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Christmas Train Controller

My kids have been bugging me for years to get a train set to put under the Christmas tree. They like the thrill of watching  train circle the base of the tree, and besides there’s a Christmas train set at … Continue reading

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Ugly Code!

My first job out of Uni was as a programmer for a small company which manufactured network switches. One of the other programmers there challenged me to write a program  which output itself without referring to the file containing the … Continue reading

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Beautiful Code

In the mid 1990’s I was shown a snippet of C source code which remains what I consider to be the most beautiful code I have ever seen. The code was introduced to me as: It’s a devastatingly deviously unrolled … Continue reading

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