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True | DrAnhero | null | I don't know why developers always get a bad rap for hygiene. Our support department smells MUCH worse than development. (yeah yeah, nice try, software developer). | null | 0 | 1317951778 | False | 0 | c2phzpg | t3_l32qk | null | t1_c2phzpg | t1_c2pe4vf | null | 1427697418 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | DrAnhero | null | Did you go to college? Because I was required to take Calc 1 and 2. | null | 0 | 1317951846 | False | 0 | c2pi01a | t3_l32qk | null | t1_c2pi01a | t1_c2peq6c | null | 1427697423 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | DrAnhero | null | You are *being* boring. | null | 0 | 1317951914 | False | 0 | c2pi0cy | t3_l32qk | null | t1_c2pi0cy | t1_c2pdzjt | null | 1427697427 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | experts_never_lie | null | EFF can save their money for other battles; let the combined power of the tech sector fight these guys. | null | 0 | 1317951975 | False | 0 | c2pi0n5 | t3_l3ct9 | null | t1_c2pi0n5 | t1_c2phpys | null | 1427697430 | 29 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | that's how you know it's working :)
| null | 0 | 1317952218 | False | 0 | c2pi1pi | t3_l16i4 | null | t1_c2pi1pi | t1_c2pazsp | null | 1427697444 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1317952329 | False | 0 | c2pi26z | t3_l2vfc | null | t1_c2pi26z | t1_c2phfyn | null | 1427697451 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Ah - that explains why they wouldn't know about complex numbers.
| null | 0 | 1317952375 | False | 0 | c2pi2e9 | t3_l32qk | null | t1_c2pi2e9 | t1_c2phlss | null | 1427697453 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | yyuyyuyiuy | null | It allows for typos, which would give the user more exposure to errors and how to fix them, if you follow the instructions about fixing your errors. | null | 0 | 1317952479 | False | 0 | c2pi2v0 | t3_l2vfc | null | t1_c2pi2v0 | t1_c2phcyw | null | 1427697459 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | fullouterjoin | null | The next evil thing you need to do after they get on the source control is that when the build gets broken, bulk comment large swaths of code using vims visual mode using single line comments so that the method signatures exist but body is a nop. | null | 0 | 1317952625 | False | 0 | c2pi3kg | t3_l1a2e | null | t1_c2pi3kg | t1_c2paud4 | null | 1427697467 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | irascible | null | Multiply that shit by sqrt(-1), yo! | null | 0 | 1317952658 | False | 0 | c2pi3pq | t3_l32qk | null | t1_c2pi3pq | t1_c2pdzjt | null | 1427697470 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | schwiz | null | cool I just bought the book | null | 0 | 1317952683 | False | 0 | c2pi3tm | t3_l0g96 | null | t1_c2pi3tm | t3_l0g96 | null | 1427697472 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | FeepingCreature | null | Wow. Harsh crowd. | null | 0 | 1317952833 | False | 0 | c2pi4hw | t3_l192g | null | t1_c2pi4hw | t1_c2oz3t2 | null | 1427697480 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | GhostedAccount | null | This is not IP trolls. That company has no claim to facts.
It doesn't matter if the comment says that source was used. Facts are facts.
The people pulling the database are essentially pieces of shit for not ignoring the stupid claim. They should try to work with the EFF to fight the bullshit claim. | null | 0 | 1317952969 | False | 0 | c2pi52p | t3_l3ct9 | null | t1_c2pi52p | t1_c2pgfeh | null | 1427697488 | -11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | irascible | null | Is there an advantage to using complex numbers to do geometrical transformation, as opposed to using simple vector multiplication and scaling with /sin/cos/matrices, etc?
| null | 0 | 1317952985 | False | 0 | c2pi55h | t3_l32qk | null | t1_c2pi55h | t1_c2pfl9v | null | 1427697489 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | GhostedAccount | null | Redhat? Oracle?
