A Generation Lost in the Bazaar
Quality happens only when someone is responsible for it.
by Poul-Henning Kamp | August 15, 2012
Topic: Development
This article appears in print in Communications of the ACM, Volume 55 Issue 10—
LinkedIn Password Leak: Salt Their Hide
If it does not take a full second to calculate the password hash, it is too weak.
My Compiler Does Not Understand Me
Until our programming languages catch up, code will be full of horrors
by Poul-Henning Kamp | May 21, 2012
Topic: Development
This article appears in print in Communications of the ACM, Volume 55 Issue 7—
The Hyperdimensional Tar Pit
by Poul-Henning Kamp | January 23, 2012
Topic: Development
This article appears in print in Communications of the ACM, Volume 55 Issue 3—
The Software Industry IS the Problem
The time has come for software liability laws.
The Most Expensive One-byte Mistake
Did Ken, Dennis, and Brian choose wrong with NUL-terminated text strings?
by Poul-Henning Kamp | July 25, 2011
Topic: Development
This article appears in print in Communications of the ACM, Volume 54 Issue 9—
The One-second War (What Time Will You Die?)
As more and more systems care about time at the second and sub-second level, finding a lasting solution to the leap seconds problem is becoming increasingly urgent.
B.Y.O.C. (1,342 Times and Counting)
Why can't we all use standard libraries for commonly needed algorithms?
Sir, Please Step Away from the ASR-33!
To move forward with programming languages we need to break free from the tyranny of ASCII.
by Poul-Henning Kamp | October 25, 2010
Topic: Programming Languages
This article appears in print in Communications of the ACM, Volume 53 Issue 11—
You're Doing It Wrong
Think you've mastered the art of server performance? Think again.
by Poul-Henning Kamp | June 11, 2010
Topic: Performance
This article appears in print in Communications of the ACM, Volume 53 Issue 7—
