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True | hiffy | null | Why not Greeter.new()? Why introduce any new fancy syntax to begin with? | null | 0 | 1318258933 | False | 0 | c2qayxp | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qayxp | t1_c2q9qnl | null | 1427711322 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mr_curmudgeon | null | My favorite description of Java: C++ with all of the scary and dangerous crap removed. What Dart looks like to me: all of the scala improvements to java with all of the academic crap and the java baggage removed.
Which sounds good, but many, many years of optimization have gone into the JVM baggage, and many librarie... | null | 0 | 1318258933 | False | 0 | c2qayxr | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qayxr | t3_l6uwv | null | 1427711322 | -2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | genpfault | null | "[If you use the -E option, nothing is done except preprocessing.](http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Preprocessor-Options.html)" | null | 0 | 1318258970 | False | 0 | c2qaz32 | t3_l57iw | null | t1_c2qaz32 | t1_c2q3q1d | null | 1427711323 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | luckystarr | null | I can't remember who said it, perhaps Joe Armstrong:
If a new programming language should succeed, it must at least have features x, y and z - as long as it's got curly braces. | null | 0 | 1318259007 | False | 0 | c2qaz8i | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qaz8i | t1_c2q9tbn | null | 1427711325 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | WalterGR | null | It's amazing to me that /r/programming readers can with full presence of mind downvote something that's factually correct.
Then I wonder why I expect /r/programming readers to respect retiquette more than readers of any other subreddit. More photos of cupcakes!!! More Java hip hop!!! | null | 0 | 1318259064 | False | 0 | c2qazhg | t3_l6m5r | null | t1_c2qazhg | t1_c2q9uku | null | 1427711329 | -2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | luckystarr | null | No pseudonyms perhaps./offtopic | null | 0 | 1318259107 | False | 0 | c2qazo1 | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qazo1 | t1_c2qawu1 | null | 1427711331 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | I only knew about half of those issues.
Damn. | null | 0 | 1318259153 | False | 0 | c2qazvo | t3_l6yn1 | null | t1_c2qazvo | t3_l6yn1 | null | 1427711335 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | elblanco | null | yeah, it should have been document_DOT_getElementById(//Id goes here-> )
because I personally find the syntax too terse
| null | 0 | 1318259196 | False | 0 | c2qb01o | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qb01o | t1_c2qaeb6 | null | 1427711336 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | > To do statically-typed programming language design, yes. Not every language has a static type system.
Right. Only the ones worth using. ;-) | null | 0 | 1318259205 | False | 0 | c2qb02y | t3_l6dcp | null | t1_c2qb02y | t1_c2q8wxw | null | 1427711336 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | usagebasedbill | null | Yeah sure, but some of that code was close to implementing a PRNG from what I saw. Maybe I read it wrong though. | null | 0 | 1318259343 | False | 0 | c2qb0pi | t3_l6xia | null | t1_c2qb0pi | t1_c2qaivg | null | 1427711346 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | antonivs | null | If you think the ones you've worked for don't seem to do this, it's only because they've successfully followed one of the strategies described in the article: shielding you from politics and bureaucracy, specifically that of the interactions between HR and higher management. | null | 0 | 1318259344 | True | 0 | c2qb0pp | t3_l6m5r | null | t1_c2qb0pp | t1_c2qayw9 | null | 1427711346 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | CharlesFoxtrot | null | Well, yeah! I thought my comment would have made that clear. | null | 0 | 1318259441 | False | 0 | c2qb13v | t3_l6m5r | null | t1_c2qb13v | t1_c2qa4sr | null | 1427711351 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | tl;dr the abomination that is perl "regexes" aren't actually regular expressions.
| null | 0 | 1318259491 | False | 0 | c2qb1bg | t3_l73uk | null | t1_c2qb1bg | t3_l73uk | null | 1427711353 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ChristianGeek | null | "I'm on the Dart team. I'm going to crash soon..."
I'm not sure that "crash" was the best choice of words here. | null | 0 | 1318259510 | False | 0 | c2qb1ef | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qb1ef | t1_c2q9lpp | null | 1427711354 | 87 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | WalterGR | null | Which organizations do you have that insight into? | null | 0 | 1318259527 | False | 0 | c2qb1h3 | t3_l6m5r | null | t1_c2qb1h3 | t1_c2qb0pp | null | 1427711356 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | I work as a consultant right now though through a large corporation. I have some peers who have gone into consulting for themselves, though the opportunities are typically seats that simply need a body in them.
