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The Eternal Battle Against Redundancies, Part 2

Martin Moene

02 February 2012 17:43:15 +00:00

Repeated information leads to poor quality software. Christoph Knabe continues to see how removing them has influenced language design.

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A Practical Introduction to Erlang

Martin Moene

01 February 2012 17:48:22 +00:00

The future of massively parallel hardware will need good language support. Alexander Demin takes a look at an unexpected approach.

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The Eternal Battle Against Redundancies, Part I

Martin Moene

05 December 2011 20:49:31 +00:00

The drive to remove redundancies is widely seen as a good thing. Christoph Knabe sees how it has influenced programming languages.

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RAII is not Garbage

Martin Moene

03 December 2011 21:45:14 +00:00

Many think that Garbage Collection frees the programmer from cleanup tasks. Paul Grenyer compares and contrasts it with a classic C++ idiom.

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Why Polynomial Approximation Won't Cure Your Calculus Blues

Martin Moene

02 December 2011 21:51:23 +00:00

We’re still trying to find a good way to approach numerical computing. Richard Harris tries to get as close as possible.

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Concurrent Programming with Go

Martin Moene

01 December 2011 21:53:49 +00:00

Concurrency is becoming ever more important. Mark Summerfield looks at the approach of the new language Go.

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Why Finite Differences Won’t Cure Your Calculus Blues

Martin Moene

04 October 2011 09:27:27 +01:00

Now we know our problem in depth. Richard Harris analyses if a common technique will work adequately.

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Outsource Your Self-Discipline

Martin Moene

03 October 2011 09:44:55 +01:00

It’s all too easy to skip those tedious but vital steps towards code quality. Filip van Laenen suggests getting someone else to do them.

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Picking Patterns for Parallel Programs (Part 1)

Martin Moene

02 October 2011 15:41:03 +01:00

Designing programs for multi-core systems can be extremely complex. Anthony Williams suggests some patterns to keep things under control.

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Intellectual Property – a Crash Course for Developers

Martin Moene

01 October 2011 16:50:08 +01:00

Interpreting law is a tricky business. Sergey Ignatchenko introduces someone who can help you avoid expensive mistakes.

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Over-Generic Use of Abstractons as a Major Cause of Wasting Resources

Martin Moene

05 August 2011 19:27:36 +01:00

We often find ways to hide complexity. Sergey Ignatchenko looks at how this can be sub-optimal.

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Thread-Safe Access Guards

Martin Moene

03 August 2011 19:42:02 +01:00

Ensuring safe access to shared data can be cumbersome and error-prone. Bjørn Reese presents a technique to help.

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An Introduction to Test Driven Development

Martin Moene

02 August 2011 19:44:51 +01:00

TDD is too often thought to be all about Unit Tests. Paul Grenyer works through an example to show the bigger picture.

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Why [Insert Algorithm Here] Won’t Cure Your Calculus Blues

Martin Moene

01 August 2011 19:51:11 +01:00

We now know that floating point arithmetic is the best we can do. Richard Harris goes back to school ready to show how to use it.

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Some Objects Are More Equal Than Others

Martin Moene

06 June 2011 20:23:42 +01:00

Comparing objects is a fundamental operation. Steve Love and Roger Orr consider different language approaches.

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Exception Specifications in C++ 2011

Martin Moene

04 June 2011 20:34:21 +01:00

The new standard is almost finished. Dietmar Kühl looks at the new exception features.

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Why Interval Arithmetic Won’t Cure Your Floating Point Blues

Martin Moene

03 June 2011 20:37:04 +01:00

We’ve looked at several approaches to numeric computing. Richard Harris has a final attempt to find an accurate solution.

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The ACCU 2011 Crypto Challenge

Martin Moene

01 June 2011 20:45:52 +01:00

Ready for the biggest challenge yet? Richard Harris throws down the gauntlet.

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Benefits of Well Known Interfaces in Closed Source Code

Martin Moene

06 April 2011 18:32:28 +01:00

Designing a good API is a significant challenge. Arun Saha suggests taking inspiration from outside.

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Why Computer Algebra Won’t Cure Your Floating Point Blues

Martin Moene

05 April 2011 18:54:54 +01:00

Numerical computing is proving quite a challenge. Richard Harris sees if a computer can do mathematics.


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