Programming Topics or Overload Journal #143 - February 2018

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How to Write a Programming Language: Part 2, The Parser

Bob Schmidt

03 August 2018 18:32:59 +01:00

Weâ€™ve got our tokens: now we need to knit them together into trees. Andy Balaam continues writing a programming language with the parser.

Compile-time Data Structures in C++17: Part 1, Set of Types

Bob Schmidt

02 August 2018 18:29:36 +01:00

Compile time data structures can speed things up at runtime. Bronek Kozicki details an implementation of a compile time set.

Donâ€™t Assume Any Non-Zero exit() Will Fail!

Bob Schmidt

06 July 2018 17:13:44 +01:00

Silas S. Brown shares his finding on process exit codes.

Everyday Coding Habits for Safety and Simplicity

Bob Schmidt

05 July 2018 16:54:46 +01:00

Arun Saha has some simple advice for forming good habits in C++.

Code Critique Competition 112

Bob Schmidt

03 July 2018 16:27:33 +01:00

Set and collated by Roger Orr. A book prize is awarded for the best entry.

Program Challenge Report 3 and Challenge 4

Bob Schmidt

02 July 2018 16:24:33 +01:00

Francis Glassborow comments on his last challenge and presents a new one.

Type-agnostic Tracing Using {fmt}

Bob Schmidt

03 June 2018 17:07:06 +01:00

Tracing compound and custom types is a challenge. Mike Crowe demonstrates how {fmt} provides a safe alternative to printf.

A Short Overview of Object Oriented Software Design

Bob Schmidt

02 June 2018 16:45:39 +01:00

Object oriented design has many principles. Stanislav Kozlovski demonstrates good design through a role playing game.

Libraries, Console Apps and GUIs

Bob Schmidt

11 May 2018 18:39:48 +01:00

Chris Oldwood compares the use of different application interfaces.

The New C++ Interview

Bob Schmidt

09 May 2018 18:07:29 +01:00

Pete Goodliffe introduces a new way to test programming skills.

Code Critique Competition 111

Bob Schmidt

04 May 2018 17:23:55 +01:00

Set and collated by Roger Orr. A book prize is awarded for the best entry.

No News is Good News

Bob Schmidt

06 April 2018 16:54:50 +01:00

Using â€˜newâ€™ without care can be slow. Paul Floyd uses Godboltâ€™s compiler explorer to see what happens when you do.

5 Reasons NOT to Use std::ostream for Human-Readable Output

Bob Schmidt

03 April 2018 16:42:39 +01:00

C++â€™s ostream can be hard to use. Sergey Ignatchenko suggests we use the {fmt} library instead.

The Expressive C++ Coding Challenge in D

Bob Schmidt

06 March 2018 16:22:44 +00:00

Sebastian Wilzbach presents a D language solution to a C++ problem.

Code Critique Competition 110 Part II

Bob Schmidt

04 March 2018 22:19:03 +00:00

Set and collated by Roger Orr. A book prize is awarded for the best entry.

Overload 143 PDF

Bob Schmidt

09 February 2018 17:14:48 +00:00

Hapaxes, Singletons and Anomalies

Bob Schmidt

09 February 2018 17:06:35 +00:00

Programmers can be odd. Frances Buontempo celebrates many manifold peculiarities.

A Wider Vision of Software Development

Bob Schmidt

08 February 2018 17:02:42 +00:00

Is code a hopeful arrangement of bytes? Charles Tolman brings his Organising Principles series to a close.

An MWSR Queue with Minimalist Locking

Bob Schmidt

07 February 2018 16:45:17 +00:00

Multithreaded queues come in many flavours. Sergey Ignatchenko describes his implementation of a multiple writer single reader queue.

Testing: Choose the Right Level

Bob Schmidt

06 February 2018 16:42:09 +00:00

Testing can be easy. Andy Balaam considers levels to keep your focus just right.

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