Unreliable waiting?
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Author: hownot2code
Zero, one, two, Freddy’s coming for you
This post continues the series of articles, which can well be called “horrors for developers”. This time it will also touch upon a typical pattern of typos related to the usage of numbers 0, 1, 2. The language you’re writing in doesn’t really matter: it can be C, C++, C#, or Java. If you’re using constants 0, 1, 2 or variables’ names contain these numbers, most likely, Freddie will come to visit you at night. Go on, read and don’t say we didn’t warn you.
OpenToonz
This code looks strange
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A 6 Step Field Guide for Building Machine Learning Projects
Author: Daniel Bourke
Machine learning is broad. The media makes it sound like magic. Reading this article will change that. It will give you an overview of the most common types of problems machine learning can be used for. And at the same time give you a framework to approach your future machine learning proof of concept projects.
First, we’ll clear up some definitions.
How is machine learning, artificial intelligence and data science different?
These three topics can be hard to understand because there are no formal definitions. Even after being a machine learning engineer for over a year, I don’t have a good answer to this question. I’d be suspicious of anyone who claims they do.
To avoid confusion, we’ll keep it simple. For this article, you can consider machine learning the process of finding patterns in data to understand something more or to predict some kind of future event.
The following steps have a bias towards building something and seeing how it works. Learning by doing.
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Beta testing of the PVS-Studio C# analyzer on Linux and macOS
More and more users of the PVS-Studio C# analyzer get interested in the possibility to utilize it for checking C# code on Linux and macOS. Today the PVS-Studio team has some good news.
Hunting Down and Fixing Memory Leaks in Java
Author: Bradley Kofi
In the last article, we covered the most basic aspects of what memory leaks are, what causes them and how to eliminate them from your program.
As a preamble, memory leaks happen when the garbage collector (GC) is unable to clear unreferenced objects from working memory. Considering how much of its popularity Java owes to its garbage collector, how can it this be possible? As it turns out, the GC has a few weak spots:
Unreferenced static fields: The GC is unable to clear static fields unless the class that owns it is unloaded, which only happens if the Classloader that called it is garbage collected.
Unclosed system resources: The GC indirectly frees up files since classes like FileInputStream are written such that if an instance is garbage collected, the ‘close()’ method will be called first. This way, unclosed system resources don’t always pose a risk, so a lot of developers tend to look over them.
Most systems have hard limits on how many files can be open at once, and in addition to hard-to-reproduce bugs like different processes being unable to access the file or OS errors, such issues can be quite problematic to debug. They aren’t memory leaks in the exact sense but memory usage does remain high in the time that the stream remains open.
Besides, it’s also worthwhile to remember that class unloading may or may not happen depending on the JVM implementation.
Unclosed connections: Like with unclosed resources, unclosed database or network connections can lead to significant memory use if not unloaded.
Additional reasons memory leaks may occur include having a small heap space, excessive page swapping by the operating system and long delays in garbage collection.
The focus of this article is the various techniques that can be used to hunt down memory leaks once you’ve recognized how memory leaks happen.
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Why I’m Using C
Author: Casper Beyer
The front cover of the “C Programming Language” book as I recall it from memory
Why on earth would someone would pick C to start a new project in 2020? Surely there is a newer language with more shiny features that’s better right? Well I can’t speak for other people but I’ll tell you my reasons.
First of all let me preface this by saying that of course this is a biased opinion and the language I pick for something depends on the context it’s going to be used in. For example; I doubt I’ll ever be reaching for C when writing a web service simply because the ecosystem around that domain isn’t great and I’m not itching to write my http framework at this time.
But for games, more specifically cross-platform games C is a clear winner for me because it provides me with exactly the things I’m looking for which is reliability, simplicity and performance.
Best Books for Programmers in 2020
Author: Aleksandar Vasilevski
There are many books out there for programmers and no one can read every book out there. There are many more articles about programming books written too, but it is hard to find a good filtered list with books for programmers. In this article, I wanted to make a list that will help everyone to find particular books about programming topics that they are interested in to read. I selected this particular list of books not just to improve your coding skills and make you a better programmer, but would also help you to grow as a person in every way.
I have sorted the list by the types of books that I think are the most important. In this list about best books for programmers, you will find books that are foundational to topics in computer science that will introduce you to the major programming concepts, will improve the way you think and your problem-solving ability. You will also find books that will help you write clean code and structure your code greatly. On the list, you will find books that will help you to advance your career as a programmer. And lastly, you will find books that will help you to grow as a person and to achieve the goals you want to achieve in your life. Many of the books listed are also used as textbooks in many computer science and software engineering universities around the world.
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PVS-Studio Static Analyzer as a Tool for Protection against Zero-Day Vulnerabilities
A Zero-day (0-day) vulnerability is a computer-software vulnerability introduced during the development process and not yet discovered by the developers. Zero-day vulnerabilities can be exploited by hackers, thus affecting the company’s reputation. Developers should seek to minimize the number of defects leading to such vulnerabilities. PVS-Studio, a static code analyzer for C, C++, C#, and Java code, is one of the tools capable of detecting security issues.
RunUO
Double checked locking
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