"Fifty years of programming language research, and we end up with C++ ???" - Richard A. O'Keefe.
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A Brief, Incomplete, and Mostly Wrong History of Programming Languages
2009-05-08
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This is mostly for the PLT fans out there - I found it absolutely hilarious!!
http://james-iry.blogspot.com/2009/05/brief-incomplete-and-mostly-wrong.html
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[2009-08-21]
Duff's Device
(LtU,Fun,Tech,C/C++)
I find it sad that many programmers today, even those that use C...
[2008-12-21]
An Elegant (and utterly amazing) solution to Einstein's Problem
(LtU,Fun,Tech,Scheme-Lisp)
A colleague of mine sent me this puzzle to solve. It's apparentl...
[2009-12-03]
Minimum in a Lazy Functional Language
(LtU,Tech)
In a functional language [href http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quic...
[2009-09-22]
C++ != ++C
(C/C++,LtU,Tech)
*C++* is NOT *C*.
[2009-08-12]
Prime (Ir)Regular Expressions
(Fun,1TrueEd,Tech)
Many of us use [href http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_expres...
[2008-12-26]
array[0] or array[1]? (The Definitive Answer at last!)
(LtU,Tech,My-Views,Java,C/C++)
Beginner programmers tend to get confused over the convention th...
[2010-03-09]
The Perils of BitFields
(C/C++,Tech)
Yesterday, our team ran smack into the perils of using [href htt...
[2010-03-09]
Pale Blue Dot
(My-Views,Fun)
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[2010-03-02]
First Rewrite!
(Tech,Scheme-Lisp)
[image rewrite-1/rewrite-1.png Yay!] ^^^Yay!^^^ After a year of ...
[2009-10-01]
Run! EMACS Run!
(1TrueEd,Utils,C/C++,Tech)
Old [href http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?EmacsAsOperatingSystem jokes as...
[2009-09-10]
Downloading Dilbert
(Fun,Utils)
[href http://dilbert.com/ Dilbert] is a great comic strip. I hav...
[2009-08-22]
Recursive Processes vs Recursive Procedures (characterizing Tail Recursion)
(LtU)
What is a recursive process?
[2009-08-21]
grepmail.sh
(Tech,Utils)
Having [href muttrc.htm moved to Mutt], I needed a good way to s...
[2009-08-18]
Converting Outlook PST to MBOX
(Utils,Tech)
I've been using Microsoft Outlook to manage my email for a long ...
[2009-08-12]
Two Wolves
(Fun,My-Views)
[image two-wolves.png Cherokee Legend of Two Wolves]
[2009-08-12]
Downloading Cygwin
(Utils,Tech)
[href http://www.cygwin.com/ Cywin] (on WinXP) is wonderful - it...
[2009-06-30]
ab (part deux): Catching up to Apache!
(C/C++,Utils,Tech)
In [href ab.htm my last post] I discussed the Apache Benchmarkin...
[2009-06-30]
ab: Benchmarking HTTP Servers
(Utils,Tech)
I was discussing an embedded HTTP server I've written with a fri...
[2009-06-03]
Fwd: Fwd: Rhino Semen Collection
(Fun)
This is an email forward that I got today. I don't know the auth...
[2009-05-13]
Using rand ();
(Tech,C/C++)
The %%%%rand ()%%%% function generates a pseudo-random number in...
[2009-04-30]
Calling Conventions in Windows (x86)
(Tech,C/C++)
When debugging with WinDbg you may notice that all functions are...
[2009-04-29]
Multithreading with ... Cats?!
(Tech,C/C++)
I found a fun introduction to multi-threading from __Orion Grana...
[2009-04-29]
Editing Binary Files
(Tech,1TrueEd)
Programmers love their editors. Considering we spend most of our...
[2009-04-29]
Disabling instructions while debugging using WinDbg
(Tech,C/C++)
A quick way of disabling instructions you don't want to execute ...
