Blog Block: Where participation is encouraged.
Welcome to the Blog Block, the place where you and I get to interact with each other about code, algorithms, ideas, technical discussions...and most likely, the occasional rant. I'm going to attempt to keep various types of discussions in seperate blogs -- so it's somewhat easier to navigate and manage -- rather than having a single catch-all blog. Note that chances are, all real code I post here is going to be in C/C++; it should be able to be ported to other languages, and the discussion and inclusion of other languages is not out of the question.
I'm probably going to be as pedantic as possible as far as bibliographing code is concerned; if the code I post is not entirely mine, or inspired significantly by the published works of others, I will attempt as best as possible to provide the names and links of those responsible. Sure, I'm all about the free discussion and swapping of code and ideas, but credit is still deserved and encouraged where it is due; you cannot take pride in someone else's idea, only in your implementation of it. Before posting here, please be sure to read the disclaimer on the Snippet Swappit page.
I'm probably going to be as pedantic as possible as far as bibliographing code is concerned; if the code I post is not entirely mine, or inspired significantly by the published works of others, I will attempt as best as possible to provide the names and links of those responsible. Sure, I'm all about the free discussion and swapping of code and ideas, but credit is still deserved and encouraged where it is due; you cannot take pride in someone else's idea, only in your implementation of it. Before posting here, please be sure to read the disclaimer on the Snippet Swappit page.
Where...?
Algorithmically Speaking...
This is where discussions about various algorithms and general coding take place. Here I will post about various coding problems I've had and how I've solved them, discuss the pros and cons of performing various tasks in different ways, and on the odd occasion ask for help or feedback on my own tricky coding issues. These posts may contain small code examples to illustrate various points, but I generally plan on keeping it to either in-depth breakdowns of complete source posted in SS, or abstract theory for other random topics.
Snippet Swappit
This is the code repository, where I'll post complete versions of code that I have either discussed in AS, or deemed somehow worthy of random posting. Whilst I will attempt to document my code as much as necessary, it won't be littered with comments at every line, and only those portions of code that really need it will be commented; the 'how it works' details will be in AS. Also, I have a formatting style which differs ever so slightly from that of the majority of C/C++ code I've seen out there; I can guarantee that it will be easily readable and not clumped together like a dog's breakfast.
Ramble & Rant
This is pretty-much self-explanatory; off-topic conversations, rants and ravings. Here there may be dragons, gryphons and/or other mythical creatures (including myself).
Absolutely FAPO!
This is where I make my strange and possibly feeble attempts at humour. There's a comedian in all of us; some of us are stupid enough to make that fact public.
