Overload Journal #131 - February 2016
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Overload 131 ePub

Bob Schmidt

14 December 2018 22:19:22 +00:00

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Overload 131 PDF

Martin Moene

09 February 2016 19:00:10 +00:00

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Editorial: Be lucky

Martin Moene

07 February 2016 18:40:27 +00:00

Do you consider yourself unlucky? Frances Buontempo wonders what we can do to avoid disasters.

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Defining Concepts

Martin Moene

06 February 2016 18:47:45 +00:00

Concepts provide a new way of constraining code. Andrew Sutton shows us how to define and use them.

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On Zero-Side-Effect Interactive Programming, Actors, and FSMs

Martin Moene

05 February 2016 18:49:00 +00:00

Functional programming is alien to many programmers. Sergey Ignatchenko considers parallels between actors and finite state machines.

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Template Programming Compile Time Combinations & Sieves

Martin Moene

04 February 2016 18:50:45 +00:00

Functional style frequently uses sequences. Nick Weatherhead applies these ideas to combinations in C++.

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Classdesc: A Reflection System for C++11

Martin Moene

03 February 2016 18:52:17 +00:00

C++ lacks direct support for reflection. Russell Standish brings an automated reflection system for C++, Classdesc, up to date.

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QM Bites : Maximising Discoverability of Virtual Methods

Martin Moene

02 February 2016 18:54:29 +00:00

C++11 introduced override as a contextual keyword. Matthew Wilson encourages us to use it.

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So Why is Spock Such a Big Deal?

Martin Moene

01 February 2016 18:55:20 +00:00

Spock testing in a Java environment is all the rage. Russel Winder talks through the history of testing on the JVM and demonstrates why Spock is so groovy.