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18Feb/100

C code optimization by Felix von Leitner

Felix von Leitner has prepared an interesting presentation about C code optimization with a few different compilers and the bad habit of writing less readable code in hope of producing faster binaries. I must admit I have changed my mind about manual optimization after reading this presentation. Below is the abstract and link to the presentation itself:

People often write less readable code because they think it will produce faster code. Unfortunately, in most cases, the code will not be faster...

http://www.linux-kongress.org/2009/slides/compiler_survey_felix_von_leitner.pdf

13Feb/100

Moving to a new server, some downtime expected

I'm moving my website and a few other services to a new server. It won't take long, but it might be a while before the DNS records get updated. The TTL of DNS records was set to 1 hour, so hopefully it will be back on in no time.

Update: The migration was finished more than 48 hours ago, I think all DNS records are up to date now!

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11Feb/100

Two more bugs fixed in the SBS1 Utilities

I have prepared a new build of the SBS1 Utilities for Linux. It should fix the longitude decoding issue for the Western Hemisphere as well as a minor issue in clearing the AC table which was not revealed before.

Update 1: Colin has reported a bug in the BS30003 compatible feed, the line endings were not sent correctly. This has been fixed and the latest build is available for download.

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3Feb/100

New version of SBS1 Utilities finally available!

It's been more than a year since I promised the next release of SBS1 utilities. I know most of you are disappointed, but I hope some will still be happy to eventually get it. There are a lot of improvements especially with stability of the application and better thread management, but also a few new features which I will describe in the project description.

The code was almost entirely rewritten so it obviously still requires testing. More information in SBS1 Utilities.

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