There do not appear to be ample avenues to grow your business or advance anywhere. | null | 0 | 1318259573 | False | 0 | c2qb1mu | t3_l6m5r | null | t1_c2qb1mu | t1_c2qayva | null | 1427711360 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Your fault. The last update on my feed was 30 seconds ago. How do I know? Because I actually put some damn effort in and circled people, instead of being a lazy ass. | null | 0 | 1318259628 | False | 0 | c2qb1w3 | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qb1w3 | t1_c2qaulp | null | 1427711361 | -5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | infinitesoup | null | I just ran everything through the Closure Compiler now. The original source files actually total 777kb (which would gzip to 108kb... the figure of 61.8kb actually is only one of the source files involved), and the Closure Compiler whittled that down to 252kb (which would be 52kb gzipped). But in the process, it threw 3... | null | 0 | 1318259690 | False | 0 | c2qb24z | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qb24z | t1_c2q9y01 | null | 1427711363 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | 5a1 | null | Too strong a mathematical perspective on programming can be detrimental.
At a high level programmers convert (high level) language-driven specs into human-level interfaced systems. This can be done by configuring 'high level models' almost entirely. All experienced architects of enterprise class systems know this.
... | null | 0 | 1318259726 | True | 0 | c2qb29o | t3_l6dcp | null | t1_c2qb29o | t3_l6dcp | null | 1427711365 | -3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1318259898 | False | 0 | c2qb309 | t3_l6dcp | null | t1_c2qb309 | t1_c2q9w81 | null | 1427711374 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | whism | null | given the order for method lookup, support for named arguments, and doesNotUnderstand, this language looks fairly amenable to DSL creation | null | 0 | 1318259960 | False | 0 | c2qb39p | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qb39p | t1_c2qaotj | null | 1427711378 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | maskull | null | > ...from a musician's point of view
> ...without having to know music theory
ಠ\_ಠ
| null | 0 | 1318259993 | False | 0 | c2qb3ef | t3_l5s9p | null | t1_c2qb3ef | t1_c2q187z | null | 1427711379 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | regeya | null | We may have different definitions of "enrich". ;-) | null | 0 | 1318260046 | True | 0 | c2qb3lz | t3_l6m5r | null | t1_c2qb3lz | t1_c2q9jup | null | 1427711382 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | regeya | null | When I used to use FVWM, I would spend more time tweaking my setup than I would actually using it. | null | 0 | 1318260074 | False | 0 | c2qb3q1 | t3_l5wo1 | null | t1_c2qb3q1 | t1_c2qagdd | null | 1427711384 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | gthank | null | If it aims to eventually replace JavaScript in the browser, I would expect it to be doing a fair bit with textual representations of HTML. Ideally, it would be confined to templating libraries, but I don't have enough faith in programmers to believe that will be true. | null | 0 | 1318260103 | False | 0 | c2qb3ud | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qb3ud | t1_c2q9u09 | null | 1427711385 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | arnar | null | > But aren't the most mathematically inspired programming languages also the ones that are most divorced from how a computer operates at the lowest levels?
That's exactly the point. Why should we be constrained by how a computer operates at the lowest levels? Should we rewrite all our software when somebody discove... | null | 0 | 1318260177 | True | 0 | c2qb44y | t3_l6dcp | null | t1_c2qb44y | t1_c2q9e1v | null | 1427711389 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mpeters | null | > tl;dr the *practicality* that is perl "regexes" aren't actually regular expressions.
Perl regexes are so useful that they've been pulled out into their own library (pcre) and used by lots of other languages. | null | 0 | 1318260264 | False | 0 | c2qb4im | t3_l73uk | null | t1_c2qb4im | t1_c2qb1bg | null | 1427711394 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | * [Leaked memo](http://pastebin.com/NUMTTrKj) | null | 0 | 1318260293 | False | 0 | c2qb4n5 | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qb4n5 | t1_c2q9d7k | null | 1427711395 | 14 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jiiyag | null | Ignorance here.
