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Overload Journal #141 - October 2017 or Design of applications and programs
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Practical Cryptographical Theory for Programmers

Bob Schmidt

02 April 2018 16:35:21 +01:00

Cryptography is a daunting subject. Deák Ferenc helps you get started.

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A Wider Vision of Software Development

Bob Schmidt

08 February 2018 17:02:42 +00:00

Is code a hopeful arrangement of bytes? Charles Tolman brings his Organising Principles series to a close.

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An MWSR Queue with Minimalist Locking

Bob Schmidt

07 February 2018 16:45:17 +00:00

Multithreaded queues come in many flavours. Sergey Ignatchenko describes his implementation of a multiple writer single reader queue.

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Testing: Choose the Right Level

Bob Schmidt

06 February 2018 16:42:09 +00:00

Testing can be easy. Andy Balaam considers levels to keep your focus just right.

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C++ with Meta-classes?

Bob Schmidt

04 February 2018 16:34:38 +00:00

Meta-classes will allow us to detail class requirements. Francis Glassborow compares them to developments of C++ in the 1990s.

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Practical Scale Testing

Bob Schmidt

03 February 2018 16:31:40 +00:00

Everyone wants scalable systems. Arun Saha explores methods for testing scalability.

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Visualisation of Multidimensional Data

Bob Schmidt

06 January 2018 16:40:18 +00:00

Frances Buontempo considers how to represent large data sets.

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Programmers’ Puzzles

Bob Schmidt

04 January 2018 16:57:31 +00:00

Francis Glassborow reviews his last challenge and presents a new one.

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CAS (Re)Actor for Non-Blocking Multithreaded Primitives

Bob Schmidt

06 December 2017 22:41:01 +00:00

Lock free programming can be difficult. Sergey Ignatchenko shows how copy and swap can work for reactors.

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A Design Example

Bob Schmidt

05 December 2017 22:38:53 +00:00

Design issues cause problems. Charles Tolman considers an organising principle to get to the heart of the matter.

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Evolutionary Computing Frameworks for Optimisation

Bob Schmidt

02 December 2017 22:22:53 +00:00

Evolutionary algorithms can find optimal solutions to problems. Aurora Ramírez and Chris Simons give us an overview.

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This way up!

Bob Schmidt

09 October 2017 20:18:05 +01:00

Directions in computing can be very confusing. Frances Buontempo wonders if we know our right from left.

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Letters to the Editor

Bob Schmidt

08 October 2017 20:14:23 +01:00

Silas has some comments on Deák Ferenc’s recent article:

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Marking Benches

Bob Schmidt

07 October 2017 20:03:21 +01:00

Too slow! Russel Winder reminds us that benchmarking code performance is a complicated issue.

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The Historical Context of Technology

Bob Schmidt

06 October 2017 19:54:19 +01:00

Certainty is elusive. Charles Tolman provides a historical context for foundational thinking.

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‘Speedy Gonzales’ Serializing (Re)Actors via Allocators

Bob Schmidt

05 October 2017 19:28:12 +01:00

More speed! Sergey Ignatchenko completes his (Re)Actor allocator series with Part III.

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Polymorphism in C++ – A Type Compatibility View

Bob Schmidt

04 October 2017 19:21:27 +01:00

Polymorphism can happen in many ways. Satprem Pamudurthy compiles an exhaustive matrix of approaches.

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Open Source – And Still Deceiving Programmers

Bob Schmidt

03 October 2017 19:00:09 +01:00

Malware can hijack the normal flow of your program. Deák Ferenc walks through the ELF format to avoid malicious code injection.

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C++11 (and beyond) Exception Support

Bob Schmidt

02 October 2017 18:57:54 +01:00

C++11 introduced many new exception related features. Ralph McArdell gives a comprehensive overview.

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Afterwood

Bob Schmidt

01 October 2017 18:56:04 +01:00

Too soon! Chris Oldwood reviews optimisation in the development process.


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