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15/02/2025

Compiler - LLVM, GCC and more

Let's talk about Swift compiler. what is swift runtime? What compiler does swift uses? Can you draw a flow diagram of how a typical swift code like if (true) { print("hello, world!") } goes through various stages of comp...

17/03/2020

Structural Design Patterns in iOS

The wikipedia definition of a software design pattern is A reusable solution to a commonly occuring problem in the context of software design. Gang of four book in 1994 formalised a number of design patterns. Here we are...

12/03/2020

Dynamic vs Static

When someone says something is dynamic, it usually means things could change. Dynamic array, meaning the content of the array could change, or a dynamic system could mean a system that is robust and can adapt to differen...

26/03/2019

Swift Race Condition: ATM Withdraw Problem

Race condition happens when 2 or more threads access the shared data at the same time and change its value at the same time resulting in unexpected state. A simple example is the typical ATM withdraw problem. ATM withdra...

26/03/2019

Deadlock example

Deadlock is a situation when two or more threads are waiting on each other to be completed causing both to be locked and not able to continue. A practical example of a deadlock is ! Let's see an example in swift. here, t...

19/03/2019

Latest swift tips

It's been a while I've updated my posts. Here are some new tips that makes coding with swift cool. @autoclosure @autoclosure attribute defines an argument that automatically gets wrapped in a closure. It's used to defer...