What's the difference between Dart and Go? | null | 0 | 1318260310 | False | 0 | c2qb4q8 | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qb4q8 | t3_l6uwv | null | 1427711398 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | akdas | null | Ruby has optional semicolons, and it doesn't rely on indentation. | null | 0 | 1318260310 | False | 0 | c2qb4qc | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qb4qc | t1_c2qaiwa | null | 1427711398 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | bo1024 | null | Cool! I like reading about stuff like this. | null | 0 | 1318260343 | False | 0 | c2qb4vw | t3_l6xnp | null | t1_c2qb4vw | t3_l6xnp | null | 1427711400 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | andypants | null | > "fancy syntax".new()
FTFY | null | 0 | 1318260452 | False | 0 | c2qb5db | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qb5db | t1_c2qayxp | null | 1427711407 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jsprogrammer | null | So Regular Expressions don't parse XML, actually? | null | 0 | 1318260509 | False | 0 | c2qb5mq | t3_l73uk | null | t1_c2qb5mq | t1_c2qb4im | null | 1427711409 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | malfy | null | Nobody cares abut how factually correct something is. They care about **relevance**. | null | 0 | 1318260510 | False | 0 | c2qb5ms | t3_l6m5r | null | t1_c2qb5ms | t1_c2qazhg | null | 1427711409 | 14 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | arnar | null | > remember it's a lot like writing a grocery list of tasks that the computer executes, too.
... but it doesn't have to be. That's the actual motivation for studying programming at a higher level.
I don't think anyone is proposing reading something like this in order to be a good software engineer today. It's for ... | null | 0 | 1318260574 | False | 0 | c2qb5w9 | t3_l6dcp | null | t1_c2qb5w9 | t1_c2qb29o | null | 1427711413 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | devgeek0 | null | Holy shit. I've never used JS and don't have any thoughts on it either way, but that's so hugely WTF that I'm kind of speechless.
Actually I stared at those two blocks for a minute before even *seeing* the linebreak. | null | 0 | 1318260597 | False | 0 | c2qb608 | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qb608 | t1_c2qa12k | null | 1427711414 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | degoban | null | There is a standard Ecma Script with class a strong typing, why do Google needs its onw way? Microsoft killed javascript2 years ago to push iis own stuff, why Google is doing the same not supporting Ecma that was in work for a decade.
And by the way Ecma/Pascal declaration
var varName : Type
is better, cleaner an... | null | 0 | 1318260605 | True | 0 | c2qb61p | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qb61p | t1_c2q9lpp | null | 1427711415 | -2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Did you simply add people that you're friends with? If so, you're doing it wrong.
Go add everyone whoever said anything even semi-interesting. Then add all of the people that they've added. Rinse, repeat. Your stream will be bustling in no time. | null | 0 | 1318260650 | False | 0 | c2qb68x | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qb68x | t1_c2qaojp | null | 1427711417 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | >There do not appear to be ample avenues to grow your business or advance anywhere.
I've met/know 3 people who are doing well by doing consulting or integration with their own small companies so I think it's an option for not being "lead" by a single corporate managment, even if you still end up working for the lik... | null | 0 | 1318260666 | False | 0 | c2qb6bu | t3_l6m5r | null | t1_c2qb6bu | t1_c2qb1mu | null | 1427711419 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | sedaak | null | Since we are both being downvoted maybe we can assume big pharma has caught on to this thread...
The idea of a viable cancer medication is really powerful these days. All that donation money goes to people with ideas (and a bunch of people with no ideas who say they are doing research). | null | 0 | 1318260675 | True | 0 | c2qb6dj | t3_l6m5r | null | t1_c2qb6dj | t1_c2qarqz | null | 1427711421 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | matthiasB | null | That's how C++ creates objects on the stack (except the second one which would declare a function). | null | 0 | 1318260740 | False | 0 | c2qb6oc | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qb6oc | t1_c2qa039 | null | 1427711423 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Crimms | null | He explains how the algorithm works himself in the article. | null | 0 | 1318260751 | False | 0 | c2qb6q1 | t3_l6xnp | null | t1_c2qb6q1 | t1_c2qayc4 | null | 1427711423 | 26 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | WalterGR | null | Sorry - my comment was ambiguous.
When I said "/r/programming readers can with full presence of mind downvote something that's factually correct" I was referring to your comment - not this submission. Hence the (sarcastic) desire for more photos of cupcakes and Java hip hop. | null | 0 | 1318260791 | True | 0 | c2qb6x2 | t3_l6m5r | null | t1_c2qb6x2 | t1_c2qb5ms | null | 1427711426 | -4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | In a few minutes both of our accounts will be suspended and you will hear footsteps in front of your door ಠ\_ಠ | null | 0 | 1318260897 | False | 0 | c2qb7d8 | t3_l6m5r | null | t1_c2qb7d8 | t1_c2qb6dj | null | 1427711432 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | salted-fry | null | Regular expressions don't parse XML, but regexes do. | null | 0 | 1318260945 | False | 0 | c2qb7jv | t3_l73uk | null | t1_c2qb7jv | t1_c2qb5mq | null | 1427711434 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kavedaa | null | Sparked by good intentions, it seems, but I'm not sure if designing a new programming language is the way to go.
