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Rip It Up and Start Again
Bob Schmidt
07 February 2019 19:12:59 +00:00
Some things can be resurrected, others cannot. Frances Buontempo wonders when we need to repent and start over.
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QM Bites: Understand Windows Operating-System Identification Preprocessor Macros
Bob Schmidt
04 February 2019 17:12:30 +00:00
Quality matters and bite sized articles help. Matthew Wilson returns with a QM Bites.
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C++ Tagged Reference Types
Bob Schmidt
09 January 2019 16:24:47 +00:00
Pete Cordell proposes an extension to C++ move syntax.
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When Will Python 2 End?
Bob Schmidt
08 January 2019 16:22:34 +00:00
Silas Brown explains why the days of Python 2, while numbered, may be longer than you think.
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Code Critique Competition 115
Bob Schmidt
03 January 2019 16:05:04 +00:00
Set and collated by Roger Orr. A book prize is awarded for the best entry.
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Report on Challenge 5
Bob Schmidt
02 January 2019 15:58:57 +00:00
Francis Glassborow comments on his previous challenge, and provides a new puzzle.
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Revolution, Restoration and Revival
Bob Schmidt
08 December 2018 18:23:32 +00:00
Trends cycle in seasons. Frances Buontempo wonders what programmers should on the lookout for.
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Algol 68 – A Retrospective
Bob Schmidt
03 December 2018 16:16:05 +00:00
Algol 68 has influenced programming languages in many ways. Daniel James reminds us just how many.
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Improve Code by Removing It
Bob Schmidt
05 November 2018 17:40:00 +00:00
Pete Goodliffe takes a scalpel to unnecessary code.
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Are we nearly there yet?
Bob Schmidt
05 October 2018 18:24:53 +01:00
Deciding if you are making progress can be a challenge. Frances Buontempo considers various metrics and their effects.
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How to Write a Programming Language: Part 3, The Evaluator
Bob Schmidt
04 October 2018 18:22:24 +01:00
We’ve parsed our tokens: now we need turn them into values. Andy Balaam continues writing a programming language with the evaluator.
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P1063 vs Coroutines TS: Consensus on High-Level Semantics
Bob Schmidt
03 October 2018 18:16:41 +01:00
Dmytro Ivanchykhin, Sergey Ignatchenko and Maxim Blashchuk argue that we need coroutines TS now to improve-based-on-experience later.
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Implementing the Spaceship Operator for Optional
Bob Schmidt
02 October 2018 18:01:47 +01:00
Comparison operators can get complicated. Barry Revzin explores how the new operator <=> helps.
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Compile-time Data Structures in C++17: Part 2, Map of Types
Bob Schmidt
01 October 2018 17:46:54 +01:00
Compile time type selection allows static polymorphsim. Bronek Kozicki details an implementation of a compile time map.
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The Ghost of a Codebase Past
Bob Schmidt
09 September 2018 22:05:13 +01:00
Pete Goodliffe learns lessons by reviewing his own old code.
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On Francis’s Challenge #4
Bob Schmidt
07 September 2018 18:40:12 +01:00
Andreas Gieriet presents his solution (ab-)using expression- and jump-statements.
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ACCU Standards Report
Bob Schmidt
04 September 2018 18:30:47 +01:00
Emyr Williams reports the latest from the C++ Standards meetings.