Frankly I don't get why they don't remove the comment that advertised a product for free and continue hosting it. Facts are not ownable.
At the very least just cut out the pre 1991 data. That data is not going to change. People can manually merge post 1991 data with old copies of the pre 1991 data... | null | 0 | 1317953030 | True | 0 | c2pi5cb | t3_l3ct9 | null | t1_c2pi5cb | t1_c2pi0n5 | null | 1427697491 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | experts_never_lie | null | In production, that extra latency will really add up. No, thanks.
It sounds like a fine tool when developing a new system, though. That's no different than other cloud products. Running on commodity hardware is significantly cheaper for us than Amazon's EC2.
The cloud is there to give you ease of use and flexible g... | null | 0 | 1317953235 | False | 0 | c2pi68g | t3_l3dch | null | t1_c2pi68g | t3_l3dch | null | 1427697503 | 13 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | schwiz | null | I like the merge sort better http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaqR3G_NVoo&feature=related | null | 0 | 1317953336 | False | 0 | c2pi6oa | t3_kzkvv | null | t1_c2pi6oa | t3_kzkvv | null | 1427697510 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | sidfarkus | null | What doesn't C# run on though? There is C# code running on every noteworthy mobile OS, every major computer OS (including many minor ones), every popular gaming console, embedded devices and there are even prototype operating systems written in C#. One could argue it has all the important bases covered.
Sure the BCL ... | null | 0 | 1317953401 | False | 0 | c2pi6y6 | t3_l38op | null | t1_c2pi6y6 | t1_c2phn98 | null | 1427697513 | 12 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jerf | null | > specially by people who have not used it to build anything.
I know what you're trying to say, but "meh" right back at you. I'm a computer language polyglot, not a guy who just knows C++ and nothing else. Go doesn't even look that "finely crafted" to me (some seriously questionable type decisions for 2011, rather ... | null | 0 | 1317953478 | False | 0 | c2pi7ad | t3_l2z8p | null | t1_c2pi7ad | t1_c2phcl0 | null | 1427697517 | 14 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Peaker | null | After Haskell, Lisp may lose its appeal.
If you want to get a hang of both, I recommend starting with Lisp, and then going over to Haskell. | null | 0 | 1317953489 | False | 0 | c2pi7c8 | t3_l32qk | null | t1_c2pi7c8 | t1_c2ph052 | null | 1427697517 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Wait till you hear about my Memory as a Service startup, we store your data in distributed minecraft shards using embedded redstone(tm) logic. | null | 0 | 1317953563 | False | 0 | c2pi7nm | t3_l1rw4 | null | t1_c2pi7nm | t1_c2p3eqj | null | 1427697522 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | schwiz | null | this one is the best for sure! | null | 0 | 1317953595 | False | 0 | c2pi7sm | t3_kzkvv | null | t1_c2pi7sm | t1_c2oldu4 | null | 1427697523 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ruinercollector | null | That's way too much for a comment. Put that in a separate document. | null | 0 | 1317953617 | False | 0 | c2pi7vs | t3_l32qk | null | t1_c2pi7vs | t3_l32qk | null | 1427697524 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | fullouterjoin | null | are you canadian? Your name is a concatenation of 90% of females in that northern land. | null | 0 | 1317953670 | False | 0 | c2pi84j | t3_l32qk | null | t1_c2pi84j | t1_c2pe6jw | null | 1427697527 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Manitcor | null | 1.1 was still a bit away from where Java was at the time though it was clear the direction that microsoft was heading even then.
2.0 was much closer but not really "better" or "worse" however visual studio as a tool became a very strong contender among the JBoss's of the world at the time.