A better solution to the "browser as application platform but tied to a limited language" problem might be to implement the CLR, or preferably (in my subjective opinion), the JVM natively in the browser. Th... | null | 0 | 1318261088 | False | 0 | c2qb883 | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qb883 | t3_l6uwv | null | 1427711443 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | UnoriginalGuy | null | It shouldn't add it because it isn't transparent and makes debugging a nightmare. Code should be predictable. It is these hack/hot-fixes that made IE6 such a nightmare to work with. | null | 0 | 1318261115 | False | 0 | c2qb8cc | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qb8cc | t1_c2qausf | null | 1427711444 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | booch | null | But if you don't allow it, you can't have hackery like
x = y= z = f();
unless you build in other hackery just to allow it.
Honestly, I'm of the opinion that the distinction between statements and expressions has no practical place in a good programming language. | null | 0 | 1318261157 | False | 0 | c2qb8jq | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qb8jq | t1_c2qahnl | null | 1427711447 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1318261222 | False | 0 | c2qb8uy | t3_l6xnp | null | t1_c2qb8uy | t1_c2qb6q1 | null | 1427711451 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | 615239aatz | null | I completely agree with this. Relying on users to flush their cache is completely the wrong mentality. This means your site is broken!
You are probably the kind of developer that:
* honestly believes everyone has javascript enabled
* thinks Internet Explorer is the only browser being used today | null | 0 | 1318261262 | False | 0 | c2qb91v | t3_l71n7 | null | t1_c2qb91v | t1_c2qakfg | null | 1427711454 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | oaddit | null | I agree 100%, this was not a good move by Google | null | 0 | 1318261386 | False | 0 | c2qb9n2 | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qb9n2 | t1_c2qa6ql | null | 1427711461 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grimwm | null | I [created a solution](https://grimapps.com/blog/page/Programming/Genetic%20Algorithms/) the other day in Python and posted it on my site. It solves the real N-Queens problem, but it doesn't use PyEvolve, as I wrote the GA directly (for demonstration purposes). I plan to post a C++ solution in the future.
| null | 0 | 1318261496 | False | 0 | c2qba68 | t3_l6zqc | null | t1_c2qba68 | t3_l6zqc | null | 1427711468 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1318261584 | False | 0 | c2qbakl | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qbakl | t1_c2qata3 | null | 1427711473 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | munificent | null | > I dislike the fact it's so focused on types (why not type inference?)
I'm hoping that we'll get local type inference in before too long. I'm not an expert, but my understand is that ML-style global type inference with unification doesn't play nice with subtyping. Personally, I'm OK with that. I like annotating th... | null | 0 | 1318261618 | False | 0 | c2qbaqa | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qbaqa | t1_c2q9yxa | null | 1427711476 | 20 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | 5a1 | null | This is my point - rewriting a simple 'grocery list' as a tight calculus equation doesn't make it 'higher level' at all. It should be as is, a simple grocery list. That's the root of the issue.
To go higher level you have to go the direction of models, composition, not by rewriting innards in some composite math equ... | null | 0 | 1318261681 | False | 0 | c2qbb12 | t3_l6dcp | null | t1_c2qbb12 | t1_c2qb5w9 | null | 1427711479 | -3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | malfy | null | What led you to believe I enjoy cupcakes and Java 'hip hop'? Firstly, cupcakes give me sugar headaches and how is Java related to hip hop? Who even said anything about programming languages in the first place? Relevant topics get upvoted, irrelevant gets downvoted. What's so hard to understand? Surely you must be mad b... | null | 0 | 1318261717 | False | 0 | c2qbb6l | t3_l6m5r | null | t1_c2qbb6l | t1_c2qb6x2 | null | 1427711482 | -3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Really? None of that sounded reasonable to me... | null | 0 | 1318261732 | False | 0 | c2qbb9d | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qbb9d | t1_c2q9npq | null | 1427711482 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | If you're willing to accept a level of compensation and stay there then go for it. What you don't get in smaller shops is advancement and access to a diverse set of opportunities. Without promotions and other means of recognition, it's difficult (on a resume) to show that you've grown as an employee in your time ther... | null | 0 | 1318261741 | False | 0 | c2qbban | t3_l6m5r | null | t1_c2qbban | t1_c2qb6bu | null | 1427711484 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | munificent | null | > What is the point of a num type?
