An important aspect in software engineering is the ability to distinguish between premature, unnecessary, and necessary ...

Continuing his reverse-engineering of the Intel 8087, [Ken Shirriff] covers the conditional tests that are implemented in the microcode of this floating point processing unit (FPU). This microcode ...

Abstract: This paper investigates the transformative potential of Large Language Models (LLMs) within higher education, highlighting their capacity to reshape the academic landscape. By examining the ...

Crypto set out to offer finance real innovation. So far it hasn't succeeded, writes Wolfgang Münchau. Instead the industry keeps repeating old scams, 'stupid' schemes and crashes. Wolfgang Münchau is ...

During compilation, the Preprocessor processes the source code (SRC) to eliminate comments and expand macros or includes. The cleaned code is then forwarded to the Compiler, which converts it into ...