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Code Critique Competition 106

Bob Schmidt

02 July 2017 17:41:54 +01:00

Set and collated by Roger Orr. A book prize is awarded for the best entry.

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Allocator for (Re)Actors with Optional Kinda-Safety and Relocation

Martin Moene

06 June 2017 13:28:19 +01:00

How do you deal with memory for (Re)Actors? Sergey Ignatchenko proposes an allocation scheme.

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Initialization in C++ is Bonkers

Martin Moene

05 June 2017 13:29:24 +01:00

Uninitialised variables can cause problems. Simon Brand reminds us how complicated it can get.

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Vulkan and you – Khronos’ successor to OpenGL

Martin Moene

04 June 2017 13:30:18 +01:00

Various graphics APIs exist. Andy Thomason unravels the mysteries of Vulkan, the latest 3D Graphics API from Khronos, the custodians of OpenGL.

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Kotlin for C++ Developers

Martin Moene

03 June 2017 13:31:10 +01:00

What could a language the originated on the JVM possibly offer C or C++ devs? Hadi Hariri tells us.

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Getting Tuple Elements with a Runtime Index

Martin Moene

02 June 2017 13:32:06 +01:00

Accessing a tuple with a runtime index is a challenge. Anthony Williams shows us his approach.

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An Ode to Code

Martin Moene

08 May 2017 09:17:58 +01:00

Pete Goodliffe shares his annual programming practice poem.

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Myths about ‘Big Data’

Martin Moene

07 May 2017 09:19:03 +01:00

Reginald Garnepudi dispels some of the hype around one popular technology.

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On Turnabout is Fair Play

Martin Moene

06 May 2017 09:20:07 +01:00

A student responds to the Baron’s latest challenge.

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A Hollywood Take on Dangling Pointers?

Martin Moene

05 May 2017 09:20:59 +01:00

Silas S. Brown tells a fable about read-only variables.

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Code Critique Competition 105

Martin Moene

03 May 2017 09:23:32 +01:00

Set and collated by Roger Orr. A book prize is awarded for the best entry.

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Space invaders in Elm

Martin Moene

06 April 2017 18:55:05 +01:00

Elm is a functional language which compiles to JavaScript. Ossi Hanhinen provides an overview.

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Single Module Builds – The Fastest Heresy in Town

Martin Moene

05 April 2017 18:57:27 +01:00

Unity builds can be controversial. Andy Thomason shows how much difference they can make to build times.

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(Not Really So) New Niche for C++: Browser!?

Martin Moene

03 April 2017 19:35:30 +01:00

How do you run C++ in a browser? Sergey Ignatchenko demonstrates how to use Emscripten.

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Contractual Loopholes

Martin Moene

02 April 2017 19:37:28 +01:00

Compilers can optimise away functions you may want to time. Deák Ferenc explores ways to stop this happening.

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On the Defensive

Martin Moene

06 March 2017 18:24:50 +00:00

Pete Goodliffe demonstrates defensive programming techniques for robust code.

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Beyond Functional Programming: Manipulate Functions with the J Language

Martin Moene

05 March 2017 18:28:37 +00:00

Adam Tornhill explores a different kind of programming language.

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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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