Merry Christmas

A bit late, but better late than never : Merry Christmas to all the readers of this blog :) … [Read more...]

Moodle promotion on Packt Publishing Books

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In their December promotion, Pack Publishing are offering heavy discounts on all their Moodle books during all the month.You can find all books available on offer on this page : http://www.packtpub.com/news/moodle-festive-monthThere are … [Read more...]

WordPress 3.3 “Sonny” released!

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WordPress 3.3 introduces some very interesting features, specially for the blogger itself. It includes a new drag-and-drop uploader, hover menus for the navigation, a new toolbar, improved co-editing support, and a new Tumblr importer.The admin … [Read more...]

C++ Templates : The Complete Guide – Book Review

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After the Effective C++ Serie, I read C++ Templates: The Complete Guide, from David Vandevoorde and Nicolai M. JosuttisThe templates are one of the most powerful feature of C++. However, this is a complex technique that is often misused or … [Read more...]

Dynamic memory allocation in Intel Assembly on Linux

For the version 0.6.0 of the EDDI Compiler, I have written a simple dynamic memory allocation function in assembly. I did that to avoid using malloc in my assembly code. As this is not an easy subject, this article will explain the main parts of … [Read more...]

EDDI Compiler 0.6.1 : Function return types

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I just released a new version of the EDDI Compiler : eddic 0.6.1This is a minor update with only one change on the language: the functions can now return something. The return values are returned in registers (%eax for int and %eax:%ebx for … [Read more...]

Linux Mint 12 (Lisa) released!

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Linux Mint 12 has just been released!This new version includes a Gnome 3 using a specific extension MGSE (Mint Gnome Sheel Extensions) and a Gnome 2 UI (MATE). You will find also a lot of other improvements.From several months, Linux Mint is … [Read more...]

How to print strings and integers in Intel Assembly on Linux ?

In this post, we'll learn how to print strings and integers to the console on Linux using Intel Assembly. In this post, I'll use the AT&T notation, because it's the notation used in EDDI.In EDDI, I have to print strings and numbers to the … [Read more...]

EDDI Compiler 0.6.0 : Arrays

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This new version of the EDDI Compiler was faster to finalize than the previous.The main feature of this release is the use of arrays. You can now use arrays in the EDDI code. You can declare global or local arrays and pass them as parameters to … [Read more...]

New WordPress theme for the site

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After a long time with the old F2 theme, I decided to choose a more modern design. I chose the WP Plus design which is based on the Google Plus Design.I think that this design is more practical and cleaner for the users and more comfortable. … [Read more...]