Archive for the tag 'programming'

Jan 24 2010

Of Braces and Semicolons

Published by Chris Rebert at 8:52 AM

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 [...]

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Jun 01 2009

CodeRally

Published by Chris Rebert at 11:51 PM

[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 [...]

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Apr 04 2009

C in a Nutshell in a Nutshell

Published by Chris Rebert at 2:12 PM

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 [...]

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