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How I Spent My Last Few Weeks 5 Nov 2012 | 06:53 am
Announcing a new puzzle I've created.
The Random Compression Challenge Turns Ten 9 Oct 2012 | 05:17 pm
An update of the ten year old data compression challenge. Can your algorithm compress a million random digits?
C++11: unique_ptr 25 Jun 2012 | 05:04 am
There are a lot of great features in C++11, but unique_ptr stands out in the area of code hygiene. Simply put, this is a magic bullet for dynamically created objects. It won’t solve every problem, but...
C+11 – Threading Made Easy 24 May 2012 | 12:35 am
C++11 brings rich support for threading to the language, and one of the features that really works for me is the function template async. This provides a great mechanism for spinning off worker thread...
C++11: Range-based for and auto 8 Apr 2012 | 06:18 am
Two really handy features in C++11 are the range-based for statement and the auto type specifier. The former allows you iterate over collections using a much more compact form of expression, and the l...
Visual Studio 11 and Modern C++ 14 Mar 2012 | 01:13 am
Despite some harsh words about Visual Studio 11, I’m finding that it makes my heart go pitter-pat every time I use it. Why? Because this early release is finally incorporating a decent set of long-awa...
C++ – Where’s the Hate? 28 Feb 2012 | 07:23 pm
One thing I’ve become accustomed to over the years is that there are a lot of C++ haters. They have their reasons – some good, some bad – but they are never afraid of sharing their opinions. An articl...
Streambuf Iterators Are a Big Help 6 Feb 2012 | 02:34 pm
A few weeks back I was looking at the choice of whether to use iterators or streaming operations for I/O on my data compression code. I was bemoaning the fact that the C++ iterators that perform strea...
I’m In the Money 2 Feb 2012 | 06:36 am
It looks like all my long years of studying data compression might be ready to pay off: Hello Good Day, This is Troop Emonds With regards to your Company i am sending this email Regards to order som...
Mark’s Travel Guide to New Zealand 29 Jan 2012 | 12:37 pm
I recently spent a little over two weeks touring New Zealand. It was a self-driving trip, which meant we got to cover a lot of ground, although certainly the coverage was very shallow. Before this tr...
