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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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doctest – the Lightest C++ Unit Testing Framewor
Martin Moene
03 February 2017 15:57:47 +00:00
C++ has many unit testing frameworks. Viktor Kirilov introduces doctest.
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Correct Integer Operations with Minimal Runtime Penalties
Martin Moene
02 February 2017 15:58:44 +00:00
Results of C++ integer operations are not guaranteed to be arithmetically correct. Robert Ramey introduces a library to enforce correct behaviour.
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Afterwood
Martin Moene
01 February 2017 15:59:47 +00:00
Trying to find a good candidate for a role is hard. Chris Oldwood reminisces on various factors that influence interviewers.
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A Case of Mistaken Identity
Martin Moene
08 January 2017 21:08:56 +00:00
Chris Oldwood puts values to the test.
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Turnabout is Fair Play
Martin Moene
07 January 2017 21:10:04 +00:00
Baron M is still game for a wager.
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A Class What I Wrote
Martin Moene
05 January 2017 21:16:51 +00:00
Paul Grenyer reduces the boilerplate with simple abstraction.
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Kate Gregory: An Interview
Martin Moene
04 January 2017 21:19:06 +00:00
Emyr Williams returns with a new interview from the world of programming.
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Code Critique Competition 103
Martin Moene
03 January 2017 21:20:42 +00:00
Set and collated by Roger Orr. A book prize is awarded for the best entry.