“No Bugs” Bunny
Using Parallel (algorithm) Without a Clue: 90x Performance Loss Instead of 8x Gain
March 27, 2018 by • “No Bugs” Bunny
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.
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it is still necessary to understand what we’re doing
Filed under: On.ProgrammingTips and TricksProgramming LanguagesOptimizations
Read moreOn Programming Language Complexity, or Our Brain as a CPU with 7+-2 Registers
March 20, 2018 by • “No Bugs” Bunny
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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
Read moreA Usable C++ Dialect that is Safe Against Memory Corruption
March 14, 2018 by • “No Bugs” Bunny
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we DID get a perfectly usable C++ dialect which is also 100% safe against memory corruption and against memory leaks.
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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
Read moreC++: Thoughts on Dealing with Signed/Unsigned Mismatch
March 6, 2018 by • “No Bugs” Bunny
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we’re just narrowly avoiding a disaster without understanding how close we were
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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
Filed under: On.ProgrammingTips and TricksProgramming LanguagesOptimizations
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