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Why Rationals Won’t Cure Your Floating Point Blues

Martin Moene

04 February 2011 20:24:34 +00:00

Numerical computing is still proving hard to do accurately. Richard Harris considers another number representation.

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Overused Code Reuse

Martin Moene

03 February 2011 20:26:49 +00:00

It’s tempting to use someone else’s code rather than write it yourself. Sergey Ignatchenko reports that ‘No Bugs’ Bunny recommends caution.

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From Occam's Razor to No Bugs' Axe

webeditor

31 December 2010 21:37:00 +00:00

Designing good APIs that stand the test of time is notoriously hard. Sergey Ignatchenko suggests a radical guideline.

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Why Fixed Point Won't Cure Your Floating Point Blues

webeditor

31 December 2010 21:35:00 +00:00

Numeric computing is very difficult to do properly. Richard Harris looks at whether a common technique will help.

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Interface Versioning in C++

webeditor

31 December 2010 21:34:00 +00:00

Updating a widely used DLL interface is non-trivial. Steve Love presents a practical approach.

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Quality Matters Christmas Intermezzo

webeditor

31 December 2010 21:33:00 +00:00

Sometimes it's good to reflect. Matthew Wilson considers what he's learnt so far.

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You're Going To Have To Think!

webeditor

10 October 2010 13:59:00 +01:00

Numerical computing has many pitfalls. Richard Harris starts looking for a silver bullet.

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To DLL or Not To DLL

webeditor

10 October 2010 13:57:00 +01:00

Shared libraries provide both benefits and problems. Sergey Ignatchenko introduces a rabbit's-eye view.

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Making String ReTRIEval Fast

webeditor

10 October 2010 13:56:00 +01:00

Sometimes you really do have to optimize your code. Björn Fahller looks at a string lookup data structure.

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Quality Matters #6: Exceptions for Practically-Unrecoverable Conditions

webeditor

10 October 2010 13:55:00 +01:00

Being robust is harder than you think. Matthew Wilson analyses a classic program.

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The Model Student: The ACCU 2010 Crypto Challenge

webeditor

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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Debugging Run Time Memory Problems

webeditor

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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The ANSI Standard For C

Martin Moene

28 June 2010 08:58:00 +01:00

A summary of the proposed ANSI extensions to the C Programming Language By Steven W.Palmer

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Defining New Data Types In C++

Martin Moene

28 June 2010 08:54:00 +01:00

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Notes from the Ultra-Conservative Right Wing

Martin Moene

28 June 2010 08:48:00 +01:00

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Debugging with the Macro Processor

Martin Moene

28 June 2010 08:46:00 +01:00

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Commenting programs, how and why

Martin Moene

20 June 2010 08:59:00 +01:00

A letter has flooded in from Colin Masterson, the author of our series on structured programming:

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Everything You Wanted To Know About C ......

Martin Moene

20 June 2010 08:58:00 +01:00

Tips and Tricks from Steven Palmer

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Structure, Part 2

Martin Moene

20 June 2010 08:57:00 +01:00

In the last part we spoke about structure in terms of ignoring detail. We now go on to formalise our thinking.

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Everything You Wanted To Know About C ......

Martin Moene

17 June 2010 08:57:00 +01:00

Your problems answered.


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