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msporny's Profile - GitHub edit / delete

The author had his DNA sequenced and uploaded it to GitHub. Which means people can then submit patches to him. Worth using as an example should I wind up teaching SCM again...

to amusements dna scm teaching ... on 27 February 2011

Preparing to Parallelize Code | Dr. Dobb's and Intel Go Parallel Programming edit / delete

Arguing about the "write serial code first" approach to parallel programming.

to concurrency parallel teaching ... on 27 February 2011

How to Avoid Being Pelted with Grapefruit-sized Hailstones – Intel Software Network Blogs edit / delete

Some really bad advice for parallel programming. (Maybe it's good advice if you're using a shared-memory approach, but I doubt it.)

to concurrency parallel teaching ... on 27 February 2011

Introduction to Parallel Computing edit / delete

From a scientific-computing point of view.

to concurrency parallel teaching ... on 27 February 2011

Introduction to Erlang for the Cleveland Python Users Group (ClePy) | The Bath Not Taken edit / delete

Erlang (from a concurrency rather than functional perspective) for Python users.

to concurrency erlang python teaching tutorial ... on 27 February 2011

Is Parallel Programming Hard, And, If So, What Can You Do About It? edit / delete

Interesting book.

to concurrency etext teaching ... on 27 February 2011

m|prescient - Journal edit / delete

Some nice Go examples.

to concurrency go teaching tutorial ... on 27 February 2011

Is Transactional Programming Actually Easier? | Lambda the Ultimate edit / delete

Doing the experiment, rather than just speculating. (Although they're comparing it with T&L rather than anything more sensible.)

to concurrency teaching transactional ... on 30 October 2010

Practical Parallel and Concurrent Programming edit / delete

Microsoft's shot at a parallel programming course. I don't like the tools, but the outline is sensible.

to concurrency parallel teaching ... on 25 October 2010

Dan Grossman's Teaching Materials edit / delete

Good set of material on conventional threads-and-locks programming, with a bit of basic parallel algorithm design thrown in.

to concurrency parallel teaching ... on 25 October 2010