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500 Lines or Less

As we pointed out in The Architecture of Open Source Applications, architects look at thousands of buildings during their training, and study the critiques of many more. But most software developers only ever get to know a handful of programs well — usually programs they wrote themselves. This book provides you with the chance to study how 26 experienced programmers think when they are building something new. The programs you will read about in this book were all written from scratch to solve difficult problems. A web server, a pedometer, a Python interpreter, a web-based spreadsheet, and many more applications are written, in 500 lines of code or less, and described by their creators so that you can learn from their insights and their mistakes.

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SPORT & GAME THEORY

Au tir au penalty, le gardien a-t-il raison de rester au milieu de sa cage de but? Au tennis, est-il logique de monter au filet face à un joueur qui défend en fond de court? En natation, dans les épreuves autorisant 15m de coulée par 25m, pourquoi les nageurs se précipitent-ils en surface alors qu’ils vont plus vite sous l’eau? Si vous avez réponse à ces questions: inutile de lire ce livre! En cas contraire, la Game Theory peut vous intéresser. Son propos initial est l’étude des choix d’individus rationnels en interaction. Sauf que les sportifs ne sont jamais vraiment rationnels. Et c’est tout l’intérêt sociologique de Sport & Game theory que de débusquer les “mèmes” qu’ils véhiculent à leur corps défendant.

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Culture Shift

Culture is the strongest force in an organization; not vision or strategy but the culture. The culture is what holds all other components of the organization. The answer to why your church is not where you think it should be could absolutely be because of the culture. Culture Shift THE PLAYBOOK opens your eyes to strategies and outlines for: Media Ministry Finance Ministry Secondary Leadership Pastoral Care Service Flow and more…

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