Monthly Archives: May 2011

Data flow analysis and regular expressions

Posted on May 22, 2011 by ejrh

I have some unfinished business with regular expressions.  It arises in the rather peculiar application of static analysis of programs — the regular expressions represent the possible paths through a program.  (Perhaps it’s not all that peculiar to compiler experts, … Continue reading →

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Sock matching engine

Posted on May 21, 2011 by ejrh

During a wholly uncharacteristic bout of clothes tidying, I realised that sock matching was essentially the same problem as limit matching.

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On C++

Posted on May 20, 2011 by ejrh

I had a recent discussion on C++, as part of a wider topic of favourite and unfavourite languages. I was asked to give my opinions on it; in fact, I think I was asked to explain the motivation Higher-Level C.  … Continue reading →

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SC2 mod design notes

Posted on May 20, 2011 by ejrh

Following its release a couple of weeks ago, tonight I’ve imported the Game Development Document into the Project 6014 wiki.

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SC2 mod next steps

Posted on May 17, 2011 by ejrh

A month ago, I wrote about the SC2 mod project that I’m involved in.  From an outside perspective, it seems not much has happened since then.  And as someone who mostly participates in the roles of website administration and programming, … Continue reading →

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QuantCup update

Posted on May 17, 2011 by ejrh

Yesterday I received an email update from the QuantCup challenge.  This was surprising, as it’s the first I’ve heard from them since attempting to register.

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Open Hardware Monitor logging and fan control

Posted on May 13, 2011 by ejrh

I’ve updated my OHM working copy to r314, and generated a patch that adds the two features mentioned previously: Periodic logging of all sensor data to CSV. Control of GPU fan using a reference temperature.

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Depth-first logic game AI

Posted on May 12, 2011 by ejrh

“An answer for you? Yes, I have.” “To Everything? To the Great Question of Life, the Universe and Everything?” “Yes. Though I don’t think that you’re going to like it.”

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XML grep

Posted on May 10, 2011 by ejrh

Do you occasionally have to search for particular needles in a haystack of XML files? Here’s a little script that might help.

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On the awesomeness of text

Posted on May 6, 2011 by ejrh

Text is one of the most underappreciated technologies that computers give us. This post is about why it’s so awesome, and why we should consider using it more — even in places where the trend seems to be the opposite.

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