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by prestonbriggs 11y ago
Hi Dennis. Yes, and hooray for Hacker's Delight! I recently had occasion to reread one of Kernighan's older books and you remind me that I'll probably enjoy the Go book too.
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by prestonbriggs 11y ago
More accessible: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data-flow_analysis
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by prestonbriggs 11y ago
Before CP/M and such, he was a serious compiler guy who made contributions to data-flow analysis, etc. E.g., http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=512945
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by prestonbriggs 11y ago
I saw one fly at an airshow near Houston, maybe 30 years ago. Completely cool, and more than a little spooky.
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by prestonbriggs 11y ago
Or maybe Iran, as early as 8,000 BC. Astonishing. Or maybe Mongolia? Apparently the conquistadors noted the Aztecs using trained hawks, so some parallel development seems plausible.
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by prestonbriggs 11y ago
Hmm, well, Wikipedia suggests Mesopotamia, about 2000 BC.
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by prestonbriggs 11y ago
I don't know the history of falconry. It seems unlikely that such an esoteric activity would evolve in multiple locations; more likely that Japanese falconry and European (not to mention US) falconry evolved from some shared ancestor.
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by prestonbriggs 11y ago
Yeah, data-parallel computing on a GPU doesn't really approach what Hillis was aiming for. Check especially CM Lisp; great stuff.
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by prestonbriggs 12y ago
I'm still a big fan of the feedback offered by the XMT's compiler. I think it's a lot more important/useful when the difference between success and failure is a few orders of magnitude (as when trying to parallelize for
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by prestonbriggs 12y ago
Nice start.
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by prestonbriggs 12y ago
I'd personally like to avoid the extreme surgeries (e.g., bypass, joint replacement), the terrible cancers, diabetes, etc. I'm certainly willing to modify my diet and exercise to help avoid such things. An extra few years, lying i
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by prestonbriggs 12y ago
Well, no. In the US, lawyers can't work for non-lawyers; that is, they can't work in a position where their legal judgement is subject to review by a non-lawyer. Part of their code of professional responsibility.
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by prestonbriggs 12y ago
You look at the face of the person who's talking. Or, if there's a presentation, you look at the material being presented. You might also look at your phone or notes or computer. but those are all somewhat rude for other reasons.
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by prestonbriggs 12y ago
I was impressed by https://6002x.mitx.mit.edu/
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by prestonbriggs 12y ago
I've explored similar questions using a grid of equilateral triangles. Obviously they are very close in spirit. I wonder though, if the triangles are somehow more basic.
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by prestonbriggs 12y ago
Lockhart has a book, "Measurement", that elaborates in the same vein. Quite nice.
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by prestonbriggs 12y ago
Perhaps more interesting for most is this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVH2qOwZd18#t=373 showing an elite runner running at a reasonable pace (perhaps 7:30 - 8:00 minutes/mile), with some commentary.
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by prestonbriggs 12y ago
The book chapter is about form for running fast, but most of the comments are about form for training. In terms of injury prevention, I'd agree that the latter is important, but the book chapter doesn't have a lot to do with this.
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by prestonbriggs 12y ago
An alternative video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKOrpyO0z48
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by prestonbriggs 12y ago
hmm, his list includes "The Rosie Effect".
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by prestonbriggs 12y ago
If your universe has 2^64 elements, you don't want to use bit vectors or this scheme due to giant memory consumption. Instead, you'll probably want to use a hash table. One data structure can't be the best for every situation
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by prestonbriggs 12y ago
You can't just assert "we win" or "we lose"; you need to measure different the different possible implementations for your particular application. In the paper I wrote with Linda Torczon (cited by Russ Cox), we did
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by prestonbriggs 12y ago
I think crediting Fixx with the running revolution is a mistake. Instead, look to Frank Shorter winning a gold, on TV, in the '72 Olympic Marathon.
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by prestonbriggs 12y ago
I'll bet it's still faster in plenty of circumstances. It's hard to beat superior asymptotic complexity.
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by prestonbriggs 12y ago
Consider http://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/18/weekinreview/walk-this-way...
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by prestonbriggs 12y ago
Plant more trees?
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by prestonbriggs 12y ago
Here're are a couple of papers you'll probably enjoy: Design and implementation of the UW Illustrated compiler by Andrews, Henry, and Yamamoto PLDI '88 and The University of Washington illustrating compiler by Henry, Whaley,
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by prestonbriggs 12y ago
I wonder when they'll go after people for gambling in the the stock market? How would you defend them?
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by prestonbriggs 13y ago
Taschen has a nice reprint available: http://www.amazon.com/Oliver-Byrne-Six-Books-Euclid/dp/38365...
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by prestonbriggs 13y ago
You might enjoy Lockhart's book, Measurement. http://www.amazon.com/Measurement-Paul-Lockhart/dp/067405755...

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