https://codepros.org/categories/computing-basics/Recent contentHugo 0.147.1enSat, 18 Apr 2026 12:58:00 +0000Computing-Basicshttps://codepros.org/blog/generic-programming-in-software-engineering/Sat, 22 Jan 2022 20:10:00 -0500https://codepros.org/blog/generic-programming-in-software-engineering/computing-basicsgeneric-programmingabstractioninterfacereflection<p>Generic Programming is a specialized form of programming in some languages (primarily statically typed languages) where code is written to process objects of <strong><em>any</em></strong> arbitrary type. The distinction between generic programming and<picture> <source type="image/webp" srcset="https://codepros.org/blog/generic-programming-in-software-engineering/images/generic-meme_hu_f44e63704aa27600.webp 1x" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px"> <img class="img-fluid float-end me-3 mb-3" src="https://codepros.org/blog/generic-programming-in-software-engineering/images/generic-meme_hu_e616330fdc0b64fc.png" srcset="https://codepros.org/blog/generic-programming-in-software-engineering/images/generic-meme_hu_e616330fdc0b64fc.png 1x" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" width="200" height="137" alt="A meme with a black background and text reading &amp;ldquo;generic meme&amp;rdquo;" loading="eager" decoding="async" style="max-width: 200px" /> </picture>normal programming is when writing generic code the &ldquo;type&rdquo; (often denoted <code>T</code>) of the data is not explicitly stated. The generic programming paradigm is challenging to master because it requires a high level of abstraction (ignoring the type of data in its entirety).</p>https://codepros.org/blog/parallelism-vs-concurrency/Wed, 29 Dec 2021 06:00:00 -0500https://codepros.org/blog/parallelism-vs-concurrency/triangle-gogocomputing-basicsintermediateparallel-programmingconcurrencyconcurrent-design<p><picture> <source type="image/webp" srcset="https://codepros.org/blog/parallelism-vs-concurrency/images/captain_hu_44d84a42c125837a.webp 1x" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px"> <img class="img-fluid float-end me-3 mb-3" src="https://codepros.org/blog/parallelism-vs-concurrency/images/captain_hu_2e2887d02def7b62.png" srcset="https://codepros.org/blog/parallelism-vs-concurrency/images/captain_hu_2e2887d02def7b62.png 1x" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" width="300" height="150" alt="A photo of Captain America choking himself out in Avengers Endgame" loading="lazy" decoding="async" style="max-width: 300px" /> </picture></p> <p>Parallelism in software is the execution of instructions simultaneously. Each programming language either implements their own libraries, or provide native support as part of the language, like Go. Parallelism allows software engineers to side-step the physical limitations of the hardware by executing tasks in parallel on multiple processors.<sup id="fnref:1"><a href="#fn:1" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">1</a></sup></p>https://codepros.org/blog/quick-recap-single-multi-core/Tue, 16 Feb 2021 18:11:00 -0500https://codepros.org/blog/quick-recap-single-multi-core/ParallelismConcurrencycomputing-basicsbeginnerparallel-programmingmulti-core processingmpdc<p>Wow, did this guy run out of material already? I thought he was going to talk about AI, cybersecurity, and distributed computing. I had such high hopes.</p> <p><img class="img-fluid" src="images/deadinside.webp#center" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" alt="Michael Scott from the office saying &amp;ldquo;I&amp;rsquo;m Dead Inside&amp;rdquo;" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /></p> <p>I’m going to run through a quick recap of the evolution from single- to multi-core processing. This recap will likely be review for some of you, but the concepts here are going to be very important when we talk about <a href="https://codepros.org/tags/mpdc/" >mpdc</a> .</p>