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The choice of programming language for your Next Big Project can be difficult. Even worse, it can seem easy... when it is not. On the one hand, strictly speaking, you can write any program in any of Turing-complete languages. On the other hand, that doesn’t mean it will be easy. In fact, writing a program in a poorly suitable programming language could be extremely difficult.

Programming Languages, page 2:

C++: On Using int*_t as Overload and Template Parameters

posted May 15, 2018 by "No Bugs" Hare

Quote: “We decide which set of types we’re using (fundamental or int*_t), and use it consistently”

Another Quote: “The only thing we’re doing here, is changing the name of the type, NOT its behavior”

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‘Speedy Gonzales’ Serializing (Re)Actors via Allocators

posted May 1, 2018 by "No Bugs" Hare

Quote: “Allocator-based serialization for (Re)Actors is extremely fast (for x64 – around tens of ms per 100MB of state)”

Another Quote: “Per-(Re)Actor allocators can be implemented without any changes within (Re)Actor itself (i.e. all the necessary changes can be confined to Infrastructure Code).”

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Using Parallel <algorithm> Without a Clue: 90x Performance Loss Instead of 8x Gain

posted March 27, 2018 by "No Bugs" Hare

Abstract: “I made an experiment which demonstrates Big Fat Dangers(tm) of implying that parallelization can be made as simple as just adding a policy parameter to your std:: call.”

Quote: “it is still necessary to understand what we’re doing”

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On Programming Language Complexity, or Our Brain as a CPU with 7+-2 Registers

posted March 20, 2018 by "No Bugs" Hare

Quote: “Let’s consider our brain as a CPU, which consists of the control unit, ALU, and 7+-2 registers.”

Another Quote: “Moving C++ one step farther from being a brainfuck is IMNSHO always a Good Thing(tm)”

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A Usable C++ Dialect that is Safe Against Memory Corruption

posted March 14, 2018 by "No Bugs" Hare

Quote: “we DID get a perfectly usable C++ dialect which is also 100% safe against memory corruption and against memory leaks.”

Another Quote: “we can (and often SHOULD) have different approaches to safety of the Reactor::react() and the rest of the code.”

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C++: Thoughts on Dealing with Signed/Unsigned Mismatch

posted March 6, 2018 by "No Bugs" Hare

Quote: “we’re just narrowly avoiding a disaster without understanding how close we were”

Another Quote: “there is a chance that intuitive::lt MIGHT be a good thing to make behaviour of our C++ code to correspond better to our-expectations-when-we’re-reading-it”

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