This is part 2 of a three-part series on implementing a set-associative cache in C#. In part 1, we looked at how set-associative caches work and sketched out the basic design. In this part, we’ll expand on the design a bit more and define a code interface for the cache. In part 3, we’ll turn …
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Set-Associative Cache in C#, Part 1: Analysis & Initial Design
A couple of weeks ago, I had never heard of a set-associative cache. Then, I was assigned an interview exercise on HackerRank entitled “Set-Associative Cache Optimization”. (I won’t give away the company or any details about the exercise, since that wouldn’t be fair.) Since I hadn’t heard of such a cache, I decided to learn …
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The pbrain Programming Language
Note: I’m no longer updating this page. Please see the official pbrain page for more information. The pbrain programming language is an extension I made to the Brainf**k programming language that adds the ability to define and call procedures. If you’re wondering about the asterisks in the name of the programming language, it’s because the …
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A Script to Find All Aliases for a Cmdlet
I’ve mentioned before that I love PowerShell, but I’m still trying to commit enough Cmdlets and aliases to memory that I can be immediately productive from a Powershell prompt without having to have a browser window open to the Powershell documentation on another monitor. Several of the Cmdlets may also be referenced through one or …
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A Keyword I’d Like To See in C#
Although I use C# more and more these days, I still consider myself primarily a C++ developer. C# has a few really neat language features that are just now being added to C++ (like lambdas), but I still find C++ to be more expressive, with terser syntax, than C#. One example of this is deterministic …
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The pbrain Programming Language
>I’ve been working really hard lately – 70 or more hours a week. Consequently, I haven’t had many opportunities for diversion. After staring at the same application all day, every day, though, it’s important to step away and give my brain another puzzle to solve now and then. One such late-night/early-morning excursion produced The pbrain …
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.NET Linked List
>(Note: This is a really old entry that I’m keeping around for historical purposes. Recent releases of the .NET Framework now include a generic linked-list class, as well as other generic containers.) The .NET framework does not have a generic linked list class among the collection classes in System.Collections. This article describes a linked list …
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Updated 99 Bottles
>A couple of weeks ago I posted a C# class that outputs the song, “99 Bottles of Beer.” I’ve since made a small revision. I originally used a delegate where an event would have made more sense: handling the “out of beer” event. Go see the new version.