Baptiste Wicht

After seeing how to create Threads, this article will explore what we can do to manipulate Threads in our Java applications.  Please keep in mind all code demonstrated in this article has been tested...

Concurrency is a game-changer for building Java applications, referring to the ability to run several programs at the same time using multiple threads.  This post is the first in a series of posts about...

For years now, I’ve almost always had a server running at home. First it was an old desktop computer and then it was a QNAP NAS. The problem with the QNAP is that it is not fast at all and not as flexible as I would...

Just last week, I've migrated my Expression Templates Library (ETL) library to C++17. It is now also done in my Deep Learning Library (DLL) library. In ETL, this resulted in much nicer code overall, but no real...

Let’s start with a new post in the Java concurrency series. This time we’ll learn how to start new threads cleanly and to manage thread pools. In Java, if you have a Runnable like this : Runnable runnable...

It's been a while since I've posted something on this, especially since I had a one-month vacation. This year, I've been able to integrate a great number of changes into my Deep Learning Library (DLL) project. It has...

I'm very happy to announce the release of the first version of Deep Learning Library (DLL) 1.0. DLL is a neural network library with a focus on speed and ease of use. I started working on this library about four years...

A few days ago, I published a post comparing the performance of std::pow against direct multiplications. When not compiling with -ffast-math, direct multiplication was significantly faster than std::pow, around two...

My Deep Learning Library (DLL) project is a C++ library for training and using artificial neural networks (you can take a look at this post about DLL if you want more information). While I made a lot of effort to make...

It's been a while since I've done a benchmark of different compilers on C++ code. Since I've recently released the version 1.1 of my ETL project (an optimized matrix/vector computation library with expression...

It took me longer than I thought, but I'm glad to announce the release of version 1.1 of my Expression Templates Library (ETL) project. This is a major new release with many improvements and new features. It's been...

We’ve now covered the basic synchronization systems (semaphore, monitors) and we know how to declare operations and capabilities . It’s time to go to an other form of synchronization :Message Passing. In this post,...

Here is some news about my home server installation project. I have already installed a server in a custom Norco case. I wanted to replace my QNAP NAS with a better server, the QNAP being too slow and not extensible...

Some time ago, I started a hobby project: writing a new operating system. I’m not trying to create a concurrent to Linux, I’m just trying to learn some more stuff about operating systems. I’m gonna try to write...

It’s been a long time since I haven’t posted on this blog about a project. A bit more than two months ago, I started a new project: thor-os This project is a simple 64bit operating system, written in C++. After...

For years, I kept a dual-boot at home with a Linux system (currently Gentoo) and a Windows system. At work, I only use Gentoo. This weekend, I decided to completely remove it and migrate the applications I used on...

Most of the sorting algorithms that are used are generally comparison sort. It means that each element of the collection being sorted will be compared to see which one is the first one. A comparison must have a lower...

A updated version of this article is available: C++ benchmark – std::vector VS std::list VS std::deque In C++, the two most used data structures are the std::vector and the std::list. In this article, we will compare...

Now that eddic can be compiled with CLang, I wanted to compare the differences in compilation time and in performances of the generated executable between those two compilers. The tests are done using GCC 4.7.2 and...

To be sure to be well prepared for an interview, I decided to read several Algorithms book. I also chosen books in order to have information about data structures. I chose these books to read: Data Structures...

This post is the first of a series of posts about the new thread library of C++11. C++11 introduced a new thread library. This library includes utilities for starting and managing threads. It also contains utilities for...