Monday, October 19, 2009

CGAL: All of Arrangement_2's Children Need an Exact Kernel

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This comes up on the CGAL mailing list fairly often: why does the package XXX need an exact kernel? (Or the more common form: why does the p...
Sunday, October 11, 2009

Connected Networks, Shaping Points, and WED

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I implemented connected networks in WED and I'm about to go rip the code out and try again. What went wrong? Well, first, to be clear: ...
Monday, October 05, 2009

Ignorance is Bliss (Until It's Not)

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Here comes another quote... Never ignore a bug you don't understand. A bug you don't understand is an opportunity to turn code you d...
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Monday, September 14, 2009

You May Not Be Able To Update A Texture In A Thread

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It took me a while to understand why this was the case - thanks to Chris for helping me wrap my head around it. Here's the deal: you ma...
Friday, September 11, 2009

libdispatch vs. the Uberqueue

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In a previous post I commented on Apple's new thread pool/async calling system, Grand Central Dispatch. Apple has opened the source to...
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Saturday, September 05, 2009

There Is No Substitute

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Since I've already become quite old and crotchety I am going to start trying to say quotable things. If someone else already said this,...
Friday, September 04, 2009

Grand Central Dispatch

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Apple has this new API in Snow Leopard called " Grand Central Dispatch ". Basically it's a bunch of message queue facilities ...
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