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12y ago
This intro is great, and the lighting is really, really nice. But TBH I do not like accelerated intros/demos, because the most difficult part of the code, i.e. 3D graphics pipeline is implemented outside the demo, in a GPU driver. Ma
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13y ago
Looks interesting, but style of the program is terrible. Drawing function are mixed with model definition and sample circuit definition. BTW resistance function do not handle division by zero.
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13y ago
See also FQA: http://www.yosefk.com/c++fqa/index.html
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13y ago
The sample plot is wrong. Domain of sin x + log(x+1) derivative is R - {-1}, so there must not be any vertical line at x = -1.
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13y ago
"You have reinvented Brainfuck but non-ironically" - brilliant. :)
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13y ago
I agree, but why not use existing program like M4.
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13y ago
IMHO it's a matter of experience. When I was young I believed that programming is about writing a lot of code that "just work". Now, after many private and commercial projects, I know that is about reading and understanding c
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13y ago
Your project is great, Pascal is really underrated language. I looked at parser (hand written are best), this part spotted my eyes https://github.com/lkesteloot/turbopascal/blob/master/Parser... - IMHO o
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13y ago
Looks like Algol68 with some OOP.
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14y ago
Great list. Paper "Strongly universal string hashing is fast" is very interesting.
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14y ago
#if 0 ... #endif in C/C++ is not a true comment -- commented text is parsed by preprocessor.
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14y ago
2 other quotes: Q: "If you were young again, would you start writing TeX again or would you use Microsoft Word, or another word processor?" A: "I hope to die before I have to use Microsoft Word." —Harald Koenig asking Donald Knuth, Tübingen
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14y ago
List of reasons is so short... For example since 9.1 Postgres support foreign data tables - other data sources is available for user as regular table; there are many drivers: MySQL, Oracle, external pg server, and even plain files. Since 9.
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14y ago
This is animated de Casteljau algorithm, fix the title. :)