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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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Should I Lead by Example?
Bob Schmidt
07 August 2018 19:01:22 +01:00
Stuck on a problem? Frances Buontempo considers where to turn to for inspiration.
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Cache-Line Aware Data Structures
Bob Schmidt
06 August 2018 18:56:32 +01:00
Structuring your program to consider memory can improve performance. Wesley Maness and Richard Reich demonstrate this with a producer–consumer queue.
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miso: Micro Signal/Slot Implementation
Bob Schmidt
05 August 2018 18:45:43 +01:00
The Observer pattern has many existing implementations. Deák Ferenc presents a new implementation using modern C++ techniques.
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(Re)Actor Allocation at 15 CPU Cycles
Bob Schmidt
04 August 2018 18:37:42 +01:00
(Re)Actor serialisation requires an allocator. Sergey Ignatchenko, Dmytro Ivanchykhin and Marcos Bracco pare malloc/free down to 15 CPU cycles.
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How to Write a Programming Language: Part 2, The Parser
Bob Schmidt
03 August 2018 18:32:59 +01:00
We’ve got our tokens: now we need to knit them together into trees. Andy Balaam continues writing a programming language with the parser.
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Compile-time Data Structures in C++17: Part 1, Set of Types
Bob Schmidt
02 August 2018 18:29:36 +01:00
Compile time data structures can speed things up at runtime. Bronek Kozicki details an implementation of a compile time set.
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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.