Even genuinely newsworthy topics can get distorted when commentators exaggerate or use data selectively. Here are two recent examples I noticed.
“This is the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.” It’s true that it’s bad and even historic, and this sound bite correctly doesn’t actually claim it’s as bad as the Depression. I hope it [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Data and Perspective
Posted in Opinion & Editorial on September 30, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Ralph Johnson on Parallel Programming Patterns
Posted in Concurrency on September 25, 2008 | 15 Comments »
A few days ago at UIUC, Ralph Johnson gave a very nice talk on “Parallel Programming Patterns.” It’s now online, and here’s the abstract:
Parallel programming is hard. One proposed solution is to provide a standard set of patterns. Learning the patterns would help people to become expert parallel programmers. The patterns would provide a vocabulary [...]
Effective Concurrency Course: Sep 22-24, 2008
Posted in Concurrency on September 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The first offering of the three-day Effective Concurrency course in May went very well. We’re doing it again later this month — this will be the last offering this year.
Here’s the brief information (more details below):
3-Day Seminar: Effective Concurrency
September 22-4, 2008Bellevue, WA, USADeveloped and taught by Herb Sutter
This course covers the fundamental tools that software [...]
