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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

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

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Moving C++ one step farther from being a brainfuck is IMNSHO always a Good Thing(tm)

Filed under: On.Programming Programming Languages

Tagged With: C/C++GCC/Clang

A 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.Programming Programming Languages

Tagged With: Overload C/C++Memory Management

C++: 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.Programming Tips and Tricks Programming Languages Optimizations

Tagged With: C/C++GCC/Clang