I see 3.0 is where .NET re... | null | 0 | 1317953738 | False | 0 | c2pi8ej | t3_l38op | null | t1_c2pi8ej | t1_c2pf7uo | null | 1427697531 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | centurijon | null | that's what I meant by exposure | null | 0 | 1317953744 | False | 0 | c2pi8fd | t3_l2vk7 | null | t1_c2pi8fd | t1_c2ph8ga | null | 1427697531 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | beedogs | null | Seriously, fuck every single one of you mouth-breathers who do that shit. | null | 0 | 1317953828 | False | 0 | c2pi8tc | t3_l32qk | null | t1_c2pi8tc | t1_c2pdxyu | null | 1427697536 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | trades | null | I was prompted to post this after seeing requiemderseele's post.
I've been working on this on-and-off for a few years. Every time I learn a new language I usually fill out a bunch of entries here. It also comes in handy for remembering how to do things in a language I haven't used in a while.
You can see more langu... | null | 0 | 1317953885 | True | 0 | c2pi91x | t3_l3p00 | null | t1_c2pi91x | t3_l3p00 | null | 1427697539 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ruinercollector | null | Yes. It should be unusual for a single developer working on a personal project not to use source control.
On another note it's unusual and usually a bad sign for a small company to have 15 developers.
Adding to the horror is the fact that no source control system means no CI/Build server, probably a complete lack o... | null | 0 | 1317953963 | True | 0 | c2pi9dg | t3_l1a2e | null | t1_c2pi9dg | t3_l1a2e | null | 1427697544 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ruinercollector | null | Why the fuck would anyone do that? What was his rationale? | null | 0 | 1317954048 | False | 0 | c2pi9qy | t3_l1a2e | null | t1_c2pi9qy | t1_c2p5cun | null | 1427697548 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | krum | null | Sounds patentable! | null | 0 | 1317954126 | False | 0 | c2pia3w | t3_l1rw4 | null | t1_c2pia3w | t1_c2pi7nm | null | 1427697553 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | gunningForTheBuddah | null | please..don't..on..my..account | null | 0 | 1317954184 | False | 0 | c2piadn | t3_l3ap5 | null | t1_c2piadn | t1_c2pgabn | null | 1427697558 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | > Whomever posted this, you make those of us on reddit look like retards
That's their plan. | null | 0 | 1317954242 | False | 0 | c2piamv | t3_l32qk | null | t1_c2piamv | t1_c2pekof | null | 1427697561 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | frank26080115 | null | I do not understand your 2nd example, the intended meaning is perfectly clear. | null | 0 | 1317954246 | False | 0 | c2pianj | t3_l2vfc | null | t1_c2pianj | t1_c2pff3m | null | 1427697561 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ruinercollector | null | >Anytime there is more than 0 people touching code, you need some type of control on changes
FTFY. You need history, versioning, rollback, etc. if you are working alone. There is absolutely no reason not to use source control. | null | 0 | 1317954258 | False | 0 | c2piapf | t3_l1a2e | null | t1_c2piapf | t1_c2p1jhe | null | 1427697562 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Seriously use whatever gets the job done on a platform you're familiar with. | null | 0 | 1317954270 | False | 0 | c2piar9 | t3_l2vfc | null | t1_c2piar9 | t1_c2phwel | null | 1427697562 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | frank26080115 | null | Can you explain this? I got 5
http://codepad.org/Iwm5EYpN | null | 0 | 1317954357 | False | 0 | c2pib5d | t3_l2vfc | null | t1_c2pib5d | t1_c2phl1c | null | 1427697568 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | zhivago | null | Here are two for you:
{ int i = 2; printf("%d, %d\n", i++, i); }
{ int j[10] = { 0 }; int k = 2; int l = j[k++] + k * 2; } | null | 0 | 1317954574 | True | 0 | c2pic4d | t3_l2vfc | null | t1_c2pic4d | t1_c2pf3wt | null | 1427697580 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | smegnose | null | The *iDead* comment trumps that one for crassness. | null | 0 | 1317954633 | False | 0 | c2pice5 | t3_l32qk | null | t1_c2pice5 | t1_c2pdxyu | null | 1427697584 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | experts_never_lie | null | Oracle and IBM have some cash and some lawyers, I hear.
