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Overload 148 · December 2018 (PDF)

Contents

• Revolution, Restoration and Revival.
  Trends cycle in seasons. Frances Buontempo wonders what programmers should on the lookout for.

• Diseconomies of Scale.
  Bigger is not always better. Allan Kelly considers when smaller is more productive.

• Flip Model: A Design Pattern.
  Publishing dynamic, complex data to many clients in a threadsafe manner is challenging. Daniele Pallastrelli presents the Flip model pattern to overcome the challenges.

• Memory Management Patterns in Business-Level Programs.
  There are many memory management patterns. Sergey Ignatchenko considers these from an application level.

• Compile-time Data Structures in C++17: Part 3, Map of Values.
  A compile time map of values allows code to be tested more easily. Bronek Kozicki demonstrates how to avoid a central repository of values.

• Algol 68 - A Retrospective.
  Algol 68 has influenced programming languages in many ways. Daniel James reminds us just how many.

• Measuring Throughput and the Impact of Cache-line Awareness.
  How do you measure throughput? Richard Reich and Wesley Maness investigate suitable metrics.

• Afterwood.
  Renovation or redecorating throws up decisions. Chris Oldwood reminds us to make sympathetic changes.