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The Programmer's Paradox
http://theprogrammersparadox.blogspot.com
Essays on various software development issues, including design, development and deployment.
- Author: Paul W. Homer
- Listed in: Programming Web Development
- Tags: design development process coding abstraction encapsulation
Recent Posts
Crank it Up
What I am about to say, if true will really surprise a lot of people. We all have a tendency to believe that once something is locked in stone, then by virtue of that, it is unshakable. Well, that's mostly true, but mankind has a vast amount of learn...
The Magic Sequence
This post is a continuation of both my discussions at: http://scienceblogs.com/goodmath/2009/12/another_cantor_crank_represent.php and at: http://theprogrammersparadox.blogspot.com/2009/12/infinite-node-tree.html To understand what I am saying y...
The Infinite Node Tree
I have to stop have dreaming about infinities, they keep waking me up at night ... We can define an 'infinite node tree' as a tree similar to an N-ary tree, except that at each and every node, there are an infinite number of children. Can this tre...
Quickie: Infinite Sets
This is just a leftover from the primes stuff, but I thought I'd explain it a bit better (in case it might be of interest to others in relation to Cantor): If we have the set: S = { { a1, b1, c1, ...}, {a2, b2, c2, ...}, ....} Is it mappable ont...
Quickie: Let it be Free
I was thinking about how the "scientists" in the Climategate scandal are hiding their raw data. If the science is really objective, then by its own merits other researchers will reach the same conclusions. If you're afraid that they won't, then you...
Transformers
First, some Administrivia. Given that I haven't sold any copies for quite a while now, I've decided to make the electronic copy of "The Programmer's Paradox" free for a while (a few months probably). It can be found at Lulu: http://www.lulu.com/cont...
Fantastic
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