Zhilin Zhang3 Essential OOP Concepts To Know For Your Technical InterviewA few months back while I was job hunting I interviewed with a software consulting firm which specialized in Java/C#, both very powerful…Mar 30, 2015Mar 30, 2015
Zhilin ZhangFirst Impressions on CSC148 at UofTOne of my regrets in first year was not taking this course during first semester. Before the semester started I was scheduled to be…Feb 16, 2015Feb 16, 2015
Zhilin ZhangStacks on stacks on stacks (in Python)Although the Stacks in python article from the openbookproject.net was fairly thorough with how to implement a Stack object in Python, I’m…Jan 24, 2015Jan 24, 2015
Zhilin ZhangCountability?Can I assume a set of elements is countable if it can be diagonalized?Dec 2, 2014Dec 2, 2014
Zhilin ZhangHalt, I can’t compute thatAfter being lectured for half my life from computer science instructors that no problem is ever “impossible” to solve in computer science…Dec 2, 2014Dec 2, 2014
Zhilin ZhangGroundworkA sentiment I hear echoed amongst first years of late is that “First year courses don’t even matter!”. Most of them then proceed to use…Dec 2, 2014Dec 2, 2014
Zhilin ZhangRe: WEEK 8: Large-Oh by Qasim IqbalRecently I came across a blog post by my classmate Qasim Iqbal explaining the concept of “Big O” which was ironically named “Large-Oh”…Dec 2, 2014Dec 2, 2014
Zhilin ZhangRe: You want Proof?! You Can’t Handle The Proof! by Anam AlviToday I read a very thought provoking post written by Anam Alvi (it can be found here). In short, it describes the trouble that one…Dec 2, 2014Dec 2, 2014
Zhilin ZhangHow to write a proof structure generatorOn my commute home day I was feeling a bit underwhelming; the section I was on for “Cracking the Code Interview: 5th Edition” forced me to…Nov 28, 2014Nov 28, 2014
Zhilin ZhangIndirect ProofsAnother way to prove things is to prove it implicitly. There are many alternatives to the elusive direct proof. One of my favorite methods…Nov 28, 2014Nov 28, 2014