Monthly Archives: October 2012

Swapping Variables

Posted on October 7, 2012 by

Many algorithms, including the world-famous Euclidean, require to swap the values of two variables. So you probably know the following principle. int x = 8; int y = 123; int tmp = x; x = y; y = tmp; However, … Continue reading →

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A Beginner’s Guide to Object Oriented Programming (1)

Posted on October 3, 2012 by

What’s so fancy about Object Oriented Programming? Computers have been invented to help real-world people solving real-world problems, even though it seems today that computers actually contribute problems to the real world. Since a plain computer doesn’t know anything about … Continue reading →

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