PHP verus ASP.NET versus LISP, all in PHP
There's more than one way to do the same thing... traditional PHP or ASP style <input id="foo" style="color:<?=$color?>;" /> versus a quasi asp.net style <? $foo = new Input('foo');...
View ArticleAbstraction for Newbies
This post isn't for any specific reason, but it's been bouncing around in my mind for a long time. That higher levels of abstration is a "good thing" is given among experience hackers, people into...
View ArticleConditional IF statements in DOS batch files (BAT) and a little GOTO
DOS batch files are usually very simple, but it's possible to include some logic. The CMD.EXE language is pretty limited, but it works. (This is CMD.EXE not PowerShell, which is much nicer.) Here's an...
View ArticleBranch Predication
I was reading about make, and came across a paragraph about branch predication and Konrad Zuse, who I'd never heard of. Fascinating.Branch predication is related to the way the current CPUs will...
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