Why Learn Lisp?
In the last article, I had shared my views on why programmers should learn Prolog, preferably as the first language. What language should one…
Why Learn Prolog?
There are several programming languages in use today and a simple google search will throw up interesting recommendations of a subset of these languages…
Book Review: Embracing Modern C++ Safely
Title: Embracing Modern C++ Safely Authors: John Laos, Vittorio Romeo, Rostislav Khlebnikov, and Alisdair Meredith Publisher: Pearson Education, Inc. Year: 2022 C++ is a…
Book Review: Art of Repertorisation
Title: Art of Repertorisation: Rediscovering Old & Forgotten Repertories Author: Dr.Gaurang Gaikwad Publisher: Dr.Gaurang Gaikwad Year: 2021 This is Dr.Gaurang Gaikwad’s latest book, published…
Book Review: Decoding Mental Rubrics
Title: Decoding Mental Rubrics Authors: Dr.Gaurang Gaikwad and Dr. Rameez Chougle Publisher: Dr.Gaurang Gaikwad Year: 2019 (Latest reprint: 2022) Dr.Gaurang Gaikwad is a popular homeopath…
std::array vs. std::vector
One of the common questions when starting to study the container abstractions in C++20 is “Should I use std::array or std::vector?”. The correct answer is…
Understanding std::span
Introduced in C++20, std::span is a light-weight abstraction that provides a convenient view into a collection of contiguous elements. Note that it is not enough for…
Book Review – Beautiful C++: 30 Core Guidelines for Writing Clean, Safe, and Fast Code
Title: Beautiful C++: 30 Core Guidelines for Writing Clean, Safe, and Fast Code Authors: J.Guy Davidson, Kate Gregory Publisher: Pearson Education Year: 2022 My…
C++20 [[no_unique_address]] Attribute
The [[no_unique_address]] attribute was introduced in C++20 to give a compiler the freedom to optimise memory allocation of a struct/class when it contains a…
Definite Clause Grammars in Lisp – Part 4
In a series of articles written earlier, I had shown how it is possible to model Definite Clause Grammars (DCG) in LispWorks Lisp (Enterprise Edition).…