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2012-11-23 | Starting Forth Reading Notes

I recently looked into the book Starting Forth by Leo Brodie. The examples have been written and tested in GForth. These are my reading notes.

2012-11-23 | Thinking Forth Reading Notes

I recently looked into the book Thinking Forth by Leo Brodie. The examples have been written and tested in GForth. These are my reading notes.

2012-08-18 | iOS Animation With Layers

This article describes advanced techniques for native animations on iOS. Specifically, it shows how to animate bezier curves, labels and their content.

2012-04-06 | Dynamic Message Resolution in Objective C

This article describes a powerful feature of the Objective-C language: the ability to handle messages dynamically at runtime!

2010-11-18 | Latency and Bandwidth

This is a practical example of how the characteristics of a parallel computer determine program optimization. It is based on a real-world physics endeavor. The parallel computers used cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and even small optimizations of 10-20% save thousands of dollars!