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Overload Journal #54 - Apr 2003 or Design of applications and programs
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Modern SAT solvers: fast, neat and underused (part 1 of N)

Bob Schmidt

03 April 2019 23:17:07 +01:00

SAT solvers can quickly find solutions to Boolean Logic problems. Martin Hořeňovský demonstrates how this can be used to solve arbitrary Sudoku puzzles.

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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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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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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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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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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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Afterwood

Bob Schmidt

01 August 2018 18:26:35 +01:00

Much ado about nothing. Chris Oldwood considers what we have when we have nothing.

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Write Less Code!

Bob Schmidt

08 July 2018 17:21:01 +01:00

Pete Goodliffe helps us avoid unnecessary lines of code.

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The Half-Domain/Half-Primitive Proxy

Bob Schmidt

04 July 2018 16:47:44 +01:00

Chris Oldwood presents a pattern for abstracting client-side proxies for testing.

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How to Write a Programming Language: Part 1, The Lexer

Bob Schmidt

04 June 2018 17:13:08 +01:00

Writing a programming language might sound very difficult. Andy Balaam starts his series with a lexer.

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Writing a Wayland Server Using Mir

Bob Schmidt

06 May 2018 17:39:33 +01:00

Alan Griffiths explains the basics of a new X11 replacement API.

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Monitoring: Turning Noise into Signal

Bob Schmidt

05 April 2018 16:51:10 +01:00

Creating useful logging is a constant challenge. Chris Oldwood shows us how structured logging helps.

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The Interface to Component Pattern and DynaMix

Bob Schmidt

04 April 2018 16:47:19 +01:00

Dynamic Polymorphism is hard in C++. Borislav Stanimirov demonstrates how the DynaMix library helps.


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