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Overload Journal #121 - June 2014 and Programming Topics
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Branching Strategies

Martin Moene

05 June 2014 07:11:00 +01:00

Branching can either be embraced or avoided. Chris Oldwood documents the pros and cons of three main branching strategies.

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Beauty in Code

Martin Moene

04 June 2014 07:15:36 +01:00

Attractiveness matters. Adam Tornhill uses a Clojure example to show how generalisation can be more beautiful than special cases.

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The Code Is Not the Most Important Thing

Martin Moene

03 June 2014 18:48:21 +01:00

Choose the right sort of problem, focus on strategies for solving it, and the code will come easily. Seb Rose teaches kids to code.

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Stop the Constant Shouting

Martin Moene

02 June 2014 18:54:11 +01:00

CONSTANTS often shout. Jonathan Wakely considers why this happens in C and what the alternatives are in C++.

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Minimal Overhead for Multiple Interfaces

Martin Moene

01 June 2014 18:57:24 +01:00

Using multiple interfaces can slow things down. Daniel Gutson and Pablo Oliva present an alternative.