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Loading the words of a dictionary into an in-memory structure for the purpose of lookups occurs quite commonly in computing. That is, if we allow word to mean any sequence of bytes, letters, or other structured data. Indeed such lookup is one of the cornerstones of computing. (more…)

I've always wanted to write a word game like Boggle: a game where the player has to form words using the letters on dice. It's a fun game, and would be a good addition to my Flash library. So I built Worgle, or I should say, am building Worgle. (more…)

Reusing code is like reusing toilet paper. (replies…)

From an interview with Knuth "Still, I hate to duck your questions even though I also hate to offend other people’s sensibilities—given that software methodology has always been akin to religion. (more…)

From an interview with Knuth "Still, I hate to duck your questions even though I also hate to offend other people’s sensibilities—given that software methodology has always been akin to religion. (more…)

I've not come to an easy solution that tests just the permutation tree -- in particular the boggle matrix case. There is however a reasonable test for the full boggle anagram finding algorithm. (replies…)

How does one unit test a permutation tree? I have one and am faced with this question. (more…)

This new version supports: -editing of your old notes -clipped viewing in the main lists, with link to full note -basic bbcode parsing, only bold and italic are supported now (replies…)

I saw this being used by Jill Tater at the SETI research Insitute. I think it looks cool, and I intend to try it out. (replies…)

American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC) is an energy technologies company, offering an array of solutions based on two technologies: programmable power electronic converters and high temperature superconductor (HTS) wires. (more…)