What’s the smallest number greater than 0? This is one of those simple questions with complicated answers somewhere between “there is none” and “it depends”.
Sometimes it feels like programming languages didn’t really change from the 60s up to now. When I feel that, I often remind myself of the cool tools and features we have now that make our lives easier…
I usually don’t wear a watch, but recently I found a watch I got as a gift at the bottom of my closet. I dusted it off, went to a watch repair shop to change the battery, and it’s ticking again. Wearing it for a few days, I noticed a…
As programmers, we spend our days battling the enemy. The enemy is tough, devious and sneaky. The enemy entrenches itself into your own lines (pun not intended) only to be found when it’s already too late. This enemy is complexity. It…
This article is a re-post from the PWOTD blog.
It’s 1964, Kennedy was shot, the Vietnam War is on its way, and FORTRAN is becoming a popular programming language. You are tasked with making a…
