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So here’s the rundown of what’s been, well, going down:

• Rewrote Bitstream and Huffman encoder/decoder in Java, now fully integrated with my image editor (download them from the code page)
• Slept, finally
• had an intense session with JK with lots of Dew, code, and good discussion
• cleaned the apartment some

Tonight I have a study session for CS411, assuming that I manage to finish my CS421 homework. *Sigh* it never ends when you’re a CS major at UIUC.

Hopefully I’ll also have a chance to make dinner. I’m leading toward my mom’s classic marinara sauce recipe, which will be posted later if I manage to make it.

I’ve re-written most of my C++-based Bitstream library in Java, ostensibly to allow better integration with my image editor, but in reality because I still can’t find my bug.

Math Exam Status: Aced.

…I’ve spent 9 hours looking for one bug. I have literally nailed it down to 4 lines of code. The bug does not make sense. Nothing makes sense.

Goodnight.

The world takes on a certain strangeness once you approach the 36 hour mark without sleep.

The Huffman Coding system that I’ve been trying to implement isn’t working. The tree structure sets up properly, but an attempt to print it out (and by extension, to locate particular nodes) segfaults, a strange occurance considering my minimal use of pointers. In an unusual twist, I haven’t been able to find the bug even after a couple hours of searching and experimentation. I think I’ve reached the point of diminishing returns on wakefulness (and possibly well exceeded it), so after dinner I am going to crash. Unless, that is, I have a breakthrough, in which case I may have to visit the gas station for another Dew infusion.

I’ve added a Code Page to the blog, which will house various completed and unfinished bits of source. More description on the page.

Why yes, I am implementing Huffman coding at 4AM.

…just crashed.

Rawr.

Just a video for the heck of it: linky