Tag Archives: programming

A Tribute to Hypercard

Posted on 2019-07-19 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

In this blog post, I will talk about the first programming language that I have learn, which is HyperTalk. Younger readers may have never heard about it, as it was mostly popular in the 1980s and 1990s. Though, it is not … Continue reading →

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What are the steps to implement a data mining algorithm?

Posted on 2013-06-13 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

In this post, I will discuss what are the steps that I follow to implement a data mining algorithm.  The subject of this post comes from a question that I have received by e-mail recently, and I think that it … Continue reading →

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Choosing data structures according to what you want to do

Posted on 2013-06-12 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

Today, I write a post about programming. I want to share a simple but important idea for writing optimized code. The idea is to choose data structures according to what you want to do instead of what you want to … Continue reading →

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How to become a good data mining programmer?

Posted on 2013-03-13 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

In this post, I will discuss what it takes to be a good data mining programmer and how to become one. Data mining is a broad field that can be approached from several angles. Some people with a mathematical background will … Continue reading →

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