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A Little Learning Is A Dangerous Thing

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12 September 2010 20:10:00 +01:00

An opportunity for nostalgia triggers some musings on the value of education. Ric Parkin goes back to school.

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"I'm a Business Analyst - Get Me Out Of Here"

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12 September 2010 20:09:30 +01:00

Some classic roles are omitted by Agile methodologies. Allan Kelly considers how a Business Analyst fits in.

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The Model Student: The ACCU 2010 Crypto Challenge

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12 September 2010 20:09:00 +01:00

Electronic computers advanced cryptography enormously. Richard Harris sets a challenge, and finds a solution.

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Renovating a Legacy C++ Project

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12 September 2010 20:08:00 +01:00

Over time projects tend to become hard to maintain. Alan Griffiths describes how one was improved.

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Single-Threading: Back to the Future? (Part 2)

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12 September 2010 20:07:00 +01:00

Multithreading can cause notoriously difficult bugs. Sergey Ignatchenko finds mitigating strategies for programs on servers.

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Debugging Run Time Memory Problems

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12 September 2010 20:06:00 +01:00

The C++ Standard is often silent on what happens when things go wrong. Matthew Jones looks under the bonnet to take control.

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Quality Matters: The Worst Form of 'Error' Handling Except For All The Others

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12 September 2010 20:05:00 +01:00

Dealing with errors is a vital part of good programming. Matthew Wilson specifies a taxonomy.


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