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Overload Journal #137 - February 2017 and Programming Topics
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Mean Properties

Martin Moene

06 February 2017 15:53:50 +00:00

Property based testing is all the rage. Russel Winder walks us through an example of properties an arithmetic mean function should have.

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The Importance of Back-of-Envelope Estimates

Martin Moene

05 February 2017 15:55:06 +00:00

Guestimate questions make many people grumble. Sergey Ignatchenko reminds us why they matter.

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Multiprocessing and Clusters in Python

Martin Moene

04 February 2017 15:56:37 +00:00

Multiprocessing is possible in Python. Silas S. Brown shows us various ways.

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doctest – the Lightest C++ Unit Testing Framewor

Martin Moene

03 February 2017 15:57:47 +00:00

C++ has many unit testing frameworks. Viktor Kirilov introduces doctest.

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Correct Integer Operations with Minimal Runtime Penalties

Martin Moene

02 February 2017 15:58:44 +00:00

Results of C++ integer operations are not guaranteed to be arithmetically correct. Robert Ramey introduces a library to enforce correct behaviour.

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Afterwood

Martin Moene

01 February 2017 15:59:47 +00:00

Trying to find a good candidate for a role is hard. Chris Oldwood reminisces on various factors that influence interviewers.