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‘No Bugs’ Top Five C++ Cooking Recipes
Martin Moene
06 February 2013 20:49:27 +00:00
Developers often have a few favourite tricks for solving problems. Sergey Ignatchenko shares his five top recipes.
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Utilising More Than 4GB of Memory in 32-bit Windows Process
Martin Moene
05 February 2013 20:57:36 +00:00
Some applications require a vast amount of memory. Chris Oldwood presents techniques to provide extra memory.
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The Signs of Trouble: On Patterns, Humbleness and Lisp
Martin Moene
04 February 2013 21:11:22 +00:00
Patterns can be a controversial topic. Adam Petersen considers their cognitive and social value.
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The Open–Closed Principle (OCP)
Martin Moene
03 February 2013 21:17:06 +00:00
Changing requirements and environments can require cascading changes through software. Nan Wang demonstrates how the Open-Closed principle can minimise changes.
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Secrets of Testing WCF Services
Martin Moene
02 February 2013 20:41:38 +00:00
WCF services provide middleware for applications but can be hard to test. Steve Love describes a way to develop a testable app.
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Web Annotation with Modified-Yarowsky and Other Algorithms
Martin Moene
05 December 2012 20:40:11 +00:00
Annotating text automatically requires word disambiguation. Silas Brown introduces the Yarowsky algorithm to help.
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Complex Logic in the Member Initialiser List
Martin Moene
04 December 2012 20:43:23 +00:00
The syntactic form of the member initialiser list restricts the logic that it contains. Cassio Neri presents some techniques to overcome these constraints.
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-640K- 2^256 Bytes of Memory is More than Anyone Would Ever -Need- Get
Martin Moene
03 December 2012 20:35:24 +00:00
How fast can computers get? Sergey Ignatchenko provides us with some upper limits.
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Footprint on Modify
Martin Moene
02 December 2012 20:46:09 +00:00
Tracking history can be done in a variety of ways. Andy Balaam describes one technique with many advantages.
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Valgrind Part 5 – Massif
Martin Moene
01 December 2012 20:49:20 +00:00
Poor performance can be caused by memory usage. Paul Floyd introduces Valgrind’s heap memory profiling tool Massif.
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Valgrind Part 4: Cachegrind and Callgrind
Martin Moene
05 October 2012 15:23:32 +01:00
When your application is slow, you need a profiler. Paul Floyd shows us how callgrind and cachegrind can help.
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Universal References in C++11
Martin Moene
04 October 2012 15:40:20 +01:00
C++11 provides a new reference syntax, T&&. Scott Meyers explains that it doesn’t always mean ‘rvalue reference’.
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A DSEL for Addressing the Problems Posed by Parallel Architectures
Martin Moene
03 October 2012 15:55:50 +01:00
Programming parallel algorithms correctly is hard. Jason McGuiness and Colin Egan demonstrate how a C++ DESEL can make it simpler.
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Keep It Simple, Singleton!
Martin Moene
02 October 2012 17:14:41 +01:00
Naïve assumptions sound like a bad idea. Sergey Ignatchenko discusses how to spot good assumptions in the face of changing requirements.
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Valgrind Part 3: Advanced memcheck
Martin Moene
05 August 2012 21:30:11 +01:00
Valgrind provides several mechanisms to locate memory problems in your code. Paul Floyd shows us how to use them.
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Black-Scholes in Hardware
Martin Moene
04 August 2012 21:36:49 +01:00
The Black-Scholes model is a financial model. Wei Wang outlines its design and implementation for those who want to understand how algorithms can be implemented in hardware.
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Replace User, Strike Any Key?
Martin Moene
03 August 2012 22:40:45 +01:00
There is a common perception in the IT industry that the user is the primary source of all the problems. Sergey Ignatchenko asks if this is true.
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Simple Mock Objects for C++11
Martin Moene
02 August 2012 22:44:56 +01:00
New C++11 features can be used to implement mock objects for unit tests. Michael Rüegg shows us how he does this in Mockator.
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Large Objects and Iterator Blocks
Martin Moene
01 August 2012 22:49:10 +01:00
Arrays can cause memory issues in .Net. Frances Buontempo shows how iterator blocks can help to relieve the pressure.