From today's C++ Course - a new, clear example of a design pattern for a simple class, its headers, and a test harness - [here].
When using an Object Oriented language, design patterns are really useful. Essentially, they're a known and standard way of combining the features of the language in a c ....
When I moved to the South West of England, in 1980, it was to look after the supply of computer graphics products to major customers in the Bristol area, Yeovil, and further west. Half a lifetime later, so much has changed; this evening, I walked past a site which I visited from time to time those ....
If I were in a competitive bid for business, and I knew there were 10 other bidders all looking for the same single contract, and all putting a very great deal of effort into winning, I would think twice. I would ask myself "is this a sensible investment of our resources - a sensible gamble". And ....
Well House Manor, Bristol Temple Meads, Oliver Cromwell, Billy and Gypsy, Great Haywood, and an update on the Wilts & Berks Canal, Melksham Link, and a frosty spring morning. ....
Melksham House - an old postcard from the collection of Simon Brewer I've just been tagging images - that's to help search engines identify what's shown in our various pictures.
The way I do my tagging also tells me which pictures I've uploaded, but haven't blogged about, and I'm featuring some o ....
Kiss - Keep It Simple, Stupid!
The days of the British Railways sandwich, with curly edges and no sell-by date, are long since gone. Station buffets and other food outlets were privatised long since, and at the most major of stations such as Paddington and Bristol Temle Meads, you've got multiple c ....
I want to encourage people to do business in Melksham. Not only for the money spent directly in the local economy, but also because of the proportion of thay money that's respent in the local economy and recirculates here. It's data from the USA, but The local multiplier suggests that 45% is reinves ....
I read this tweet a few minutes ago ...
Wiltshire Council @wiltscouncil
Queen to visit Amesbury, Westbury, Pewsey, Malmesbury, Devizes, Marlborough, S Wilts & Swindon jousting tents on May 1 #wiltsjubilee
And indeed re-tweeted. This is good news for 7 areas. And - at first glance - disap ....
On Sunday, 6th May, Well House Manor will again be open from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. for Strawberry Cream Teas. If the weather's sunny and hot, sit in our garden. Or in any weather sit in the "Whitworth" room, or our lounge or library. And we'll then be open every afternoon throughout the summer - jus ....
DNA is the code of life - a double helix, comprising just four different basic codon elements:
• Adenine (A)
• Thymine (T)
• Guanine (G)
• Cytosine (c)
and a huge amount of work has gone into analysing these for the genes right acro ....