You can use it when your code works equally well with integers or floating point numbers:
max(num a, num b) => a > b ? a : b;
> I would rather know if something had a decimal point in it, hence it seems better to just use int or double.
Whether or not something has... | null | 0 | 1318261805 | False | 0 | c2qbblj | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qbblj | t1_c2qa022 | null | 1427711488 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | I fail to see how that is relevant to them being regular expressions. | null | 0 | 1318261839 | False | 0 | c2qbbr2 | t3_l73uk | null | t1_c2qbbr2 | t1_c2qb4im | null | 1427711490 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | prezjordan | null | Big fan of this idea :) | null | 0 | 1318261842 | False | 0 | c2qbbrl | t3_l6ao7 | null | t1_c2qbbrl | t1_c2q8usl | null | 1427711490 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | It can't be done "right" though IMO. That kind of option adds zero functional value and it adds too much complexity to the parser.
Of the top languages in use, I think few of them have major stylistic options like that. | null | 0 | 1318261862 | True | 0 | c2qbbvd | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qbbvd | t1_c2qad08 | null | 1427711491 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | prezjordan | null | Yeah, I highly encourage community submission - just not sure how just yet | null | 0 | 1318261893 | False | 0 | c2qbc0p | t3_l6ao7 | null | t1_c2qbc0p | t1_c2q94x1 | null | 1427711492 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | munificent | null | > didn't look like it supported duck typing either
It does. Dart is a dynamically-typed language with a little typing on top. This will work perfectly fine:
class Cow {
speak() => 'moo';
}
class Dog {
speak() => 'woof';
}
talkTo(animal) => animal.speak();
main() {
... | null | 0 | 1318261894 | False | 0 | c2qbc0t | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qbc0t | t1_c2qass5 | null | 1427711492 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | frezik | null | Are there any plans/discussions on adding roles to the object system? I'm OK with disallowing multiple inheritance, provided there is a good alternative. My experience with Java is that interfaces don't cut it, but roles in other languages are good enough. | null | 0 | 1318261914 | False | 0 | c2qbc4e | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qbc4e | t1_c2q9lpp | null | 1427711494 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Just don't mix tabs and spaces though, whatever you do! | null | 0 | 1318261936 | False | 0 | c2qbc7x | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qbc7x | t1_c2qag00 | null | 1427711496 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | hiffy | null | It's more consistent, methinks. Why have a whole new operator when you can have a method? | null | 0 | 1318261943 | False | 0 | c2qbc99 | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qbc99 | t1_c2qb5db | null | 1427711496 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | poels6 | null | Indeed they seem to talk a lot about the "dart to javascript" compiler, I was expecting more works on client side VM with ton of otpimizations and speed boosts thanks to static typing... | null | 0 | 1318261956 | False | 0 | c2qbcbd | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qbcbd | t1_c2qawfo | null | 1427711497 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | vytah | null | It's correct in 2.x too. | null | 0 | 1318261957 | False | 0 | c2qbcbn | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qbcbn | t1_c2qay0u | null | 1427711497 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | prezjordan | null | Interesting, any idea how to fix that? | null | 0 | 1318261959 | False | 0 | c2qbcbw | t3_l6ao7 | null | t1_c2qbcbw | t1_c2q991c | null | 1427711497 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Iv8f | null | The syntax doesn't have anything to do with performance. And there are fast languages that do not have a C like syntax, for example ATS, fortran and ada ([benchmarks](http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u64/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=all&lang2=gpp)). | null | 0 | 1318262007 | False | 0 | c2qbckp | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qbckp | t1_c2qas67 | null | 1427711500 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kikaerter | null | One thing to look out for as an autodidact is that the exercises wanting you to write informal proofs are also quite important. Many of the early exercises can be "solved" by trying one tactic after another until something works rather than thinking it through first, but this will totally screw you over when the proofs... | null | 0 | 1318262030 | False | 0 | c2qbcox | t3_l6dcp | null | t1_c2qbcox | t1_c2qacap | null | 1427711502 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | UnoriginalGuy | null | Oh good, an implicitly typed language - I really love having unpredictable code that is difficult to debug without third party software.
What is so wrong about having types, conversion, and casting? I fucking love casting, makes me feel like I am in charge of what happens.
