2010 – Alejandro Segovia Azapian

Quake 2 BSP Map Rendering

December 5, 2010Ale

For the past month and a half I’ve been working on and off on a project that consists in the development of a custom Quake 2 BSP map renderer. The…Continue readingQuake 2 BSP Map Rendering

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Parallel Programming with NVIDIA CUDA

November 22, 2010June 2, 2013Ale

The Linux Journal Magazine is currently running my article in their November issue. The articles features an introduction to Parallel Programming using the NVIDIA CUDA technology. I wrote this article…Continue readingParallel Programming with NVIDIA CUDA

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Rendering Quake 2 Maps

November 10, 2010May 29, 2022Ale

These last few days I’ve been investigating (and experimenting with) the internal format of Quake 2 maps. Internally, Quake 2 maps consist in a BSP tree, containing “visibility” information. This…Continue readingRendering Quake 2 Maps

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Create Static Libraries using GCC

May 22, 2010Ale

Static libraries provide a mechanism by which we can “pack” object code into reusable libraries. In this article I’m going to focus on creating static libraries of C (and C++)…Continue readingCreate Static Libraries using GCC

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On Polymorphism in C++

May 7, 2010Ale

C++, as many other Object-Oriented languagues, provides many facilities for us to implement our Object Oriented Designs. In this post I talk about a feature which is not frequently discussed,…Continue readingOn Polymorphism in C++

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Protocols in Objective-C

February 11, 2010May 28, 2022Ale

Ever since I started learning Objective-C, I always thought the concept of “Protocols” was identical to that of Interfaces in Java. Today, after reading this page, I understood that actually…Continue readingProtocols in Objective-C

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C as a programming learning language

February 9, 2010Ale

Recently we were talking with a colleague from my University about how programming is taught nowadays in college. In my University, the programming language used for teaching how to program…Continue readingC as a programming learning language

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How to Create Shared Objects under Mac OS X

February 9, 2010June 2, 2013Ale

Some time ago a friend from Colombia asked me how to create a Shared Object under Mac OS X in order to be able to use it from a Python…Continue readingHow to Create Shared Objects under Mac OS X

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How to turn an Ubuntu desktop into a convenient Linux-based server

February 9, 2010Ale

If you have a desktop computer and a laptop chances are that, in the long run, you end up spending more time working on your laptop than on your desktop.…Continue readingHow to turn an Ubuntu desktop into a convenient Linux-based server

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A Sudden Change of Plans…

February 9, 2010Ale

For a looong time I was wondering whether it would be best to start a blog in English or in Spanish. Being fluent in both languages provided me the freedom…Continue readingA Sudden Change of Plans…

Year: 2010

Quake 2 BSP Map Rendering

Parallel Programming with NVIDIA CUDA

Rendering Quake 2 Maps

Create Static Libraries using GCC

On Polymorphism in C++

Protocols in Objective-C

C as a programming learning language

How to Create Shared Objects under Mac OS X

How to turn an Ubuntu desktop into a convenient Linux-based server

A Sudden Change of Plans…

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