Overload Journal #149 - February 2019
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Overload 149 ePub

Bob Schmidt

15 March 2019 18:04:14 +00:00

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Overload 149 PDF

Bob Schmidt

22 February 2019 22:18:06 +00:00

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Rip It Up and Start Again

Bob Schmidt

07 February 2019 19:12:59 +00:00

Some things can be resurrected, others cannot. Frances Buontempo wonders when we need to repent and start over.

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5 Big Fat Reasons Why Mutexes Suck Big Time

Bob Schmidt

06 February 2019 18:47:55 +00:00

Mutable shared state in multithreaded code is often protected by mutexes. Sergey Ignatchenko reminds us that Re-Actors can avoid many of the problems.

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A Small Universe

Bob Schmidt

05 February 2019 17:21:07 +00:00

Writing a programming language is a hot topic. Deák Ferenc shows us how he wrote a compiler for bytecode callable from C++.

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A Small Universe Part II

Bob Schmidt

05 February 2019 16:36:55 +00:00

Writing a programming language is a hot topic. Deák Ferenc shows us how he wrote a compiler for bytecode callable from C++.

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QM Bites: Understand Windows Operating-System Identification Preprocessor Macros

Bob Schmidt

04 February 2019 17:12:30 +00:00

Quality matters and bite sized articles help. Matthew Wilson returns with a QM Bites.

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A Thorough Introduction to Distributed Systems

Bob Schmidt

03 February 2019 17:01:54 +00:00

What is a distributed system, and why is it so complicated? Stanislav Kozlovski explains.

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Don’t Use std::endl

Bob Schmidt

02 February 2019 16:52:53 +00:00

How do you add a new line in C++? Chris Sharpe suggests std::endl is a tiny utility that’s more trouble than it’s worth.

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Afterwood

Bob Schmidt

01 February 2019 16:50:38 +00:00

Good workers tidy up after themselves – it avoids accidents and makes them more productive. Chris Oldwood argues that good software developers should do the same.