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My love… for Expressive Programming Languages
I started out my journey with programming as a teenager learning GW-BASIC. Soon I learnt C language followed by C++. I was impressed with the OO syntactic constructs C++ had on offer but I felt a little uneasy with a few constructs such as the scope resolution. I started studying Java. It immediately caught my attention with the syntactic improvements and simplifications it brought over C++. I was still in academics, so learning(precisely trying) programming languages on su...
descriptive,programming,language,prefere 2011-08-17 07:31:09
Tips on Writing for Tech Blogs
If you know your stuff when it comes to tech, you might be inspired to start contributing articles to tech blogs. A friend or colleague may suggest the idea to you, or you may see an invitation for submissions, much like the one on this website. Sounds like a great idea; but what do you know about writing articles, blog posts, or other types of content? Writing is a skill, and there are also practical aspects to writing that you need to be aware of before you start creating your own pieces. Gett...
The difference between System.load and System.loadLibrary in Java
When writing code using native library in Java, normally the first step is loading some native library. static{   System.load("D:" + File.separator + "Hello.dll"); } JDK provides two ways to load libraries: System.load(String filename) System.loadLibrary(String libname) This post will try to explain the differences of these two ways. According to Java Doc on System.load(), it has below description. Loads the native library specified by the filename argument. The filename a...
NATIVE,JNI,JAVA,SYSTEM.LOAD,SYSTEM.LOADLIBRARY 2019-02-05 05:49:28
How Many C Programs Are There?
If I choose a size S, can you tell me how many valid C programs exist that are no larger than that size? I’m actually interested in the answer — it’ll help me make a point in a paper I’m writing. Shockingly, the Internet (or at least, the part of it that I looked at based on a few searches) does not provide a good answer. Let’s start with a few premises: Since it would be exceedingly difficult to construct the exact answer, we’re looking for a respe...
C Progra,Number,Statistic,Calculation 2012-02-22 05:18:32
Lasagna Code
Anyone who claims to be even remotely versed in computer science knows what “spaghetti code†is. That type of code still sadly exists. But today we also have, for lack of a better term — and sticking to the pasta metaphor — “lasagna codeâ€.Lasagna Code is layer upon layer of abstractions, objects and other meaningless misdirections that result in bloated, hard to maintain code all in the name of “clarityâ€. It drives me nuts to see how badly some c...
Lasagna Code,Analysis,spaghetti code 2011-11-16 03:12:03
Find files by size in Linux
In Linux systems, you may encounter a situation where there is no enough space on the system while you are trying to install some new packages or writing some data. In this case, you may want to clear some unneeded files. A frequent need will be find the largest files in the system so that they can be deleted first and disk space can be released quickly. In this post, we will show a simple command to find files by size so that we know what files are taking the specified space on the system, This...
Stub Mixlib::ShellOut and shell_out in Ruby unit testing
Unit testing is part of software development to ensure the tiny component of a function can work as designed. Different frameworks and tools can be used to run unit testing for different programming languages. In Ruby, one popular unit testing framework is Rspec, or Chefspec if you are writing Chef recipes. While writing Chef recipes, some low level commands(DOS commands or shell commands) need to be executed on the managed resource to perform actions or gather information. For example, lis...
RUBY,UNIT TESTING,RSPEC,CHEFSPEC,SHELL_OUT 2016-11-11 00:14:46
Advice on improving your programming skills
Programming is cool. But behind the scenes it's also difficult for many people. Many people are defeated at the early stage of learning programming. When you are not so familiar with programming, you may find you don't know where to start and what to start with first and where to apply the knowledge. Once you go though the tough period of the learning phase, you will find a whole new world. Below are some advice which can help you improve your programming skills quickly. Write more code. T...
Programming,Advice 2014-02-21 08:59:04
Macro vs. Micro Optimisation
So there's recently been a bit of hype about another Colebourne article: http://blog.joda.org/2011/11/real-life-scala-feedback-from-yammer.html I'd like to respond to a few points he makes. First - You should evaluate Scala and pay attention to its benefits and flaws before adopting it. Yes, there are flaws to Scala. Working at typesafe makes you more aware of some of them. We're actively working to reduce/minimize/get rid of these. In my opinion, the negat...
Optimization,Performance,Micro,Macro,Software 2011-11-30 12:04:25
Stuff Everyone Should Do (part 2): Coding Standards
Another thing that we did at Google that I thought was surprisingly effective and useful was strict coding standards. Before my time at Google, I was sure that coding standards were pointless. I had absolutely no doubt that they were the kind of thing that petty bureaucrats waste time writing and then use to hassle people who are actually productive. I was seriously wrong. At Google, I could look at any piece of code, anywhere in Google's codebase, and I could read it. The fact that I wa...
Programming,Code standards,Rules,Stringe 2011-08-15 07:33:02
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