Communications of the ACM
50 Years of Pascal
The Pascal programming language creator Niklaus Wirth reflects on its origin, spread, and further development.
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Kode Vicious Plays in Traffic
With increasing complexity comes increasing risk.
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Numbers Are for Computers, Strings Are for Humans
How and where software should translate data into a human-readable form.
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What Is a Chief Security Officer Good For?
Security requires more than an off-the-shelf solution.
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Writing a Test Plan
Establish your hypotheses, methodologies, and expected results.
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A Chance Gardener
Harvesting open source products and planting the next crop.
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The Obscene Coupling Known as Spaghetti Code
Teach your junior programmers how to read code.
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Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud
Cache is king. And if your cache is cut, you are going to feel it.
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Popping Kernels
Choosing between programming in the kernel or in user space.
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Reducing the Attack Surface
Sometimes you can give the monkey a less-dangerous club.
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