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Sunil Grover and the Boxed Box

| Sunil Grover and the Boxed Box The first part of my essay on Sunil Grover’s use of boxes to express ideas in “The Boxed Box” is concerned solely with Grover and his boxes. If readers find the box metaphor in “The Boxed Box” interesting or confusing, please feel free to look at it briefly…

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The Legend of Jimmy “Peach Head” Douglas

] The Legend of Jimmy “Peach Head” Douglas. Jimmy was a popular cartoon character in the late 19th century. After some years the picture got out of hand and was renamed “The Legend” of Jimmy “Peach Head” Douglas. The “Storyline” of The Legend of Jimmy “Peach Head” consisted of a group of heroes who were…

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Grand Forks Electronics Design Challenge

As a part of Grand Forks Electronics Design Challenge, the participants developed the following contest programs in three languages: English and three others are still in progress. You may find programs in the “Programming-English” category below. I was the head of a school for electronics design at one time, so I remember those days and…

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The Best of Computer Hardware

We’re here to serve you; the best of Computer Hardware. [Editor’s note: In this article, I refer to the development of computational hardware as “Exascale” (which, ironically, means “exhilarating”). After three years of developing an Exascale hardware platform, I’ll tell you there’s a whole world of people out there who are watching my work. Some…

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RPA Solutions for a New Era: RPA 2020

Scott, PwC – August 2019 Latest news: Automating the Office with SAP Autonomous Workstations by Peter Stuckey on November 25, 2019 Latest News by RPA Solutions for a New Era: RPA 2020 RPA Solutions for a New Era by Michael S. Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is a proven and reliable approach to reduce manual repetitive…

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Why Python Is the Best Programming Language for Data Science

The current data science world is heavily influenced by R. However, Python is still the most widely used programming language. Python’s advantage is that it is very fast, open-source, and can be used on desktops, laptops, and smartphones. In order to understand the reasons why you should learn R, let’s take a brief look at…

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Online Computer Science Degrees

A good computer scientist has to be not only a thinker with innovative ideas, but also a creative problem solver and a good designer. The ability to design, or create new programs or designs, is an important skill in computer science. Students that have a good computer-science background do not have to worry about creating…

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The American Musical Comedy Television Series Schmigadoon!

In this article in the programming languages community, I write a description of Schmigadoon from the viewpoint of the programming language developers, who are interested in it. When my friends and I were discussing how to build out the program that I had written with Guile, I came up with this scenario where we needed…

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The Regulation Landscape of Software As a Medical Device

in place by February 2010. development (R&D). diagnosis, or prevention of disease, and devices for other purposes. Compensation Program” (RCP). execution, they could be effective and binding by January 2013. significant impacts on the future of the industry in medical devices. focus on in this article. least “soft” regulatory burden. regulatory authority. for the most…

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Adservers – The Software Application Cache

Adservers, otherwise known as “software caches”, allow one to host and serve application images while reducing their size by storing them in memory. The software application cache is a software-based software package that stores previously downloaded and cached applications, that is, files in a cache memory, in a small size so as to speed up…

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