As to why they didn't just fight it, they probably just don't want to fund their own defense, since the database never brought in any money.
Even an "easy" case, when you're in the right, and you eventually win, can easily consume years of your time and make you... | null | 0 | 1317954636 | False | 0 | c2picer | t3_l3ct9 | null | t1_c2picer | t1_c2pi5cb | null | 1427697584 | 22 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ruinercollector | null | It's not really abusive. If you understood the feature completely, you'd realize that these are, in fact, continuations. | null | 0 | 1317954669 | False | 0 | c2picjs | t3_l1ekk | null | t1_c2picjs | t1_c2p5man | null | 1427697585 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | zhivago | null | That's not sufficient for lexical closures.
Lexical closures need to hoist the variables automatically to support composition.
Writing lexical closure rather than closure helps to avoid this kind of error. | null | 0 | 1317954750 | False | 0 | c2picwd | t3_l2vfc | null | t1_c2picwd | t1_c2phx4o | null | 1427697589 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | diademoran | null | The CLR is actually Microsoft's implementation of the [CLI](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Language_Infrastructure). Which is, of course, pretty open. | null | 0 | 1317954801 | False | 0 | c2pid4k | t3_l38op | null | t1_c2pid4k | t1_c2phrkw | null | 1427697593 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kiwipete | null | I killed the Reddit main page a while back. I think I miss out on the broader "community," but the signal to noise ratio has improved. | null | 0 | 1317954811 | False | 0 | c2pid6a | t3_l32qk | null | t1_c2pid6a | t1_c2pgqif | null | 1427697593 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ruinercollector | null | It's a separate thing. Async is agnostic about the threading model. In fact, async doesn't even necessarily imply threading at all. | null | 0 | 1317954815 | False | 0 | c2pid6w | t3_l1ekk | null | t1_c2pid6w | t1_c2p4fcg | null | 1427697593 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | No signs of generics. In 2011. *Sigh*
| null | 0 | 1317954844 | False | 0 | c2pidbr | t3_l2z8p | null | t1_c2pidbr | t3_l2z8p | null | 1427697595 | 15 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | zhivago | null | Carl H's site is of poor quality; I wouldn't recommend it for anyone. | null | 0 | 1317954937 | False | 0 | c2pidqm | t3_l2vfc | null | t1_c2pidqm | t1_c2phak2 | null | 1427697601 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Kalium | null | He said that the other programmer in the company didn't know how to use it.
There are a few reasons I didn't buy this. First, the other programmer didn't know the language the thing I worked on was in. Working on it wasn't his job at all. Plus, version control systems don't get in the way of traditional change-the-fil... | null | 0 | 1317954972 | False | 0 | c2pidwl | t3_l1a2e | null | t1_c2pidwl | t1_c2pi9qy | null | 1427697604 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ruinercollector | null | You should look at resharper. Specifically, you should look at live templates. | null | 0 | 1317955041 | False | 0 | c2pie81 | t3_l0mpo | null | t1_c2pie81 | t1_c2owpdv | null | 1427697607 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ghthor | null | Google means nothing to me on this, it is all about the pike | null | 0 | 1317955073 | False | 0 | c2piedm | t3_l2z8p | null | t1_c2piedm | t1_c2phbeh | null | 1427697609 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | skulgnome | null | These are the conventions of the C programming language. I, for one, find the convention of multiple return values quite odd, having become accustomed to "return to indicate error, describe error in context variable" handling, i.e. passing the error in an by-convention out-parameter. In Haskell we'd indicate failure by... | null | 0 | 1317955094 | False | 0 | c2piegg | t3_l2z8p | null | t1_c2piegg | t1_c2pgd5s | null | 1427697610 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | skulgnome | null | Where's the parametric polymorphism, eggman? | null | 0 | 1317955157 | False | 0 | c2piepp | t3_l2z8p | null | t1_c2piepp | t3_l2z8p | null | 1427697614 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | With the given geometric interpretation, the complex numbers are isomorphic with the algebra generated by the sin/cos matrices; the matrix with columns (cos x, sin x) and (-sin x, cos x) is the number cos x + i sin x = cis x. | null | 0 | 1317955318 | False | 0 | c2piff1 | t3_l32qk | null | t1_c2piff1 | t1_c2pi55h | null | 1427697623 | 12 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ethraax | null | Yeah, and that'll teach someone syntax, but not semantics. | null | 0 | 1317955460 | False | 0 | c2pig1r | t3_l2vfc | null | t1_c2pig1r | t1_c2pi2v0 | null | 1427697632 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Amablue | null | Calm down man. No need to get so worked up. Of course make is a tool, but I didn't start using it until after I had done enough command line compiles to understand what I wans doing. Now I use Cmake to automate my Makefile generation.
