Subversion Configuration Suite

I’ve now uploaded my Subversion Configuration Suite (svn-meta) repository to Google Code so that the files are publicly available for anyone to use.

Stack Exchange

The is now a plethora of incredibly useful question-and-answer sites available. Here are a few that I like.

Non-free Software

Previously, I posted about free software.

There are just a couple of not-too-expensive commercial offerings that I think are excellent.

Free Software

For most pieces of commercial software for common tasks there is an excellent free althernative; sometimes even open source. Here are a few of my favourites.

This post extends and complements several previous ones on open source software, firefox extensions and system tools.

Scripting Links

Really good on-line documentation on programming in shell scripting languages seems to be a rarity. On bash, I have found the following invaluable:

• “Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide” in HTML or PDF, hosted by the Linux Documentation Project.
• “An A-Z Index of the Bash command line for Linux“, hosted by ss64.com; see in particular the sections
  • Syntax
    • Shell Parameters
    • Redirection and Process Substitution
    • Brackets, including sub-shells and arithmetic
    • Conditional Expressions
    • Conditional Execution
    • Arithmetic Expressions
    • Functions

If you really have to do something in MS DOS, then the following is very helpful:

• “An A-Z Index of the Windows XP command line“, again hosted by SS64.com; see in particular the sections
  • Syntax
    • Parameters
    • Redirection
    • Conditional Execution
    • “Functions“
    • SET, including arithmetic

Painters and @Decorators?

Python Decorator Library

Includes:

Memoize
[Pseudo-]Currying
Pre-/Post-conditions
Type Enforcement

Memory Leaks

To check for possible memory leaks using MSVC:
_CrtDumpMemoryLeaks()

C/C++ Pre-processor Links

Some handy, partly Mi¢ro$oft/MSVC-specific, C/C++ pre-processor  links:

MS Visual C++ Pre-#defined Macros

MS Visual C++ #pragma Directives

MS-DOS Batch Tip: Function Calls, Parameters and Filenames

Here’s something I discovered by accident whilst using features I learned from the excellent site SS64.com site whilst struggling with the limitations of Batch.

Favourite Links and References for Mathematics

Here is my list of what I believe to be the most important or useful links and references for mathematics.