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Strong Expectations and Advanced Programmers

The results point out the fragility of programming expertise:…
OOVCDE Diagram

OOVCDE C++ Automated Analysis Gets an Update

OOVCDE is an automated object-oriented analysis tool and development…

Good Programmers Code that Humans Understand

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

Goto Labels and Their Mandatory Requirements

Goto labels should be left-aligned in all caps and should include the…

Code Maintained by a Violent Psychopath

Code as if whoever maintains your program is a violent psychopath who…

The Comprehensibility of a Computer Program

Clearly, at some level comments have to be useful. To believe…

Real Programmers do not use Pascal

As long as there are ill defined goals, bizarre bugs, and unrealistic…

That is what we Expect Programmers to Do

I wonder how many great novelists have never read someone else’s…

The 90 Percent Software Development Time Principal

The first 90 percent of the code accounts for the first 90 percent of…

The Real World of the Real Programmer

When I got out of school, I thought I was the best programmer in the…

Writing a Complicated Computer Program

If you haven’t spent at least a month working on the same…

How men will Become Good Builders

The moral virtues, then, are engendered in us neither by nor contrary…

The Message to the Serious Programmer

My message to the serious programmer is: spend a part of your working…

Love Letter to the Hardware

In the early years of programming, a program was regarded as the…

Models of Galaxies in a Computer

I can make models of galaxies in a computer, but I can’t…

Chaotic Control Structure Degrades [Programmer] Performance

The evidence suggests only that deliberately chaotic control…

The Fool and Successful Software

Any fool can defend his or her mistakes and most fools do. Dale…

Modern C++ Core Guidelines

I was originally going to share this as a link but I just had to…

Here is a Dead Program

A dead program normally does a lot less damage than a crippled one.…

Programmers as Craftspeople

Programmers are craftspeople trained to use a certain set of tools…

Classic Spaghetti Code

Programs that use exceptions as part of their normal processing…
Meeting C++ Conference

Meeting C++ Conference 2015 Event Details

Meeting C++ Conference 2015 is on schedule to be held at the end of…

A Well Designed Module

The single most important factor that distinguishes a well designed…

The People who Preach Software Design

People who preach software design as a disciplined activity spend…

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