Elegant C

I read an argument recently about whether a test for NULL should be: if (ptr) - or - if (ptr != NULL) Do you know that the assembly fo...

Let's start with a mythical program. It has some classes (structs, objects, etc) that are instantiated. Each field has a meaning given...

Starting with a primer of Understanding processing time , let's delve into some methods for how we might measure the performance of soft...

How often do you have to write a loop to read a file? Do you issue fscanf, fread, or perhaps create a stream via some object-oriented langu...

Consider the question, what percentage of programs are released to the public (either commercial or open source)? Even excluding student as...

So much of what I and many other Computer Scientists do is give presentations. When I worked full time, I prepared at least one presentatio...

I still do all the daily stuff. Read emails, commute to campus, research new ideas for conferences like POPL or PLDI , and imagine I'l...