I knew this was coming but finally it happened:
http://opensolaris.org/os/downloads/devpro/
http://dlc.sun.com/osol/devpro/downloads/current/
This is arguably one of the best generic implementation of libm that supports C99. Sun's math library folks are, among the best - if you're interested in more detail, try reading Sun's numerical computation guide.
Too bad CDDL vs GPL schism will probably make it not as widely adopted :(
Thursday, June 29, 2006
Sunday, June 25, 2006
OT: quote of the day
I collect interesting quotes in my diary, and today I added a new one:
Who else would say this but Warrent Buffett, the world's second richest man ?
20 years after saying this on an interview with Fortune magazine, he kept his word - here's the article about the estimated $40 billion charitable donation and the conversation with him about it.
You can say that my admiration for Mr. Buffett went up a couple notches today. Maybe it's time for you to pick up some Berkshire Hathaway shares - that is, if you can afford. If you're not familiar with the Berkshire Hathaway share prices, take a look at BRK.A or BRK.B.
...a very rich person should leave his kids
enough to do anything but not enough to do nothing.
Who else would say this but Warrent Buffett, the world's second richest man ?
20 years after saying this on an interview with Fortune magazine, he kept his word - here's the article about the estimated $40 billion charitable donation and the conversation with him about it.
You can say that my admiration for Mr. Buffett went up a couple notches today. Maybe it's time for you to pick up some Berkshire Hathaway shares - that is, if you can afford. If you're not familiar with the Berkshire Hathaway share prices, take a look at BRK.A or BRK.B.
Friday, June 09, 2006
Seeing the world in assembly
Most typical programmers, when encountered a buggy behavior in their code, often try to diagnose it assuming the compiler is correct (as least intially). That should be the right approach for most programmers. However, being a compiler writer, I very often look at the assembly and start from there - and that helps me spot problems faster than others.
Today was no different - some user had a problem, and it turned out to be a compiler bug but everybody was trying to diagnose it from the higher-level. Given enough time, I have no doubt they would have found the same problem, but different perspective certainly helps (and saves time too!).
This "seeing-everything-through-assembly" approach is fairly robust (at least you won't get mislead by the compiler errors - IMNSHO "being mislead" is the biggest time killer in any debugging effort) but not fool-proof - sometimes, every once in a while, a hardware bug or a kernel bug can bite you :( Even then, you're well equipped to diagnose such a bug if you're looking at the assembly level.
I know, the assembly programmers are a dying breed - I often hear that nowadays some CS students don't even know the assembly. But let me tell you that it could be very useful to know your assembly (whichever processor you're using). At least that was the case for me today :)
Today was no different - some user had a problem, and it turned out to be a compiler bug but everybody was trying to diagnose it from the higher-level. Given enough time, I have no doubt they would have found the same problem, but different perspective certainly helps (and saves time too!).
This "seeing-everything-through-assembly" approach is fairly robust (at least you won't get mislead by the compiler errors - IMNSHO "being mislead" is the biggest time killer in any debugging effort) but not fool-proof - sometimes, every once in a while, a hardware bug or a kernel bug can bite you :( Even then, you're well equipped to diagnose such a bug if you're looking at the assembly level.
I know, the assembly programmers are a dying breed - I often hear that nowadays some CS students don't even know the assembly. But let me tell you that it could be very useful to know your assembly (whichever processor you're using). At least that was the case for me today :)
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
Google Groups and typo
Typo can be embarrasing. Especially when you mistyped your homepage URL, sending people to some squatter site. Worse if you do that in a USENET posting. *sigh*. I cancelled the post but USENET being what it is, it's already too late. (My apology to those of you who clicked that link).
I blame it to Google Groups for not picking up up my signature from the Gmail setting, nor providing any option to have a signature. I haven't figured out the company internal news server, and that's forcing me to use Google Groups instead of my usual client. Google Groups is fine for quick reading and searching, but not for everyday news reader (especially posting part). At least that's the case for me yet.
I blame it to Google Groups for not picking up up my signature from the Gmail setting, nor providing any option to have a signature. I haven't figured out the company internal news server, and that's forcing me to use Google Groups instead of my usual client. Google Groups is fine for quick reading and searching, but not for everyday news reader (especially posting part). At least that's the case for me yet.
Friday, May 19, 2006
comp.arch internship anyone ?
Looks like Andy Glew of (now) Intel is looking for an intern (see the comp.arch posting).
If you're a graduate student who's interested in the computer architecture, I'm sure this would be a great opportunity to learn from one of the most interesting processor architects of our time. The profile he's looking for would have fit me perfectly, if I were still a graduate student. Too bad I'm not :)
If you're a graduate student who's interested in the computer architecture, I'm sure this would be a great opportunity to learn from one of the most interesting processor architects of our time. The profile he's looking for would have fit me perfectly, if I were still a graduate student. Too bad I'm not :)
Thursday, May 18, 2006
My last day at the first job
Welcome to Seongbae's blog. Especially welcome to you folks who followed link from my old blog.
Today is 5/18/2006, and it's a very special day for me, cause it is my last day at my first job. Like all good things, my first job finally came to an end. I'm really proud of what I've accomplished, and happy for all things I've learned and all friends I made during that seven years.
Anyway, I don't know what will happen to my old blog at my company's blogging site - probably I'll lose the access although hopefully my postings won't be deleted. Regardless of what happens there, I'll continue to post here from now on.
Today is 5/18/2006, and it's a very special day for me, cause it is my last day at my first job. Like all good things, my first job finally came to an end. I'm really proud of what I've accomplished, and happy for all things I've learned and all friends I made during that seven years.
Anyway, I don't know what will happen to my old blog at my company's blogging site - probably I'll lose the access although hopefully my postings won't be deleted. Regardless of what happens there, I'll continue to post here from now on.
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