The problem with learning the IDE first is you're learning the IDE, not the underly... | null | 0 | 1317955484 | False | 0 | c2pig5g | t3_l2vfc | null | t1_c2pig5g | t1_c2phpx9 | null | 1427697633 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | irascible | null | I understand that english is not your native language, but would you mind breaking it down for me a little? | null | 0 | 1317955501 | False | 0 | c2pig89 | t3_l32qk | null | t1_c2pig89 | t1_c2piff1 | null | 1427697635 | -6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1317955564 | False | 0 | c2pigic | t3_l2vfc | null | t1_c2pigic | t1_c2piar9 | null | 1427697638 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | bobindashadows | null | This is why you're not a lawyer.
No halfway-competent lawyer would advise "fuck these bitches, they ain't got shit on you!" which is actually the legalese version of what you're suggesting. | null | 0 | 1317955615 | False | 0 | c2pigpz | t3_l3ct9 | null | t1_c2pigpz | t1_c2pi52p | null | 1427697641 | 25 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ruinercollector | null | The windows API has its roots in PASCAL. The calling convention used on several API functions make this obvious.
Either way, compiled, there's nothing "C" about using it. It's a native API. You can access it from any language that implements the basic types used and supports the necessary calling conventions and n... | null | 0 | 1317955654 | False | 0 | c2pigup | t3_l0tyz | null | t1_c2pigup | t1_c2oxvd5 | null | 1427697642 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | yyuyyuyiuy | null | That's not related to whether they type it in or paste it in. >< | null | 0 | 1317955747 | False | 0 | c2pih9u | t3_l2vfc | null | t1_c2pih9u | t1_c2pig1r | null | 1427697652 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | I use both linux and windows daily if it makes you feel better. | null | 0 | 1317955858 | False | 0 | c2pihtm | t3_l2vfc | null | t1_c2pihtm | t1_c2pigic | null | 1427697655 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | onionhammer | null | Not MS software, but a language microsoft came up with.. | null | 0 | 1317955927 | False | 0 | c2pii59 | t3_l38op | null | t1_c2pii59 | t1_c2ph3qx | null | 1427697658 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1317955984 | False | 0 | c2piiei | t3_l2vfc | null | t1_c2piiei | t1_c2pihtm | null | 1427697662 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ruinercollector | null | You haven't worked with C much, have you? | null | 0 | 1317956148 | False | 0 | c2pij3s | t3_kzuwo | null | t1_c2pij3s | t1_c2p4ihp | null | 1427697671 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jrupac | null | The short explanation is that the matrix he's describing is a rotation matrix that take a vector and rotates it by positive x radians. The geometric interpretation is that it corresponds to a unit vector (1, 0) in the complex plane (that is, the real components are the x-axis and the imaginary components are the y-axis... | null | 0 | 1317956159 | False | 0 | c2pij5c | t3_l32qk | null | t1_c2pij5c | t1_c2pig89 | null | 1427697671 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | lmaurits | null | > Reddit Culture is different from their Kindergarten Culture.
