Download Microsoft Visual Studio Community, and during installation process enable C and C++ checkboxes. Developer command prompt will be installed as part of the MSVC package.

2. Prepare Linux environment

   Application has a build-time dependcy on the next packages:

   gcc
   g++
   gcc-multilib
   g++-multilib
   cmake
   build-essentials
   

Windows with MS Visual Studio Developer Command Prompt

1. Prepare 32-bit build environment. MS Visual Studio for x64 does not support inline assembly.
   1. Without printing an array

      cmake -B ./build -A Win32 -D SET_ARRAY_SIZE:INT=20
      

   2. Print the array itself

      cmake -B ./build -A Win32 -DENABLE_PRINT_ARRAY:BOOL=1 -D SET_ARRAY_SIZE:INT=20
      

2. Build dksort_app executable:
   1. Build release app

      cmake --build build --config Release
      

   2. Build debug app

      cmake --build build --config Debug
      

Linux with GCC (g++) and 32bit multilib support

1. Prepare build environment. Compilation flags already contains -m32 flag for building 32bit app. Supprted build types are Release and Debug. Release produces optimized and stripped tiny executable binary. Debug produces "fat" executable binary without compiler optimization and with all necessary debug information for GDB.
   1. Without printing an array

      cmake -B build --toolchain toolchains/i386.cmake -DSET_ARRAY_SIZE:INT=20 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
      

   2. Print the array itself

      cmake -B build --toolchain toolchains/i386.cmake -DENABLE_PRINT_ARRAY:BOOL=1 -DSET_ARRAY_SIZE:INT=20 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
      

2. Build dksort_app executable:

   cmake --build build
   

Installation

1. Install library on your host machine (Optional):

   TODO
   

2. Installed files can be removed from the host system:

   TODO
   

License

Current project developed under GNU General Public License v3.0. Text of the licence can be found in LICENSE file of current repository or on the official web site: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html