Whether C++, Java or any other language, we are all familiar with instantiating an object. In those aforementioned languages the operator new happens to do just that. Obviously CPUs don’t have any […]
The Cost – Programming Performance and Efficiency
As high level languages become more abstract, and offer more convenience features, it is easy to lose track of what the computer is actually doing. While this may be a great boon […]
The Evil and Joy of Overloading
Is overloading a bad thing? Despite a wide variety of new languages supporting some form of it I continue to find articles that say overloading is bad. Worse, I find many articles […]
Lingering Spaces and the Problems of Overformatting
Recently I started a new project and was surprised to hear my colleague express his desire to use spaces for indentation. I assumed this problem was long behind us. Though I realize […]
Curiously protective C++
Working with a bit of code last week I stumbled into something unusual. I was working on something quite basic so kind of surprised when I came across a compilation error. GCC […]
Rules for Framework Development
Each time I start a new project I find myself looking at the latest batch of frameworks. Lately those are web frameworks, such as CakePHP, RubyOnRails, perhaps JQuery, or any other of […]
Sessionless Authentication with Encrypted Tokens
Storing user credentials is one of the key roadblocks in creating a sessionless web application. Somehow you need to safely identify the user without storing data on the server nor allowing tampering […]
