In a previous post I suggested that optimizing a program should only be done with knowledge of how time is spent. The reason is that we usually don’t know where a program is spending most of its time. This results in a lot of energy being wasted in optimizing what doesn’t need improvement. Similarly, a…
C++ has evolved as a language that encompasses many modern programming techniques. In this way, C++ has managed to stay relevant, despite the many issues that it may have compared to safer languages such as Java or C#. In C++, one can decide the set of features that will be used from within a large…
When web search was in its infancy, search engines worked to simplify the life of its users and provide high quality results. Google’s work was then thought be to be separating good content from irrelevant content for a particular set of keywords. That relationship worked well for some time, but it has changed for the…