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practice of programming

October 19th, 2006

Not much new to tell. Have been reading a few chapter thus far in Kernighan & Pike, The Practice of Programming, which is a very good introduction to, well, programming. Very basic concepts, most of which I already knew, but very well laid out and good to sharpen my skills. I’m anxious to spend some time doing their exercises, but without a computer at home that will have to wait, I suppose.

Their somewhat silly example of a random text generator made me think about how to implement some code that reads the news and then runs some kind of factor analysis to group articles. So that might well be my next coding project - something different from online games (just read an extensive blog which convincingly argues how dangerous those games can be) and even kind of related to my studies.

Also discovered that Neoware is going to sell a thin client laptop. This means a laptop without harddisk, so that the prime use is through networking, including remote desktops and SSH. Cool idea, were it not that it does not actually lead to a cheaper laptop - they still charge $800.

Entry Filed under: programming, hardware, laptops, text parsing