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Blockchain-Structured Programming

Bob Schmidt

01 April 2019 22:57:03 +01:00

Coins are a wedge-shaped piece used for some purpose. Teedy Deigh shares her angle on the technology underpinning crypto-currencies.

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The Simple Life

Bob Schmidt

05 March 2019 17:36:44 +00:00

Pete Goodliffe urges us to keep code simple.

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5 Big Fat Reasons Why Mutexes Suck Big Time

Bob Schmidt

06 February 2019 18:47:55 +00:00

Mutable shared state in multithreaded code is often protected by mutexes. Sergey Ignatchenko reminds us that Re-Actors can avoid many of the problems.

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A Small Universe

Bob Schmidt

05 February 2019 17:21:07 +00:00

Writing a programming language is a hot topic. Deák Ferenc shows us how he wrote a compiler for bytecode callable from C++.

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A Small Universe Part II

Bob Schmidt

05 February 2019 16:36:55 +00:00

Writing a programming language is a hot topic. Deák Ferenc shows us how he wrote a compiler for bytecode callable from C++.

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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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A Thorough Introduction to Distributed Systems

Bob Schmidt

03 February 2019 17:01:54 +00:00

What is a distributed system, and why is it so complicated? Stanislav Kozlovski explains.

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Don’t Use std::endl

Bob Schmidt

02 February 2019 16:52:53 +00:00

How do you add a new line in C++? Chris Sharpe suggests std::endl is a tiny utility that’s more trouble than it’s worth.

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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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China’s New AI School Textbooks

Bob Schmidt

05 January 2019 16:11:32 +00:00

Silas Brown is sceptical about an education initiative.

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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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Diseconomies of Scale

Bob Schmidt

07 December 2018 16:48:13 +00:00

Bigger is not always better. Allan Kelly considers when smaller is more productive.

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Flip Model: A Design Pattern

Bob Schmidt

06 December 2018 16:36:48 +00:00

Publishing dynamic, complex data to many clients in a threadsafe manner is challenging. Daniele Pallastrelli presents the Flip model pattern to overcome the challenges.

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Memory Management Patterns in Business-Level Programs

Bob Schmidt

05 December 2018 16:31:04 +00:00

There are many memory management patterns. Sergey Ignatchenko considers these from an application level.

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Compile-time Data Structures in C++17: Part 3, Map of Values

Bob Schmidt

04 December 2018 16:25:16 +00:00

A compile time map of values allows code to be tested more easily. Bronek Kozicki demonstrates how to avoid a central repository of values.

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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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Measuring Throughput and the Impact of Cache-line Awareness

Bob Schmidt

02 December 2018 16:06:26 +00:00

How do you measure throughput? Richard Reich and Wesley Maness investigate suitable metrics.

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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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