It genuinely used to be, once. Now it's not that different and it's very "in" at the moment to portray people who claim that Reddit ever used to be anything other than a poor person's 4chan as crazy jerks. | null | 0 | 1317956279 | False | 0 | c2pijpk | t3_l32qk | null | t1_c2pijpk | t1_c2pgx5t | null | 1427697679 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Harhar. The matrix (cos x, sin x) (-sin x, cos x) effects a rotation by x when it acts on a vector by matrix multiplication. The complex number cis x effects the same transformation when it acts on a vector by complex multiplication. In fact, if you write down all the components of the matrix multiplication and the com... | null | 0 | 1317956287 | False | 0 | c2pijqz | t3_l32qk | null | t1_c2pijqz | t1_c2pig89 | null | 1427697679 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ruinercollector | null | Explicit type casting in a strongly-typed language typically throw an exception when you attempt to cast to a type outside of the object's actual inheritance tree.
This is how it works in the rest of java, for that matter.
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True | Forbizzle | null | trademarks are fairly straightforward, as is most copyright. Patents are bullshit though. | null | 0 | 1317956357 | False | 0 | c2pik1n | t3_l3ct9 | null | t1_c2pik1n | t1_c2phgrw | null | 1427697684 | 17 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | irascible | null | Awesome! So there is no advantage to using the complex number notation, except that it enables one to write long winded comments about how smart they are, and as a bonus, possibly alienate any future maintainers of the source? | null | 0 | 1317956483 | False | 0 | c2pikku | t3_l32qk | null | t1_c2pikku | t1_c2pijqz | null | 1427697692 | -18 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ruinercollector | null | Lambdas and first-class functions let you have a higher-level of abstraction over things like enumerating. Whether or not an iterator is spread out over several threads becomes a library detail rather than a compiler detail.
E.g. you can't change the way that a traditional for loop works without altering the compil... | null | 0 | 1317956539 | True | 0 | c2piktf | t3_kzuwo | null | t1_c2piktf | t1_c2olzjo | null | 1427697694 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | fuzzynyanko | null | Actually, Microsoft also employs ass-kissers, and you get to see them as a developer | null | 0 | 1317956586 | False | 0 | c2pil0j | t3_l38op | null | t1_c2pil0j | t1_c2pgnxl | null | 1427697696 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | lingnoi | null | I don't think it's a matter of being slow rather then being efficient. C++ just does more with less and you could simply chroot the apps if wanted them sand boxed.
That's not the real problem with c++ on android though. It's that there are many different architectures and if a new phone comes out people want to be abl... | null | 0 | 1317956620 | False | 0 | c2pil59 | t3_l38op | null | t1_c2pil59 | t1_c2pfwn7 | null | 1427697698 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | munificent | null | > Function Names That Start With Capital Letters Enrage Me.
