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Journal Editorial or Overload Journal #114 - April 2013

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Editorial: Learning Fantasy Languages
Description : The last Overload editorial described a Fantasy Language. Now, how do you learn one?
Category: [ Overload Journal #116 - August 2013 | Journal Editorial ]
Editorial: Fantasy Languages
Description : Software is all about describing a solution to a computer. Ric Parkin imagines what his ideal dialect would sound like.
Category: [ Overload Journal #115 - June 2013 | Journal Editorial ]

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Martin Moene

08 April 2013 00:00:00 +01:00

Editorial: Knitting Needles and Keyboards
Description : Traditionally, both journals and developers have editors. Frances Buontempo considers the role of an editor, in another attempt to avoid writing an editorial.
Category: [ Overload Journal #114 - April 2013 | Journal Editorial ]
A Model for Debug Complexity
Description : Debugging any program can be difficult. Sergey Ignatchenko and Dmytro Ivanchykhin develop a mathematical model for its complexity.
Category: [ Programming Topics | Overload Journal #114 - April 2013 ]
Valgrind Part 6 – Helgrind and DRD
Description : Debugging multi-threaded code is hard. Paul Floyd uses Helgrind and DRD to find deadlocks and race conditions.
Category: [ Programming Topics | Overload Journal #114 - April 2013 ]
Quality Matters #7 Exceptions: the story so far
Description : Exception handling is difficult to get right. Matthew Wilson recaps the story so far.
Category: [ Programming Topics | Overload Journal #114 - April 2013 ]
Causality – Relating Distributed Diagnostic Contexts
Description : Supporting a system with many moving parts can be hard. Chris Oldwood demonstrates one way to add tags to log information to aid diagnosis.
Category: [ Programming Topics | Overload Journal #114 - April 2013 ]
Executable Documentation Doesn’t Have To Slow You Down
Description : Comprehensibility of end-to-end scenarios and quick feedback of unit tests are competing goals. Seb Rose introduces Cucumber with tags to meet both needs.
Category: [ Programming Topics | Design of applications and programs | Overload Journal #114 - April 2013 ]
Why Dysfunctional Programming Matters
Description : Function progamming is all the rage. Teedy Deigh considers how it offers many opportunities for the serious programmer.
Category: [ Programming Topics | Overload Journal #114 - April 2013 ]
Editorial: The Good, The Bad and The Discordant
Description : There are several signs of bad code. Frances Buontempo considers ugliness, stench and discord in a search for beauty.
Category: [ Overload Journal #113 - February 2013 | Journal Editorial ]
Editorial: Originally, Overload Didn’t Have an Editorial
Description : Frances Buontempo considers history, predictions about the future and how to shirk off writing an editorial.
Category: [ Overload Journal #112 - December 2012 | Journal Editorial ]
Editorial: Too Much Information
Description : Overload usually has an editorial. Frances Buontempo explains why she hasn’t had time to write one for this issue.
Category: [ Overload Journal #111 - October 2012 | Journal Editorial ]
Editorial: Allow Me To Introduce Myself
Description : Using data mining techniques to write an editorial.
Category: [ Overload Journal #110 - August 2012 | Journal Editorial ]
Editorial: It’s Not What You Know, It’s Who You Know
Description : Most human endeavours are not solitary pursuits. Ric Parkin looks at the interconnection of everyone.
Category: [ Overload Journal #109 - June 2012 | Journal Editorial ]
Afterword

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Category: [ Overload Journal #5 - Sep 1994 | Journal Editorial ]
Editorial: The Computing Revolution Will Be Televised (Again)
Description : 30 years ago we had to plug our first computers into the TV. Ric Parkin looks at how far we’ve come since then.
Category: [ Overload Journal #108 - April 2012 | Journal Editorial ]
Editorial: Many Hands Make Light Work
Description : Some people say the parallel revolution is coming. Ric Parkin argues it’s in full swing.
Category: [ Overload Journal #107 - February 2012 | Journal Editorial ]
Editorial: Patently Ridiculous!
Description : Software patents have a chequered history. Ric Parkin looks at some of the problems.
Category: [ Overload Journal #106 - December 2011 | Journal Editorial ]
Editorial: A Journey Through History
Description : Despite early pioneers, the computer revolution is relatively young. Ric Parkin takes a personal tour.
Category: [ Overload Journal #105 - October 2011 | Journal Editorial ]

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