Author Archives: jbridon
A light discussion on programming languages
Programming languages are to programmers what saws are to carpenters. It is one of our most important tools among many we need, but there are still many different types of saws needed that vary enormously across different applications. This analogy fits perfectly … Continue reading
Dynamic Memory Allocations Usage as a Construct in Modern Programming Languages
This article was original published for the Pennsylvania State University Computer Science 461 course on programming language concepts in late 2009; I’m publishing it here as I had to research again into efficient memory allocation schemes for my new programming … Continue reading
CoreBasic – Programming language built from scratch running on a VM!
CoreBasic, or simple “cBasic”, is a BASIC-like language, derived from the TI-Basic programming language found commonly in the TI-series graphing calculators. It is a Virtual-Machine based language, meaning it is compiled into a byte-code and executed using software-simulation of an … Continue reading