I’ve been getting my workshop area going in the garage. Getting organized etc. I considered just putting up some shelves over the workbench, but decided on cabinets. I felt like doing some woodwork. What I wanted to store was a lot boxes of fasteners and small items, parts etc., etc. So I decided on shallow […]
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CS371P #14
Oops, one more blog. *this is the last one. Today was the last day of the semester. Took the final test today. I found it to be shorter than exam 2, which helped. I was able to finish the test and go back over and check for mistakes. I’m sure I did well enough. I’ve […]
Continue readingCalvin Coolidge
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan “press on” has solved and always […]
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Last week of the semester and this is the last blog. I did manage to get quite a bit of studying done over the break though not as much as I had hoped. This my first semester back to school has been an interesting and fun experience. I’ve learned quite a bit of C++ that […]
Continue readingAlways do equality check with rvalue on the left
A common error in many languages is accidentally omitting an equals sign where a comparison was intended. Example; void somefunc(int i) { if (i = 2) { // was supposed to be “(i == 2)” // … } else { // … } } What makes it easily missed is that it compiles and executes […]
Continue readingQ: “Is Java the language you would have designed if you didn’t have to be compatible with C?”
Bjarne Stroustrup: “No. Java isn’t even close. ” http://www2.research.att.com/~bs/bs_faq.html#Java
Continue readingTop 10 Idea Killers in Software Development
http://www.computer.org/portal/web/buildyourcareer/Nosce-te-Ipsum/
Continue readingCS371P #12, summary of git observations
As requested here is a summary of my git observations after having used it a little this Fall semester 2011. Disclaimer: I have only minimal experience with git and yet here I am writing up an evaluation – reader beware. There may well be functionality in git that address these issues that I do not […]
Continue readingThe Anatomy of the Assignment Operator
Good article: http://icu-project.org/docs/papers/cpp_report/the_anatomy_of_the_assignment_operator.html
Continue readingCS371P #11
Only 3 weeks left in this my first semester back. After this I only have 2 classes left to have my BSCS (a math and a physics) which I began in 1980. I was this close 20 years ago (after leaving campus, working for a while then going back to school the first time). But […]
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