UNIX Weapons School

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UNIX Weapons School is an intense elective practicum. '''Its goal is to train formidably competent systems programmers.'''

''update from 2021: this class would now absolutely go into io_uring and ~~BPF~~. also SSDs and the resultant changes to the I/O paradigm. there would probably be some talk of Spectre/Meltdown in conjunction with the architecture lecture, also BIG.little and core scheduling. probably a bit more coverage of ARM details, though i'm not yet ~~ready to~~ yeet the x86 stuff. the "future of systems programming section" would be updated. a bit more talk about distributed systems, probably, and i'd discard the current material about machine learning. other than that, this still pretty much stands.''

''update from 2021: this class would now absolutely go into [[Io_uring|io_uring]] and [[eBPF]]. also SSDs and the resultant changes to the I/O paradigm. there would probably be some talk of Spectre/Meltdown in conjunction with the architecture lecture, also BIG.little and core scheduling. probably a bit more coverage of [[ARM]] details, though i'll not yet yeet the x86 stuff. the "future of systems programming section" would be updated. a bit more talk about distributed systems, probably, and i'd discard the current material about machine learning. other than that, this still pretty much stands.''

==Lectures thus far==

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<br> -- Dante Alighieri, ''The Inferno'', Canto III, 14-15</blockquote>

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=~~PerFdIrDBBQ~~ Because I am hard, you will not like me. But the more you hate me, the more you will learn.]

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHxf17yJsKs Because I am hard, you will not like me. But the more you hate me, the more you will learn.]

Each project will be evaluated for both correctness (in terms of unit tests passed) and performance (on several reference platforms). Performance of incorrect code is, of course, moot. I will make each project public two weeks prior to its due date, and provide a set of basic unit tests and a web-accessible oracular reference implementation (you can submit inputs and receive outputs). For details of grading, see the first week's slides. I am using a scheme designed to maximize competition and conflict between class members, which I hope will reduce cheating, lead to great personal exertions, and possibly get a chair thrown.

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 UNIX Weapons School is an intense elective practicum. '''Its goal is to train formidably competent systems programmers.'''
-''update from 2021: this class would now absolutely go into io_uring and BPF. also SSDs and the resultant changes to the I/O paradigm. there would probably be some talk of Spectre/Meltdown in conjunction with the architecture lecture, also BIG.little and core scheduling. probably a bit more coverage of ARM details, though i'm not yet ready to yeet the x86 stuff. the "future of systems programming section" would be updated. a bit more talk about distributed systems, probably, and i'd discard the current material about machine learning. other than that, this still pretty much stands.''
+''update from 2021: this class would now absolutely go into [[Io_uring|io_uring]] and [[eBPF]]. also SSDs and the resultant changes to the I/O paradigm. there would probably be some talk of Spectre/Meltdown in conjunction with the architecture lecture, also BIG.little and core scheduling. probably a bit more coverage of [[ARM]] details, though i'll not yet yeet the x86 stuff. the "future of systems programming section" would be updated. a bit more talk about distributed systems, probably, and i'd discard the current material about machine learning. other than that, this still pretty much stands.''
 ==Lectures thus far==
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 <br>             -- Dante Alighieri, ''The Inferno'', Canto III, 14-15</blockquote>
-[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PerFdIrDBBQ Because I am hard, you will not like me. But the more you hate me, the more you will learn.]
+[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHxf17yJsKs Because I am hard, you will not like me. But the more you hate me, the more you will learn.]
 Each project will be evaluated for both correctness (in terms of unit tests passed) and performance (on several reference platforms). Performance of incorrect code is, of course, moot. I will make each project public two weeks prior to its due date, and provide a set of basic unit tests and a web-accessible oracular reference implementation (you can submit inputs and receive outputs). For details of grading, see the first week's slides. I am using a scheme designed to maximize competition and conflict between class members, which I hope will reduce cheating, lead to great personal exertions, and possibly get a chair thrown.