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![C++20 [[nodiscard]] Attribute](http://i1.wp.com/www.rangakrish.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Example1-src.jpg?resize=675%2C240&ssl=1 "C++20 [[nodiscard]] Attribute")
[[nodiscard]] attribute “encourages” the compiler to issue a warning when the return value from a function is ignored. It was introduced in C++ 17 and enhanced in C++ 20 to include a string literal that can be used as an explanation of the warning. Let us look at different cases one by one. Case-1: An enumeration […]
Let this New Year 2021 bring health and happiness to us all! In the last article, I talked briefly about JFugue and showed how to access it from LispWorks Lisp on a PC running Windows 10. In that example, the music was rendered by the built-in synthesizer. Although this is fine, it is sometimes desirable to […]
JFugue is an open-source Java library that can be used for algorithmic music composition. Developed by David Koelle, currently it is in its fifth major version. You can get the library from here. I had downloaded the library some time ago, but could not spend much time since my primary focus has been on Opusmodus. This […]
The recently concluded Black Friday sale by UVI was an irresistible temptation for me and I ended up investing in Falcon 2 and a few other instruments. Although I have the latest versions of Ableton Live, Propellerheads Reason, Renoise, and Reaper, I felt Falcon 2 would be a good addition to my existing collection, mainly because […]
I have recently started implementing a library for algorithmic music composition. It provides higher-level algorithms and abstractions for composing multi-track music, and works with Opusmodus software. Opusmodus is a great platform for music composition and has excellent support for MIDI-based music. My library is an attempt to enrich the Opusmodus platform with features that facilitate easier […]
Title: The Common Lisp Condition System: Beyond Exception Handling with Control Flow Mechanisms Author: Michał “phoe” Herda Publisher: Apress Year: 2020 Unlike with other languages, it is rare to find new books being published on Lisp. The last book on Lisp, which I purchased was “Common Lisp Recipes” by Edmund Weitz in March 2016. After a […]
In mathematics, the simplest example of Random Walk is a random process along a one-dimensional plane of integers, starting at 0 and moving in the positive or negative direction in steps of +1 or -1, with equal probability. The Random Walk theory has been applied in many domains including Physics and even the Stock Market. Here is a […]
In my previous article, I showed how “iLangGen” framework facilitates text generation using templates. I talked about the various “patterns” that can be used in a template. However, in that article, I did not go into the details of the “Embedded Template” pattern. That is the focus of today’s article. Embedded Template This pattern allows […]
I had written earlier about natural language generation using my iLangGen framework. I used a “template” text file which was instantiated dynamically based on predefined “grammars” and external data. The sample application I show-cased demonstrated its utility and versatility. Today I would like to touch upon a few other “pattern” elements that can be embedded in […]
Extracting meaningful information from unstructured, human readable text is a hot topic of research today and has important applications in many domains. I have written a few blogs related to this topic, for example, see this and this. In today’s article, I would like to show how Mathematica can be a great help when working with […]
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