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Last updated about 2 months ago
Cryptographic techniques used by nCrypt Light in 1994
over 2 years ago
Preface (2023) The following described the cryptographic protocol and algorithm used by...
Mutual Recursion in Language
over 2 years ago
This is not a programming post loanwords A loanword is a term...
The Inner Osborne Effect
over 3 years ago
In software development, we talk a lot about software anti-patterns, how to...
The Mouse Trap (2008)
about 4 years ago
In the board game Mouse Trap, players build an elaborate Rube Goldberg...
Remembering John Conway's FRACTRAN, a ridiculous, yet surprisingly deep language
about 5 years ago
On April 8, 2020, John Horton Conway developed symptoms of COVID-19. On...
Exploring Regular Expressions, Part II: Regular Languages and Finite-State Automata
over 5 years ago
This is Part II of “Exploring Regular Expressions.” If you haven’t already...
Exploring Regular Expressions and Finite-State Recognizers, Part I
over 5 years ago
Prelude In this essay, we’re going to explore regular expressions by implementing...
A Brutal Look at Balanced Parentheses, Computing Machines, and Pushdown Automata
about 6 years ago
As discussed in Pattern Matching and Recursion, a well-known programming puzzle is...
Ayoayo and Linear Recursion
over 6 years ago
In this essay, we’re going to look at a game called Ayoayo...
Structural Sharing and Copy-on-Write Semantics, Part II: Reduce-Reuse-Recycle
over 6 years ago
This is Part II of an essay that takes a highly informal...
Exploring Structural Sharing and Copy-on-Write Semantics, Part I
over 6 years ago
This essay takes a highly informal look at two related techniques for...