Category Archives: Delphi

“simulating a computer with an infinite amount of memory”

Thanks to this article by Raymond Chen we can read what garbage collection really is and (perhaps even more valuable) what it is not. I don’t want to start a new flame war about garbage collection (and even when – … Continue reading

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A Magical Gathering – Part 2

From Part 1: take an enumerator, mix it with a class helper and pour it over an invokeable custom variant There it is again. What is he just talking about? Well, it took me a while to find that thing, … Continue reading

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A Magical Gathering – Part 1

Sometimes combining different programming techniques reveals the hidden beauty of a programming language. A few years ago I was able to create such a thing with some older and newer language features. The outcome revealed some kind of magic that … Continue reading

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