Archive for October, 2007
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Wednesday, October 10th, 2007
Using Binary Search to Debug Compiler Crashes
If you have used g++ and gcc over the years, you know that sometimes you get the worst compiler error of all: 1g++: Internal error: Segmentation Fault (program cc1plus) While this message is very friendly and informative, it doesn’t help you get your code compiled. So, what do you do when your code masterpiece, for [...]
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Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
Comfort, Habits and Ruts in Software Development
Some years ago, I worked on software used by a separate department within the company. It was a great program, but it ran behind an ugly console interface. Myself and the other programmers proposed a windowed interface which made a world of difference to the program’s workflow. “It’s not going to happen,” said our manager. [...]
