Last time, we talked about how anonymous functions could be created in most any language that supports first-class functions. In brief, we discussed how a function definition can be used as an expression in these languages, stored in a local variable, or passed back as a return value from another function. The one key piece [...]
It’s widely believed that there’s such a thing as a “trade secret” in software development: some algorithm or data structure that makes your product better than all the others in your industry, and that you shouldn’t reveal it to your competition or else they’ll steal it and out-compete you. Our industry is rife with NDAs, [...]
Most projects go through a post-mortem once they been delivered (or outsourced, as the case may be). One of the questions that should always be asked is: was the project a success? In normal, everyday lingo (or, for the cynical, in “management-speak”), this question can receive a fairly subjective response:
“Sure it’s successful, look at how [...]
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