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Overload Journal #117 - October 2013
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Editorial: Decisions, Decisions

Martin Moene

08 October 2013 22:28:30 +01:00

Providing precise definitions can be difficult. For example, what is a program?

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Code as a Crime Scene

Martin Moene

07 October 2013 20:01:31 +01:00

Forensic techniques can predict possible future crimes. Adam Tornhill shows how they can be applied to code.

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Lies, Damn Lies and Estimates

Martin Moene

06 October 2013 20:08:23 +01:00

Predicting how long something will take is hard. Seb Rose takes us on a brief tour through the swamp that is estimation.

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YAGNI-C as a Practical Application of YAGNI

Martin Moene

05 October 2013 20:36:01 +01:00

YAGNI can seem vague. Sergey Ignatchenko offers a more precise definition.

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Has the Singleton Not Suffered Enough

Martin Moene

04 October 2013 22:46:58 +01:00

Singletons are much maligned. Omar Bashir considers why.

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Automatic Navigation Mesh Generation in Configuration Space

Martin Moene

03 October 2013 08:55:56 +01:00

Walkable 3D environments can be automatically navigated. Stuart Golodetz demonstrates how navigation meshes achieve this.

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C++ Range and Elevation

Martin Moene

02 October 2013 22:38:59 +01:00

C++ provides many features for higher-level programming, but lacks some common ones present in other languages.


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