lambda function in C++0x

Lambda function in C++0x

1. Simplify code. good for simple predicate (i.e. a condition check);
[](//input parameters){ //lambda function body}

2. Anonymous call, function to be defined at the point it is needed.

3. Lambda function can only use global variable and passed parameters, just as a math function, i.e.
sin, cos, pow etc.

4. No local variable in the containing scope, special capture operation has to be defined, if you want to
use the local variables, i.e. [=] by value, [&] by reference.

C++ const: why and how-- a really messy feature

I was even asked during a job interview, const keyword can be put in 5 places, make it 5 meanings, pls refer to: http://duramecho.com/ComputerInformation/WhyHowCppConst.html

A nice data mining course handout

recommendation system, pagerank, mapreduce etc: http://i.stanford.edu/~ullman/mining/2009/index.html

Who is the greatest inventor ever since?

Someone asked me: who is the greatest scientist?
A name comes to my mind: Thomas Edison.
What's his contribution? I am asking myself. Light Bulb?
He has 1093 granted patents around the world (he applied much more than that).
Finally I see, his biggest invention is to massively produce patents/inventions.

Forming industrial lab to massively produce patents/inventions just
as his friend Henry Ford did to form a streamline to massively produce
cars.

C++ 11 (C++0x ) concurrency

the most important addition to C++11 is concurrency, here is an introduction
video:

http://www.corensic.com/Learn/Resources/ConcurrencyTutorialPartOne.aspx

an early book: C++ concurrency in Action.

The Biggest Changes in C++11 (and Why You Should Care):
http://www.codeproject.com/News/16244/The-Biggest-Changes-in-Cplusplus11-and-Why-You-Sho.aspx

C++11 - the recently approved new ISO C++ standard

http://www2.research.att.com/~bs/C++0xFAQ.html#lambda

Trie

Trie has wide application in "words": suggestion system,
phone book, spell check etc.

http://www.technicalypto.com/2010/04/trie-in-java.html


A lot of people was asked about Trie during interviews:
http://www.mitbbs.com/article_t/JobHunting/31926643.html

Point Cloud Library

http://www.ros.org/wiki/pcl