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On Zero-Side-Effect Interactive Programming, Actors, and FSMs

Martin Moene

05 February 2016 18:49:00 +00:00

Functional programming is alien to many programmers. Sergey Ignatchenko considers parallels between actors and finite state machines.

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Template Programming Compile Time Combinations & Sieves

Martin Moene

04 February 2016 18:50:45 +00:00

Functional style frequently uses sequences. Nick Weatherhead applies these ideas to combinations in C++.

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Classdesc: A Reflection System for C++11

Martin Moene

03 February 2016 18:52:17 +00:00

C++ lacks direct support for reflection. Russell Standish brings an automated reflection system for C++, Classdesc, up to date.

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QM Bites : Maximising Discoverability of Virtual Methods

Martin Moene

02 February 2016 18:54:29 +00:00

C++11 introduced override as a contextual keyword. Matthew Wilson encourages us to use it.

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So Why is Spock Such a Big Deal?

Martin Moene

01 February 2016 18:55:20 +00:00

Spock testing in a Java environment is all the rage. Russel Winder talks through the history of testing on the JVM and demonstrates why Spock is so groovy.

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Bug Hunting

Martin Moene

06 January 2016 21:09:57 +00:00

Pete Goodliffe continues the hunt for software faults.

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Finding Text

Martin Moene

05 January 2016 21:11:23 +00:00

Chris Oldwood hunts for the right tool to search text files.

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in vivo, in vitro, in silico

Martin Moene

04 January 2016 21:15:12 +00:00

Frances Buontempo examines the idea of software vivisection.

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"HTTPS Everywhere" considered harmful

Martin Moene

03 January 2016 21:18:43 +00:00

Silas S. Brown considers an unintended cost of security.

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Once Again on TCP vs UDP

Martin Moene

06 December 2015 09:25:17 +00:00

TCP and UDP have different properties. Sergey Ignatchenko weighs up their pros and cons.

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Type Mosaicing with Consultables and Delegates

Martin Moene

05 December 2015 09:40:18 +00:00

If several classes need to work together lots of boilerplate code is often needed. Nicolas Bouillot introduces type mosaicing to avoid this.

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The Universality and Expressiveness of std::accumulate

Martin Moene

04 December 2015 09:43:44 +00:00

Folding is a highly generic operation available through std::accumulate. Paul Keir goes beyond reduction, with the help of C++14’s polymorphic lambdas.

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QM Bites – The two sides of Boolean Parameters

Martin Moene

03 December 2015 09:46:25 +00:00

Boolean parameters are tempting but make life difficult. Matthew Wilson advises us to avoid them (almost) all the time.

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Identify your Errors better with char[]

Martin Moene

02 December 2015 09:48:19 +00:00

Error codes still get used instead of exceptions. Patrick Martin and Dietmar Kühl consider how to use char arrays for better information.

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CPU Clocks and Clock Interrupts, and Their Effects on Schedulers

Martin Moene

01 December 2015 09:50:15 +00:00

Instructions to sleep for a second almost never result in precisely one second’s sleep. Bob Schmidt walks us through the mechanics of why.

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Bug Hunting

Martin Moene

09 November 2015 08:54:08 +00:00

Pete Goodliffe looks for software faults.

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Building C & C++ CLI Programs with the libCLImate Mini-framework

Martin Moene

08 November 2015 08:55:43 +00:00

Matthew Wilson presents a framework for simplifying CLI programs.

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Raspberry Pi Linux User Mode GPIO in C++ (Part 3)

Martin Moene

07 November 2015 08:59:34 +00:00

Ralph McArdell demonstrates the library with two peripherals on the Pi.

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One Definition Rule

Martin Moene

06 November 2015 09:05:10 +00:00

Roger Orr explains an often misunderstood aspect of C++.

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Functional Programming in C++

Martin Moene

05 November 2015 09:07:10 +00:00

Richard Falconer reports on an ACCU talk by Kevlin Henney.


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