The Eight Essentials of Program Design
I'm not kidding you. This week I'm receiving this from Amazon after a friend decided to offer me a programming book for Christmas.
I blame it on smartphones small screens or buying stuff while commuting. But honestly that's just my guess. How on earth he managed to screw this up, it is something I'm still gathering the courage to ask.
Originally Posted by brewbuck:
Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.
Review by User: Mario. F
2/5 stars
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I've been lifting weights for the last
week, and my program is still segfaulting.
Pass now, maybe buy when the price comes
down.
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WndProc = (2[b] || !(2[b])) ? SufferNobly : TakeArms;
Perhaps your friend is under the impression that "Fitness" is a new computer programming language/technology; this book is clearly aimed at developers who use this technology:
As software bloat rates and rates of hardware failures continue to rise, traditional fitness programming may not be as suitable or effective as it needs to be for the average user. If health/fitness professionals are going to be able to develop software that minimize user discomfort and maximize user productivity, they must be knowledgeable about good development practices. Covering topics ranging from design/code reviews and static analysis to optimization and dynamic analysis, The Eight Essentials of Program Design details the essential components of highly-effective fitness programming, as well as provides practical examples of how to integrate these components into complex applications.Originally Posted by Amazon product description
Learning to think like a "Fitness" programmer.
Multi-platform Fitness and integration with other technologies/platforms.
Multi-threading, parallelism and dynamic scheduling
Writing efficient, optimizeable code.
Developing robust software.
Embedded, mobile and other power-constrained systems
Agile & Fitness: improving iteration/release cycle times.
Troubleshooting and debugging Fitness applications.
O_o
For some reason, I was expecting the "In Search of Lost Time" of programming books...
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Maybe your friend thinks you need to get fit ?
I think your friend is purdy damn funny - specially if you need to get fit
They had to look at the cover...may be funnier if they didn't...
gg
He knows nothing about programming, and does very little of computers. We talked over the phone today (he's in Adelaide; A very good friend I made when I was living in Australia). He randomly picked up the book from the search results list. The cover didn't bother him at all and he couldn't be bothered reading the book description. Impulse buy = screwed friend.
But i'll make sure his book sits along all other programming books I own. Damn me if I don't.
Originally Posted by brewbuck:
Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.
If you have at least 2 other programming books to put it between, the title on the binder is all that matters.
gg
The link you shared indicates that this not even a book, but a DVD. I'm trying to figure out if this makes it funnier or not.
This doesn't even look like it has much re-gift potential...
whoa!
Originally Posted by brewbuck:
Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.
I'll tell ya what else is funny (or not) - I had some drinks in me when I first responded and totally realized it was a DVD. But I was back in book mode for the second post.
gg