[2009-02-11]
There's nothing we can do about it...probably [LINK]
(Fun)
Somehow this comic gets to me everytime:
[2009-01-27]
Fast Java Exceptions
(Tech,Java)
Java Exceptions are notoriously slow. Heck - _everything_ in Jav...
[2009-01-27]
Even After All This Time...
(Fun)
I really like this verse.
[2009-01-15]
Freedom from free()!
(Tech,C/C++)
One of the pain-points in C is manual memory management. Using C...
[2009-01-13]
RSS' got style!
(Tech,Utils)
RSS and IE6. A match made in hell!
[2009-01-06]
Pass Me The Array
(Tech,C/C++)
Have you ever wondered how to pass an array as a return value in...
[2008-12-29]
Importing SVN to GIT
(Tech,Scheme-Lisp,SCM)
I've been trying out [href http://git.or.cz/ Git] to see if I sh...
[2008-12-28]
Boy or Girl?
(Fun)
This is a cute little problem - one that looks straightforward w...
[2008-12-24]
Embedding files in C Libraries
(Tech,C/C++)
Recently I needed to access a text file containing a database sc...
[2008-12-19]
The Best Sed Cheatsheet in the World
(Tech,Utils)
Sed is an under appreciated tool of remarkable power. It can be ...
[2008-12-16]
The Night Sky [LINK]
(Fun)
This is a very neat introduction to star gazing
[2008-12-15]
WinXP Environment variables
(Tech,Utils)
The following is a list of environment variables that are availa...
[2008-12-15]
WinXP Command Line Commands
(Tech,Utils)
The following is a list of commands that can be used in Windows ...
[2008-12-14]
Useful Clearcase Commands
(Tech,SCM)
Base clearcase has a large number of commands and each command h...
[2008-12-13]
Tricky Binary Search
(Tech,Java,Brown-Dragon)
Ranga galloped out of the woods onto the clearing where Charlie ...
[2008-12-12]
I have begun!
(Tech,Scheme-Lisp)
HOORAY!!!!!!!
[2010-03-05]
Prometheus Rising
(My-Views)
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[2009-12-10]
'Restrict' yourself in C
(C/C++)
A new feature introduced in the [href http://en.wikipedia.org/wi...
[2009-09-21]
clip.exe
(Utils,C/C++)
I've started using [href http://www.cygwin.com/ cygwin] heavily ...
[2009-08-30]
Pointers vs Arrays
(C/C++)
One small point that often gets overlooked in writing C/C++ prog...
[2009-08-28]
mutt vs Outlook
(My-Views,Utils)
Having switched from [href http://www.microsoft.com/outlook/ Mic...
[2009-08-20]
.muttrc
(Utils)
[image http://wiki.mutt.org/mutt.gif Mutt]
[2009-01-13]
Music to Program By
(My-Views)
I listen to a lot of music while programming. I find it helps me...
[2009-01-08]
Practical Project Management
(My-Views,Utils)
I'm currently managing nine projects at work and I needed a way ...
[2009-01-04]
Curl up with a good blog...
(Utils)
I found this small but incredibly powerful tool when looking for...
[2008-12-27]
Ripping a CD with Sed
(Utils)
I just bought the [href http://www.amazon.com/Anthems-Various-Ar...
[2008-12-25]
Browsing .iso Files
(Utils)
If you need to view an .ISO file in Windows XP, there is a small...
[2008-12-23]
What Would Willie Do?
(My-Views)
I'm currently re-reading the Modesty Blaise books. Somehow I'm n...
[2008-12-22]
Yourself or Someone Like You
(My-Views)
Last Saturday BG Sir, the CEO of our company took a session on "...
[2008-12-20]
Converting Comment Styles with Sed
(Utils,C/C++)
When I program in C, I like keeping my comment in the old C-styl...
[2008-12-18]
A Simple Parser
(C/C++)
To get a nice, graphical display of some update logs for my SCM ...
[2008-12-17]
C! Oh C!
(C/C++)
When I joined this C/C++ shop after nearly six years of Java, I ...
