Trampoline function is a general term used to describe an additional level of indirection between the calling code and the called code. For example, a trampoline can be used to intercept calls to a function and supply additional functionality that was not present on the original function (see this Microsoft research project [2] to understand…
I started using Git a few years ago, and to be sure, I cannot say that I know everything about it. However, I know enough of it to say that I am much more efficient using Git than other source control method. In this post, I will summarize some of the commands everyone need to…
Recently, I was looking at some documentation for LaTeX, specifically how the DVI format file was created. I found out that DVI was designed by a student of Knuth called David Fuchs around the end of the 70s, when the first laser printers were being designed. The whole story of DVI design can be read…