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Archive for January, 2008

Calendar problem revisited

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008   Posted by John in assignments, cs1 | Comments Off

Here's a twist on the classic "What day of the week does a particular date fall on?" problem. A programming solution using the following approach would use several simple lookup tables, probably implemented as arrays, lists, or hash maps. I've ...

What’s in a name?

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008   Posted by John in website | Comments Off

One of the best things about a life in academia is that it begins fresh every few months.Each semester there are new courses, new students, and new pedagogical challenges. And whenyour focus is computing, your topic is a moving target. ...

Welcome

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008   Posted by John in website | Comments Off

I'm finally getting around to creating a permanent web presence after moving to Virginia.I had glorious plans to get it set up right away, of course, which quickly fell apart as I gotswamped with a new house, new schools (I ...