I’ve recently been reminded of something I used to tell entry level programmers repeatedly: Review the basics. And really I mean all of the basics: data structures basic algorithms basics of algorithm analysis language syntax core CS concepts testing strategies In many programming positions, you can get away with coasting on these things for a… Read More »
In my last essay, I mentioned the Shuffling essay from Jeff Atwood’s blog. This time, my essay is a little less philosophical and more technical. Several of the comments on the Shuffling essay talked about the importance of knowing the random number generator you are using. Generating random numbers sequences is a particularly interesting subject… Read More »
This week, there was an interesting post on Jeff Atwood’s Coding Horror blog. This essay was on Shuffling. Shuffling is an application of random numbers, which is a particular interest of mine. I will write more on that subject in an upcoming essay. One of the comments caught my eye because it echoed a sentiment… Read More »
Several times in the last few years, I have written about the subject of memory management, garbage collection, and object lifetime. Some of essays I’ve written on this subject include: The Semantics of Garbage Collection More Thoughts on Resource Recovery Other Resource Recovery Approaches Resource Management Revisited Recently, I was thinking about this issue again… Read More »