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August 17,2010

C++ Compilation Speed

I often hear a complaint that C++ code tends to be slow to compile, sometimes even taking overnight. Slow compiles were one of the motivations for exported templates, and are even listed as one of the reasons for the development of the Go language. It's a real problem, and since I'm in the C++ compiler business I get asked about this.

Bright Lights
June 24,2010

The X Macro

I learned this technique over 30 years ago from friends of mine in college. It was for assembler language macros, but survived the transition to C macros easily. I've used it regularly since, but interestingly have never seen anyone else use it. That makes it my turn to pass along this little gem.


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This Week's Developer Reading List

August 30, 2010

Amazon SimpleDB, Git, Ruby and Rails

Performance Optimization for the Atom Architecture

August 26, 2010

The focus of multi-core processor tuning is on the effective use of parallelism

Prefer Using Futures or Callbacks to Communicate Asynchronous Results

August 12, 2010

Handling asynchronous communication back to the caller

Porting to 64-bit Platforms

August 06, 2010

Static analysis tools can make a difference

CUDA, Supercomputing for the Masses: Part 19

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Parallel Nsight Part 1: Configuring and Debugging Applications

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SMT Boosters Recognized at Verification Event

August 25, 2010

HVC 2010 Award announced for five researchers who have promulgated Satisfiability Modulo Theories

Computational Behavioral Science Project

August 25, 2010

Carnegie Mellon joins NSF research consortium to develop tools for analyzing autism, among other behaviors

NSF Announces New Expeditions in Computing Awards

August 23, 2010

Pursuing ambitious, fundamental research that promises to define the future of computing and information

Brocade Opens Data Center and Innovation Lab

August 20, 2010

New lab will eliminate 4,450 tons of CO2 emissions per year

Proactive Software to Combat Variability

August 20, 2010

Developing computing systems that will be able to sense the nature and extent of variations in their hardware circuits and expose these variations to compilers, operating systems, and applications

Google's Chrome Web Store Now Open For Developers

August 20, 2010

Software programmers invited to test drive before October launch

Semantic Web Bottleneck

August 20, 2010

Greek researchers suggest three key steps to realizing the full potential of the Semantic Web

Free MapReduce Development Environment

August 17, 2010

Parallel processing of large data sets gets a helping hand

Green Supercomputing

August 16, 2010

International Green Computing Conference

Serious Gaming

August 13, 2010

Georgia Institute of Technology incorporates "serious gaming" in research efforts

Dr. Dobb's Events

The International Conference on Parallel Architectures and Compilation Techniques (PACT), September 11-15, 2010 is a forum for the presentation of research results in parallel computing.

The Intel Developer Forum 2010, September 13-15, 2010, will be held in San Francisco, CA. It provides you with the opportunity to collaborate with key industry players on topics such as parallel programming, multi-core processors, Atom processor development and more. Hear from more than 150 leading technology companies from around the world.

The goal of the Third International Workshop on Parallel Programming Models and Systems Software for High-End Computing, September13, 2010, is to bring together researchers and practitioners in parallel programming models and systems software for high-end computing architectures. Join in a discussion of new ideas, experiences, and the latest trends in these areas at the workshop.

The GPU Technology Conference 2010, September 20-23, 2010 will feature over 240 hours of technical sessions, tutorials, panels, and moderated roundtables, presented by senior programmers, researchers and thought leaders from across a broad range of fields.

The Third International Conference on Objects and Databases will be held on September 28-30, 2010, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. ICOODB 2010 is the third in a series of international conferences aimed at promoting the exchange of information and ideas between members of the objects and databases communities.

Forrester's Business Process and Application Delivery Forum will take place on October 7-8, 2010, in Washington DC. This Forum is Forrester's annual meeting place to help those IT and business professionals focused on software and application development, program management, business process management, Lean strategies, and sustainability in both the public and private sectors to deliver technology-based breakthrough business value.

The Symbian Exchange and Exposition, November 9-10, 2010, will be held this year in Amsterdam's Beurs van Berlage, will be an open arena for creators and innovators to engage, exchange, and explore the opportunities that will drive the mobile industry forward. All forums, keynote sessions, seminars, hands-on labs, and interactive demos are free to attend.

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The Swarm prototype is a simple stack-based language, akin to a primitive version of the Java bytecode interpreter.

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Several trends are emerging within the area of software development. Here are some of the most important trends S. Somasegar has been thinking about recently.

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Understanding Parallel Performance

Understanding parallel performance. How do you know when good is good enough?

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