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Summary

Why some numbers just dont work when you're creating error proof Moving on from crude error correction to more sophisticated methods, Professor Brailsford demostrates using the ISBN ' Brian Kernighan, the man who wrote the definitive This installment of the Bletchley Park series has a personal note for Professor Brailsford. He tells us what his dad did in the war. Knuth talked about "Literate Programming" over forty years ago, but what does it mean to have "C" is one of the most widely used programming languages of all time. Prof Brian Kernighan wrote the Enigma is known as the WWII cipher, but how does it hold up in 2021? Dr Mike Pound implemented it and shows how it stacks up ... One of my favorite books about computers is Standard progamming libraries - but how do they work? Dr Steve Bagley links us to the details. What Happend When ... The XZ Exploit was an incredible near miss. Dr Richard G Clegg of Queen Mary University London explains how a seemingly ... The Bit Blit algorithm dates back to Xerox PARC, but was famously used to sell the Amiga home computer among others. Dr Steve ... Why is it that PDFs look great and yet e-books can look ropey? - Dr Steve Bagley turns Brady into a computer to find out. EXTRA ...