C# also has properties, which follow a consistent naming convention with methods. If those were lowercase, then in many common cases the property name would collide with the (lowercase) field that it wraps. Using PascalCase for properties fixes that. | null | 0 | 1317956732 | False | 0 | c2pilnq | t3_l38op | null | t1_c2pilnq | t1_c2pgrbd | null | 1427697706 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ruinercollector | null | lol @ javafx. | null | 0 | 1317956852 | False | 0 | c2pim66 | t3_kzuab | null | t1_c2pim66 | t3_kzuab | null | 1427697712 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Darkhack | null | Sounds like the [D programming language](http://www.digitalmars.com/d/2.0/) you're describing. It has a lot of [awesome features](http://www.digitalmars.com/d/2.0/comparison.html). I wish Google had hired Walter Bright and pushed D as their choice of language instead of doing Go. | null | 0 | 1317956874 | False | 0 | c2pim9r | t3_l38op | null | t1_c2pim9r | t1_c2pgrbd | null | 1427697713 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | lx45803 | null | He'll need one once he takes down the Buddah. | null | 0 | 1317956877 | False | 0 | c2pima5 | t3_l3ap5 | null | t1_c2pima5 | t1_c2piadn | null | 1427697713 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | lingnoi | null | That makes is pointless and expensive if you have to keep within the boundaries of the patents. Why bother when we're awash with programming languages which don't have such crap attached to them. | null | 0 | 1317956936 | False | 0 | c2pimkc | t3_l38op | null | t1_c2pimkc | t1_c2phpax | null | 1427697716 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | vocalbit | null | You might like the 'Programming and Scaling' talk by Alan Kay: http://tele-task.de/archive/video/flash/14029/
He talks about some ideas that make computing simpler and more powerful at the same time. | null | 0 | 1317957109 | False | 0 | c2pina5 | t3_l00ul | null | t1_c2pina5 | t1_c2oqhog | null | 1427697726 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | There is also no disadvantage to using complex numbers: the isomorphism runs both ways. If I wanted, and the comment had used the language of vectors and matrices, I could say that the only advantage of using the matrix algebra was to "write long winded comments about how smart they are, and as a bonus, possibly aliena... | null | 0 | 1317957125 | False | 0 | c2pind0 | t3_l32qk | null | t1_c2pind0 | t1_c2pikku | null | 1427697726 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | lingnoi | null | You obviously don't have an android phone or use the market.
If you did you're see lots of comments from users saying xyz is broken. | null | 0 | 1317957166 | True | 0 | c2pini3 | t3_l38op | null | t1_c2pini3 | t1_c2pgmr2 | null | 1427697729 | -2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | TiCL | null | Fuck AStrolabe! | null | 0 | 1317957328 | False | 0 | c2pio7n | t3_l3ct9 | null | t1_c2pio7n | t3_l3ct9 | null | 1427697738 | -9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | >You're corroborating my original statement that you can create or distribute "full implementations of the specific technologies that are covered in the promise".
And pointing out that it's a small subset of the .NET people use every day. | null | 0 | 1317957533 | False | 0 | c2pip48 | t3_l38op | null | t1_c2pip48 | t1_c2phpax | null | 1427697753 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | lingnoi | null | Doesn't mean the lawyer is correct just because a lawyer wouldn't advise it. | null | 0 | 1317957682 | False | 0 | c2pips6 | t3_l3ct9 | null | t1_c2pips6 | t1_c2pigpz | null | 1427697759 | -3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | atlassoft | null | I don't know why these things aren't more widely used, my guess is that many IT departments don't have the budget or staff to make big workflow changes. In any case, I'm simply mentioning some products out there that I know about because of your question:
> shouldn't there be some system for non-programmers to crea... | null | 0 | 1317957701 | False | 0 | c2pipuz | t3_l1a2e | null | t1_c2pipuz | t1_c2pgd56 | null | 1427697760 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | zac79 | null | I'm also pretty sure you can't declare a pointer to a char[], but no one's seemed to bring that up. When you declare char b[] .... there is no physical allocation for b itself -- it exists only in your C code as the address of the buffer. There's no way to change this address in the program itself. | null | 0 | 1317957821 | False | 0 | c2piqel | t3_l2vfc | null | t1_c2piqel | t1_c2pe4gu | null | 1427697767 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | adrianmonk | null | Couldn't most (or all) of this stuff be done with vectors instead of complex numbers? Does Lisp have native support for complex numbers but not for vectors? | null | 0 | 1317957914 | False | 0 | c2piqu3 | t3_l32qk | null | t1_c2piqu3 | t1_c2pfl9v | null | 1427697773 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | >Are you some sort of a Windows evangelist?
Seeing as I'm not the one advocating a user change OS just to learn a language I think not.
