Jan
24
2010
Finally, a post that lives up to the second part of this blog’s tagline by being about programming! (Well, there was C in a (Nutshell)2, but my point is it’s been a while.) Now, I’m a would-be language designer. Programming language theory fascinates me, and to that end I’ve read a number of books on [...]
Tags: braces, iguana, indentation, language design, programming, semicolons, whitespace
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Jun
01
2009
[Meta-note: Yes, I realize this is a bit dated and definitely out of chronological order; So sue me.] Earlier this quarter, I, in partnership with Nick, participated in a programming contest put on by the CSE Department. It used a Java framework called “CodeRally” and involved programming an AI for a car on a virtual [...]
Tags: college, contest, programming, UCSD
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Apr
04
2009
I recently finished reading C in a Nutshell, which I highly recommend as an excellent C reference and tutorial to anyone with programming experience. I previously learned some MS Visual C++ at CyberCamps some years ago, but finding the language a bit clunky, I searched around the web, found Python and have been in love [...]
Tags: book, C, notes, nutshell, programming, reference, review
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