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Fast image enlargement through seam insertion in OCaml

over 2 years ago by Mauricio Fernandez on Eigenclass.
I have implemented the last major feature missing in my content-aware image resizer based on seam carving/insertion, image enlargement via seam insertion...

rocaml-0.6.0: fast, easy Ruby extensions in Objective Caml

over 2 years ago by Mauricio Fernandez on Eigenclass.
rocaml: fast, easy Ruby extensions in Objective Caml allows you to write Ruby extensions in Objective Caml. Developing Ruby extensions with rocaml is easier...

Changes in Ruby 1.9, Oct. 07 update

over 2 years ago by Mauricio Fernandez on Eigenclass.
This is a summary of the changes in Ruby 1.9 between Feb. and Oct. 07. As usual, refer to the full list for further details. try_convert The Array, Hash...

Object removal using seam carving, still fast

over 2 years ago by Mauricio Fernandez on Eigenclass.
The content-aware image resizer I presented a few days ago has gotten somewhat popular and triggered some discussion on reddit largely centered around its...

Fast content-aware image resizing

over 2 years ago by Mauricio Fernandez on Eigenclass.
A simple content-aware image resizer, quite small, readable and fast: over 6 times faster than the LiquidRescale GIMP plugin, which is written in C. Seam...

On GC and finalizers in Ruby, corrected weak hash table implementations

over 3 years ago by Mauricio Fernandez on Eigenclass.
Jens Himmelreich reported a problem with my weak hash table implementations: You use a hash, but you only save the object_id in the WeakHash. Every time...

simplefold: better vim folding (Ruby, Objective Caml, Perl, PHP, Java)

over 3 years ago by Mauricio Fernandez on Eigenclass.
simplefold is a small vim script that improves (for some definition of "improve", see the description + screenshots below) on other folding methods (syntax...

evil.rb wants love

over 3 years ago by Mauricio Fernandez on Eigenclass.
evil.rb is an experimental library that makes it possible to manipulate internal structures from the Ruby interpreter*1. If you're interested in the internals...

The Neo-Rails controversy and a language generator

over 3 years ago by Mauricio Fernandez on Eigenclass.
There's seemingly no end to the drivel coming from these Neo-Rails sects, or is it people pretending to be Java supporters posing as Railers? Summing...

Rails on 1.9: first benchmarks, YARV exposed to non-synthetic tests

over 3 years ago by Mauricio Fernandez on Eigenclass.
News from moriq again. He's on the way to benchmarking real Rails apps under 1.9. Preliminary results When benchmarking basic requests with a minimalistic...