Code Checking Automation Computerphile

Summary

The original version of text messaging had a flaw, but how can we investigate problems with software quickly and easily? Could a computer program find Fermat's Lost Theorem? Professor Altenkirch shows us how to get started with lean. EXTRA BITS ... The ultimate example of trouble from digital promiscuity. HTML is more tolerant than C because it has to be. Professor Brailsford ... Standard progamming libraries - but how do they work? Dr Steve Bagley links us to the details. What Happend When ... Dicussing implementation with Professor Brailsford. Professor Brailsford emailed me after we recorded this to say that of course ... Functional or Combinator Parsing explained by Professor Graham Hutton. Professor Hutton's Functional Parsing Library: ... Git doesn't actually perform magic, but it's pretty neat. Dr Max Wilson takes us through the various elements that make Git such a ... A high level look at Reed Solomon - Professor Brailsford explains the basics of this complicated encoding technique. How ambiguity is dangerous! Professor Brailsford simplifies parsing. EXTRA BITS: youtu.be/Airi85CPdPk Angle Brackets: ... Pointers are fundamental in programming and Professor Brailsford couldn't live without them! Professor Brailsford's You can optimise for speed, power consumption or memory use & tiny changes can have a negligible or huge impact, but what ... Language Models' Achilles heel: Rob Miles talks about "glitch" tokens, those mysterious words which, which result in gibberish ... Why is C such an influential language? We asked ardent C fan Professor Brailsford. Brian Kernighan Playlist: ...