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Big-O Notation in Software Engineering

Importance of Big-O Notation in Software Engineering

Big-O notation is used in software engineering as a way to measure a…
C++ STL in Game Development

Using the C++ Standard Template Library (STL) in Game Development

Generally, you want to avoid wasting time creating your own data…
Mount Kenya Computer Memory

Of Speed, Memory and the Data Set in Computers

What is size? It is all relative. Depending a lot on the speed and…
File Byte Order

The Byte Order and Importance of a File Structure

There is no way to automatically determine a file’s byte order.…
objects cubes

Creating Objects in C++ vs Java and C#

In C++ when a nonpointer object is declared, it is immediately…
Memory Management with Cplusplus Pointers Daily Tip

Importance of Memory Management in C++

C++ has pointers, whereas Java and C# do not. All three languages…
Data Structures Computer Science Daily Tip

How to Look at Data structures in Computer Science

Another way to look at a data structure is as a structure that is…
Optimizing Compilers and Assembly

Of Optimizing Compilers and Assembly Language

Don’t get hung up on optimizing compilers or assembly language. The…

Computer AI Systems and Warp Drives

Computer AI systems can learn to operate a warp drive and…

Builders and Programmers

If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then…

The Need for Reviewing and the Best Programmers

Informal review procedures were passed on from person to person in…

Programs do not Acquire Bugs as People Acquire Germs

Programs do not acquire bugs as people acquire germs, by hanging…

OS not Broken, Database Just Fine

If you see hoof prints, think horses—not zebras. The OS is probably…

Use Available Data to Constrain Reasoning

Programmers do not always use available data to constrain their…

Trial-and-error Hacking

An interactive debugger is an outstanding example of what is not…

I ain’t not no Undummy

I ain’t not no undummy. Homer Simpson Therefore… Make…

Never Debug Standing Up

Never debug standing up. Gerald Weinberg But just keep in mind……

Software Brain Surgery

Opening up a working system is more like opening up a human brain and…

More Computing Sins

More computing sins are committed in the name of efficiency (without…

Premature Optimization is the Root of all Evil

We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time:…

Jackson’s Rules of Optimization

Jackson’s Rules of Optimization: Rule 1. Don’t do it. Rule 2 (for…

Performance Bottlenecks Without Data

No programmer has ever been able to predict or analyze where…

Strong Expectations and Advanced Programmers

The results point out the fragility of programming expertise:…

Good Programmers Code that Humans Understand

Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good…

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