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How Hard Can It Be?
Bob Schmidt
06 June 2019 19:33:35 +01:00
Getting different parties to collaborate might sound easy. Frances Buontempo explores where problems and opportunities arise.
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Do Repeat Yourself
Bob Schmidt
05 June 2019 19:18:34 +01:00
Software developers are well aware of the ‘DRY Principle’. Lucian Radu Teodorescu investigates when this common wisdom does not always hold.
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On IT and... CO2 Footprints
Bob Schmidt
04 June 2019 19:08:09 +01:00
Recent headlines declare a climate emergency. Sergey Ignatchenko considers how we can make an impact on IT’s carbon footprint.
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Use UTF-16 Interfaces to Ship Windows Code
Bob Schmidt
03 June 2019 19:01:46 +01:00
Character encoding can cause problems. Péter Ésik explains why UTF-16 interfaces help on Windows.
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ACCU Conference 2019: Reports
Bob Schmidt
02 June 2019 18:44:54 +01:00
ACCU holds an annual conference. Several attendees tell us what they learnt there this year.
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Afterwood
Bob Schmidt
01 June 2019 18:41:56 +01:00
There are parallels between writing and programming. Chris Oldwood shares his journey into learning to write well.
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Modern SAT solvers: fast, neat and underused (part 1 of N)
Bob Schmidt
03 April 2019 23:17:07 +01:00
SAT solvers can quickly find solutions to Boolean Logic problems. Martin Hořeňovský demonstrates how this can be used to solve arbitrary Sudoku puzzles.
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The Simple Life
Bob Schmidt
05 March 2019 17:36:44 +00:00
Pete Goodliffe urges us to keep code simple.
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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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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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China’s New AI School Textbooks
Bob Schmidt
05 January 2019 16:11:32 +00:00
Silas Brown is sceptical about an education initiative.
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Diseconomies of Scale
Bob Schmidt
07 December 2018 16:48:13 +00:00
Bigger is not always better. Allan Kelly considers when smaller is more productive.
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Flip Model: A Design Pattern
Bob Schmidt
06 December 2018 16:36:48 +00:00
Publishing dynamic, complex data to many clients in a threadsafe manner is challenging. Daniele Pallastrelli presents the Flip model pattern to overcome the challenges.
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Memory Management Patterns in Business-Level Programs
Bob Schmidt
05 December 2018 16:31:04 +00:00
There are many memory management patterns. Sergey Ignatchenko considers these from an application level.
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Compile-time Data Structures in C++17: Part 3, Map of Values
Bob Schmidt
04 December 2018 16:25:16 +00:00
A compile time map of values allows code to be tested more easily. Bronek Kozicki demonstrates how to avoid a central repository of values.
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Measuring Throughput and the Impact of Cache-line Awareness
Bob Schmidt
02 December 2018 16:06:26 +00:00
How do you measure throughput? Richard Reich and Wesley Maness investigate suitable metrics.