Assorted links for Monday, January 13:

1. Simple defer, ready to use

   With this post I will concentrate on the here and now: how to use C’s future lifesaving defer feature with existing tools and compilers.

2. Cleanup Attribute in C

   In this blog post I explore __attribute__((cleanup(...))). I discuss what it does, how it does it, why use it, performance considerations, and finish by saying it’s absolutely fantastic.

3. Debanking (and Debunking?): An entertaining and fairly deep explanation of what debanking is and why it occurs. And I learned a useful new word: sontaku.

   Japanese has a beautiful word, sontaku, for the attitude and actions a diligent subordinate would take without his superior’s explicit instruction, believing them to anticipate his boss’ desires. Sontaku is a core skill in the American professional class.

4. Seeing like a Bank
5. The Bond villain compliance strategy