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Overload Journal #98 - August 2010 or Design of applications and programs
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An Introduction to FastFormat (Part 2): Custom Argument and Sink Types

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06 May 2009 09:54:00 +01:00

A library should be customisable and have good performance. Matthew Wilson shows how to achieve both.

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Through The Looking Glass

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16 February 2009 08:58:00 +00:00

What's happening in the next room? Stuart Golodetz has to find the door first!

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The Model Student: A Rube-ish Square (Part 1)

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16 February 2009 08:55:00 +00:00

We all have nostalgia for favourite childhood toys. Richard Harris looks at the maths behind a classic.

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An Introduction to Fast Format (Part 1): The State of the Art

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16 February 2009 08:54:00 +00:00

Writing a good library is hard. Matthew Wilson compares some existing formatting libraries, and promises to do better.

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The Model Student: Can Chance Make Fine Things? (Part 2)

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23 December 2008 08:59:00 +00:00

How well does evolution find solutions? Richard Harris models population change.

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Model View Controller with Java Swing

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23 December 2008 08:58:00 +00:00

It's recommended to keep user interface and data model separate. Paul Grenyer looks a common solution.

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The Legion's Revolting!

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23 December 2008 08:56:00 +00:00

3D meshes can be too large to deal with efficiently. Stuart Golodetz applies some ancient discipline.

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Iterators and Memberspaces

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23 December 2008 08:55:00 +00:00

Exposing a compound object's collections can be messy. Roel Vanhout introduces a powerful idiom.

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Generics without Templates - Revisited

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23 December 2008 08:54:00 +00:00

Can you use the STL if your compiler lacks templates? Robert Jones implements iterators and alogorithms.

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Seeing Things Differently

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26 October 2008 08:59:00 +00:00

The Multiple Material Marching Cubes (M3C) algorithm builds 3D models from 2D slices. Stuart Golodetz introduces it and provides a C++ implementation.

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DynamicAny (Part 2)

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26 October 2008 08:58:00 +00:00

Alex Fabijanic uncovers the internals of DynamicAny with some performance and size tests.

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The Model Student: Can Chance Make Fine Things? (Part 1)

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26 October 2008 08:56:00 +00:00

Evolution involves a random process. Richard Harris compares the mathematics to that of blind chance.

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DynamicAny, Part I

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17 August 2008 09:59:00 +01:00

Alex Fabijanic presents a class hierarchy providing dynamic typing in standard C++.

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Performitis - Part 2

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17 August 2008 09:58:00 +01:00

Software problems have much in common with diseases. Klaus Marquardt has a diagnosis and offers some treatments.

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Globals, Singletons and Parameters

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17 August 2008 09:57:00 +01:00

One size rarely fits all. Bill Clare considers different approaches to parameterization.

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Exceptions Make for Elegant Code

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17 August 2008 09:56:00 +01:00

Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. Anthony Williams compares ways of dealing with errors.

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Divide and Conquer: Partition Trees and Their Uses

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17 August 2008 09:55:00 +01:00

The world is a complex place. Stuart Golodetz introduces a powerful technique to describe it.

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Performitis

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08 June 2008 16:59:00 +01:00

Patterns try to solve problems. Klaus Marquardt looks at one from a medical perspective.

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The Model Student: A Knotty Problem, Part 2

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08 June 2008 16:58:00 +01:00

Tying yourself in knots is easy. Richard Harris cuts through the complexity.

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RSA Made Simple

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08 June 2008 16:57:00 +01:00

RSA is a common public key cryptography algorithm. Stuart Golodetz explains the mathematics behind it and shows us how to use it in Java.


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