Martin Ankerl
No movement is faster than no movement

New Release of Dice-RPG

I was bored today so I have updated my little program Dice-RPG to work with fox 1.6.
What?
Dice-RPG is a free dice throwing program that can be used for role playing games. Although I have never played a RPG in my entire life, my brother forced me to write this tool for the good of mankind [...]


Optimized pow() approximation for Java, C / C++, and C#

I have already written about approximations of e^x, log(x) and pow(a, b) in my post Optimized Exponential Functions for Java. Now I have more In particular, the pow() function is now even faster, simpler, and more accurate. Without further ado, I proudly give you the brand new approximation:
Approximation of pow() in Java

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Javadoc Search Engine Updated

The Javadoc Search Engine now searches JDK 7 too:

Go here: javadoc.ankerl.com

It’s still a draft, so the documentation is surely subject to change. You can also use the search directly from here:

happy hacking!

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Java Developer Kit (JDK) Search Engine

Thanks to Google Co-op I have just created a new search engine that searches the JDK documentation. It is quite convenient because you can use the labels to choose which version you like to see:

http://javadoc.ankerl.com/

Happy googling.

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Top 10 Posts at Martin.Ankerl.com

Over the last year I have gotten quite a lot of traffic, so I think it is time to create a top ten list of the most successful articles since then.

e — Extract Any Archive — The little program “e” is an excellent time saver. Whenever you need to extract zip archives in linux, or [...]