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The LaTeX Beamer Class Homepage edit / delete

This being the LaTeX slides class that some of the other CPA people use -- probably worth looking at as an alternative to Prosper.

to latex research slides ... on 18 July 2007

Havoc's Blog July, 2007 edit / delete

Doing non-recursive builds with automake. Worth bearing in mind for our automake-enabled stuff.

to code packaging research ... on 14 July 2007

What Every Computer Scientist Should Know About Floating-Point Arithmetic edit / delete

Extremely handy guide to how floating-point arithmetic works. Well worth reading if you're implementing FP stuff.

to compiler fp maths research vm ... on 12 June 2007

PlanetLab | An open platform for developing, deploying, and accessing planetary-scale services edit / delete

Networking research system. We apparently have a couple of nodes (and access to it) at Kent; can we think of any cool occam-related uses for it?

to distributed networking research ... on 07 June 2007

SDCC - Small Device C Compiler edit / delete

Another small C compiler -- this one targets the Z80, among others.

to compiler research software z80 ... on 02 June 2007

Amiga Transputer edit / delete

Various Transputer boards for the Amiga. I wonder if any of the software survives?

to amiga research retrocomputing transputer ... on 17 May 2007

Command line options in Haskell edit / delete

A neat way to do arg parsing in Haskell by composing functions on a state struct.

to haskell programming research ... on 25 April 2007

Nub Games » Writing a Simple Search Engine in Haskell: Part 1 — Maybe and List edit / delete

Includes the worst analogy for monads I've ever read, but there's some interesting stuff here.

to functional haskell monads research ... on 09 April 2007

A-100 Service Manual edit / delete

Just what you need if, say, you want to build a Hammond organ in software...

to hammond music organ research retrotech ... on 07 April 2007

Transputer Emulator edit / delete

Another portable T414 implementation. Looks very clean, and quite similar to the Transterpreter. (It uses switch for dispatch, and inlines all the instructions by hand.)

to emulation occam research transputer vm ... on 07 March 2007