On.Programming

For most of us, programming (or more generally – software development) is all the life is about.

IT Hares are not different. And they have more than just quite a few bits to share about programming…

Parallel Coding: From 90x Performance Loss To 2x Improvement

April 4, 2018 by “No Bugs” Bunny

Parallel vs Single-Threaded: Speed vs Power Consumption

Quote:

as long as serial code provides good-enough response times from end-user perspective – DON’T PARALLELIZE

Another Quote:

out of all the premature optimizations, premature parallelization is the most premature one

Filed under: On.ProgrammingTips and TricksOptimizations

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Using Parallel (algorithm) Without a Clue: 90x Performance Loss Instead of 8x Gain

March 27, 2018 by “No Bugs” Bunny

Parallel vs Single-Threaded

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

Filed under: On.ProgrammingTips and TricksProgramming LanguagesOptimizations

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

March 20, 2018 by “No Bugs” Bunny


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)

Filed under: On.ProgrammingProgramming Languages

Tagged With: C/C++GCC/Clang
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A Usable C++ Dialect that is Safe Against Memory Corruption

March 14, 2018 by “No Bugs” Bunny

Memory-Safe C++

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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.

Filed under: On.ProgrammingProgramming Languages

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