Writing a parser for CSV data
One of the simplest parsing jobs we can undertake is to read a CSV (comma separated values) file as a set of records, and to retrieve the individual fields in each record. Read more...
July 2005
Here are the articles that were published in July 2005.
Testing for equality with floating-point types
Every now and then, someone "discovers" that equality expressions using floating point types don't resolve into the correct boolean value. At least most of the time. (This is a requested reprint, updated, from my old Falafel posts.) Read more...
Some recruiters can be so dumb
Possibly once a week I get an email from someone I've never heard of that starts something like this: "Here it is requirement details for Software Architect/Sr. Developer,If you are the right match for this requirement, Please forward the updated resume ASAP." Read more...
To Underscore or Not to Underscore
Recently I've been involved in an effort to compile formal coding standards for the languages we use here at Configuresoft. We've had standards for some languages for some while (for example, our C++ standards have been complete for many years), whereas if you'd been developing in other languages you'd had to consult "race memory" (that is, look at what has been written before and mimic it). Read more...
It was 24 months ago today...
...that I started blogging on a regular basis, with some months being more regular than others. Read more...