Stories by signa11

Speeding Up CPython

The Lasting Lessons of John Conway’s Game of Life

Stack Based Virtual Machines (2015)

The Erlang Rationale (2008) [pdf]

Is Erlang Worth Learning in 2021?

XScreenSaver 5.45

The Use of Assert() in SQLite

Unix Recovery Legend (1986)

Writing a custom iterator in modern C++

Ryzen 5800X vs. Apple M1: Programming-focused benchmarks

Go 1.16 Release Notes (Beta 1 is released)

Minimal safe Bash script template

An example of the Barton–Nackman trick

The future for general-purpose computing

Bitmasks for Nicer APIs

Scheduling for Asymmetric Arm Systems

The CentOS Project Just Committed Suicide

How to use a private member from outside the class

Essays on Programming I Think About a Lot

Sockets in Your Shell