In the world of open-source software, the question of ownership can be surprisingly complex. This is especially true for Go, a language that began as an internal project at Google but has since evolved into a global phenomenon, supported by a vast and passionate community of developers. It’s easy to assume that because Go originated […]
Memory management is critical in any programming language. In traditional languages like C and C++, developers manually manage memory through the allocation and deallocation of resources. However, in modern programming languages like Go, memory management is automatically handled by a garbage collector (GC). This feature is one of Go’s greatest strengths, since it allows developers […]
Huffman coding is a widely-used algorithm for lossless data compression. By assigning variable-length codes to an input string’s characters, it ensures that the most frequently seen characters have shorter codes, while less frequently seen characters have longer codes. This technique minimizes the overall size of the data to be transmitted or stored. In this blog […]
This is the second part of a three-part series discussing the Go proverbs that were devised by Rob Pike. (The original post is available to read, if you haven’t already. UPDATE: And the third and final post is now available to read too.) gofmt’s Style Is No One’s Favourite, Yet gofmt Is Everyone’s Favourite The […]
Go is widely known for its simplicity, concurrency model and performance in large-scale distributed systems. But when it comes to machine learning (ML), the most dominant programming languages have traditionally been Python, R and C++. These languages have become almost synonymous with machine learning due to the wide range of mature libraries, frameworks and communities […]
This blog post will attempt to provide a basic introduction to the COBOL programming language for complete beginners. We will cover the language’s history, syntax, features and applications. Then we will provide some practical examples to help you understand better how COBOL code works. What Is COBOL? Common Business-Oriented Language, known usually as COBOL, is […]
Professional programmers spend most of our working lives sitting in front of a computer, focusing intently on the monitor and typing away at the keyboard. Even hobbyist coders can get engrossed in a difficult project, losing track of time as they dive deep into long lines of knotty and complicated code. With so many hours […]
In the current online ecosystem, having a responsive web design is no longer an optional extra — it’s essential. But designing for lots of different devices and screen sizes can be a challenge. Writing CSS media queries for each screen size, troubleshooting layout issues and ensuring cross-browser compatibility can very easily become time-consuming tasks. That’s […]