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June 03, 2011
Altered States
It is reasonably simple to roll your own state machines, depending on how generic you want to make the engine. A switch statement and a state variable can do the trick.
C++
June 01, 2011
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More Thoughts On Sorting
I have received several comments from readers of this article, which I intend to address here.
C++
May 27, 2011
Linus and C++
Does C++ lead to really bad design choices?
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Lax Language Tutorials
Learning a new language too often means working around the tutorials - Development Tools
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Graphr: A Plugin-Based Graphical App in C# Using MEF and Embedded IronPython
Using .NET 4.0's MEF to facilitate a plugin architecture turns out to be fairly easy. So is embedding IronPython. Doing both has its challenges - Windows/.NET
Creating Music Components in Java
With basic concepts and a little code, it's easy to start listening to music samples - Java
Soot: Analyze, Transform, and Optimize Java Bytecodes
Open source toolkit transforms source or bytcodes into SSA statements that can be analyzed, optimized, or used as a program analyzer - Java
Real-Time Ready
Predictable, real-time performance is possible with Java - Java
Fast, High-Quality, Parallel Random Number Generators
Very fast, parallel random number generation is possible on modern PCs, but it requires new algorithms to meet the most stringent randomness tests - Development Tools
Getting Started With the Cloud: Logging On With Google OAuth
Access Calendar and other Google Apps after you do the authorization dance - Web Development
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Events of Interest
Innovate 2011. The conference for users of IBM Rational products. Orlando, Florida. June 5-9
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). San Francisco, California. June 6-10
AMD Fusion Developer Summit. Programming for CPUs, GPUs, APUs. Bellevue, Washington. June 13-16
JAX2011. JavaServer Faces (JSF), Seam, Java EE, and related technologies. San Jose, California. June 20-23
OSCON. Open Source Developers' Conference. Portland, Oregon. July 25-29
Agile 2011 Conference. Salt Lake City, Utah. August 8-12
VMworld. Las Vegas, Nevada. August 29-September 1
Intel Developer Forum. San Francisco, California. September 13-15
JavaOne. San Franscisco, California. October 2-6
BlackBerry DevCon. San Francisco, Calfiornia. October 18-20
ApacheCon. Vancouver, British Columbia. November 7-11
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