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Exploring Binary - Binary Numbers, Binary Code, and Binary Logic
A blog with infrequent posts, owing to its very specific subject. Posts include things like "How GLIBC’s strtod() Works". Actually very good, and probably of interest to students who're trying to remember those lectures I did about this kind of thing in the first year.
to ag0700 binary data-structures number numeric programming representation ... on 24 August 2014
An interesting observation on copy-paste errors.
to copy-paste debugging errors programming ... on 26 July 2014
Some good presentations on Linux container facilities. (Horrid Javascript-based site, though.)
to container linux programming sandbox security ... on 11 July 2014
Various neat tricks with Linux mount namespaces, including how to emulate chroot using it (which you can now do as a regular user, thanks to CLONE_NEWUSER).
to chroot linux mount namespace programming ... on 02 July 2014
ferd.ca -> An Open Letter to the Erlang Beginner (or Onlooker)
A nice overview of what's unique about Erlang (the concurrency stuff is obvious, but the error handling is equally neat).
to concurrency erlang exceptions language-design programming safety ... on 24 May 2014
Systems Programming at Twitter
Scala, futures, and functional composition.
to concurrency network programming scala software-engineering web ... on 30 April 2014
A graded series of maths problems for programmers to try out. Students looking for some programming problems might like to try this.
to ag0700 ag0803 maths programming teaching ... on 28 April 2014
Patterns for secure cryptographic software (e.g. same comparisons).
to cryptography patterns programming safety security ... on 27 April 2014
Pascal-like language with some fun graphics demos.
to graphics language-design programming software xpl0 ... on 12 February 2014
An excellent overview of what makes C (and the C subset of C++) an unusual programming language. Students: well worth a read.
to ag0700 ag0803 architecture c language-design programming teaching ... on 10 February 2014
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tasty by Adam Sampson.