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Overload Journal #104 - August 2011 and Programming Topics
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Over-Generic Use of Abstractons as a Major Cause of Wasting Resources

Martin Moene

05 August 2011 19:27:36 +01:00

We often find ways to hide complexity. Sergey Ignatchenko looks at how this can be sub-optimal.

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Thread-Safe Access Guards

Martin Moene

03 August 2011 19:42:02 +01:00

Ensuring safe access to shared data can be cumbersome and error-prone. Bjørn Reese presents a technique to help.

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An Introduction to Test Driven Development

Martin Moene

02 August 2011 19:44:51 +01:00

TDD is too often thought to be all about Unit Tests. Paul Grenyer works through an example to show the bigger picture.

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Why [Insert Algorithm Here] Won’t Cure Your Calculus Blues

Martin Moene

01 August 2011 19:51:11 +01:00

We now know that floating point arithmetic is the best we can do. Richard Harris goes back to school ready to show how to use it.