When working on some code, I came across a random number generation algorithm (a pseudorandom number generator to be exact, since the numbers aren’t truly random but only designed to “look” like it to the casual observer) called ISAAC. The name stands for “Indirection, Shift, Accumulate, Add, and Count,” which is essentially what it does [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Foreign Function Interfaces’
Performance of Math::Random::ISAAC
Posted in Computer Science, Software Engineering, tagged Algorithms, Foreign Function Interfaces, ISAAC, Perl, Random Numbers on 4 June 2009 | 2 Comments »
Google Summer of Code 2009
Posted in Computer Science, Software Engineering, tagged Computer Science, Debian, Foreign Function Interfaces, Google Summer of Code, KDE, Perl, Qt on 17 April 2009 | 2 Comments »
As some of you know, I’ve applied to this year’s Google Summer of Code (GSoC). In particular, I am interested in working with the Debian project, but my proposal has impact in a few other communities, including KDE’s Qt project and Perl.
Every year, Google provides students with a $4500USD stipend to work on an open [...]