>Book was written with Unix in mind
For learning purposes there is virtually no difference to using MinGW instead of native GCC. If you're learning C you might as well do it o... | null | 0 | 1317958026 | False | 0 | c2pirds | t3_l2vfc | null | t1_c2pirds | t1_c2piiei | null | 1427697781 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | bobindashadows | null | Refusing to work with the other party until something is resolved is stupid. Suggesting otherwise doesn't makes you "right," it makes you a lawyer who fails to realize that the real world isn't handled by "I'm right so fuck you." That's a bad lawyer. | null | 0 | 1317958176 | False | 0 | c2pis2t | t3_l3ct9 | null | t1_c2pis2t | t1_c2pips6 | null | 1427697789 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | irascible | null | I disagree.
All hardware and all rendering systems I have ever seen, and I've seen alot, use matrices and vectors.
Bringing the complex numbers into it, amounts to obfuscation in my opinion.
Does CL really support complex numbers, but not vector/matrix operations? Sounds like a fucking pain in the ass... Might expl... | null | 0 | 1317958227 | True | 0 | c2pisbz | t3_l32qk | null | t1_c2pisbz | t1_c2pind0 | null | 1427697792 | -12 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | tarballs_are_good | null | Is there a difference between a complex number and vector? | null | 0 | 1317958234 | False | 0 | c2piscz | t3_l32qk | null | t1_c2piscz | t1_c2piqu3 | null | 1427697793 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ressis74 | null | It's still a pretty good post. I do find it a little suspect that most of the "hackers" in the room would not know functional programming. Nowadays most good programmers are clamoring for it. | null | 0 | 1317958305 | False | 0 | c2pison | t3_l3ex2 | null | t1_c2pison | t1_c2phxg3 | null | 1427697796 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | puerexmachina | null | You answered the question *months* after it was asked. If I get an upvote to an answer I left more than a couple day after the question was posted on ServerFault (as a sysadmin, where I hang out), I'm surprised. | null | 0 | 1317958306 | False | 0 | c2pisoy | t3_l2vk7 | null | t1_c2pisoy | t1_c2pg7im | null | 1427697796 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | lingnoi | null | > Refusing to work with the other party until something is resolved is stupid.
Not when the claim is baseless and can easily be thrown out of court, but please do continue down your path of absolutes... | null | 0 | 1317958360 | False | 0 | c2pisxh | t3_l3ct9 | null | t1_c2pisxh | t1_c2pis2t | null | 1427697799 | -5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | bobindashadows | null | And you continue downvoting people you disagree with because you can't handle a world with conflicting viewpoints. | null | 0 | 1317958426 | False | 0 | c2pit7y | t3_l3ct9 | null | t1_c2pit7y | t1_c2pisxh | null | 1427697804 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1317958458 | False | 0 | c2pitct | t3_l2vfc | null | t1_c2pitct | t1_c2pirds | null | 1427697805 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dmpk2k | null | SystemTap better than DTrace? If only! | null | 0 | 1317958492 | False | 0 | c2piti1 | t3_l399g | null | t1_c2piti1 | t1_c2pg9wb | null | 1427697807 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | yellowking | null | >it seems to me that not being able to parse "p+++++g" is such a minor thing that it's just silly to judge the entire language by it.
I'm not, just offering a counter-example to your statement.
>And I cannot recall ever having any of my code turn out to have undefined behavior.
How would you know? It's not th... | null | 0 | 1317958588 | True | 0 | c2pitxa | t3_l2vfc | null | t1_c2pitxa | t1_c2phnjs | null | 1427697813 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | php does not have a repl. the php repl is written in python | null | 0 | 1317958642 | False | 0 | c2piu4h | t3_l3mls | null | t1_c2piu4h | t3_l3mls | null | 1427697815 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | gaze | null | Quaternions are used quite often in graphics systems. The algebra of complex numbers is mostly useful if you're dicking around in 2D. | null | 0 | 1317958788 | False | 0 | c2piuqe | t3_l32qk | null | t1_c2piuqe | t1_c2pisbz | null | 1427697823 | 12 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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