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).…
Setting Up Function Hooks in Lisp
Lisp is known to be a highly dynamic language, where functions are first-class objects. It is possible to define and undefine functions on the fly…
Students Assessment Advisor in Prolog
A close relative of mine teaches Maths to school students in different Grades. During a casual chat some time ago, he mentioned that he…