Only reason var works in .Net is that... | null | 0 | 1318262031 | False | 0 | c2qbcp3 | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qbcp3 | t3_l6uwv | null | 1427711502 | -3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | vytah | null | I second that, even C# and C++ can do that. | null | 0 | 1318262129 | False | 0 | c2qbd5p | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qbd5p | t1_c2qajhn | null | 1427711509 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kakali | null | This re-enforces why I dislike people who put "C/C++" on their resume. They're two different languages. Don't lump them together like they're the same. | null | 0 | 1318262139 | False | 0 | c2qbd7e | t3_l6yn1 | null | t1_c2qbd7e | t3_l6yn1 | null | 1427711509 | 25 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | furbiesandbeans | null | And how will that differ from MySpace then? I only add people I know to facebook and it keeps the noise down to a minimum. | null | 0 | 1318262140 | False | 0 | c2qbd7o | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qbd7o | t1_c2qb68x | null | 1427711509 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | >Edit: I still think it's better than Go.
(I realize this might be just a troll but I just cannot ...)
Seriously?! This?
Have you even taken a gander at Go? | null | 0 | 1318262189 | False | 0 | c2qbdg2 | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qbdg2 | t1_c2q9szn | null | 1427711512 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | naasking | null | > I asked for a proper definition, not a miserable list.
That requirement is asinine. Give me a proper one sentence definition of quantum mechanics. If you want a one sentence definition of REST, it's a set of organization principles for distributed programs to ensure they are human understandable, and still scale.... | null | 0 | 1318262208 | False | 0 | c2qbdjc | t3_l4l3n | null | t1_c2qbdjc | t1_c2qav8p | null | 1427711514 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | There's also a reason why Python has had a lot of growing pains. | null | 0 | 1318262214 | False | 0 | c2qbdkb | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qbdkb | t1_c2q9wc1 | null | 1427711514 | -11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | munificent | null | > So the code can say one thing and do something else...?
Think of it like this:
Start with a dynamically-typed language. The best you can do is:
add(/* num */ left, /* num */ right) => left + right;
Now add support so the parser can handle those annotations so you don't have to put them in big ugly comme... | null | 0 | 1318262214 | False | 0 | c2qbdkc | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qbdkc | t1_c2qaear | null | 1427711514 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | munificent | null | I probably can't speculate about the future. If you ask on the mailing list, though, someone more important than me (read: everyone) might have a response. | null | 0 | 1318262259 | False | 0 | c2qbdsl | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qbdsl | t1_c2qagot | null | 1427711517 | 18 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Why allow null pointers? | null | 0 | 1318262281 | False | 0 | c2qbdwn | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qbdwn | t1_c2q9lpp | null | 1427711518 | 28 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Grue | null | Maybe he doesn't want his stream to be semi-interesting. Why read stuff that people you semi-don't care about write? | null | 0 | 1318262332 | False | 0 | c2qbe6j | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qbe6j | t1_c2qb68x | null | 1427711521 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | arnar | null | Maybe I don't understand your analogy, but I don't think anyone is suggesting complicating simple things with equations.
Right now, a programmer has to bother too much about *how* to perform a task. Depending on how he writes, what tools he uses, and how clever he is, the program will perform differently, possibly hav... | null | 0 | 1318262336 | False | 0 | c2qbe71 | t3_l6dcp | null | t1_c2qbe71 | t1_c2qbb12 | null | 1427711521 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | munificent | null | I believe the assignment compatibility rules more or less give you that too. I think you can do:
class Base {}
class Derived extends Base {}
main() {
List<Derived> a = new List<Base>();
List<Base> b = new List<Derived>();
}
I may have this wrong, though, I'm not an... | null | 0 | 1318262357 | False | 0 | c2qbeap | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qbeap | t1_c2qai1h | null | 1427711523 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | munificent | null | For me, no. This is my 80% project, along with a bunch of other people's. | null | 0 | 1318262393 | False | 0 | c2qbega | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qbega | t1_c2qaj41 | null | 1427711525 | 15 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | munificent | null | It's not hard to have Scala-style type inference. I think the sticking point right now is how to handle:
var a = 'a string';
a = 234; // change its type
Is that an error? Scala says because Scala is statically-typed, but that really shouldn't be an error in Dart, which is dynamic. So how does the type system ... | null | 0 | 1318262504 | False | 0 | c2qbezw | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qbezw | t1_c2qajhn | null | 1427711532 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | vytah | null | > I thought factories are for when you want to inject a test-double version of a class into an object for unit testing.
Factory is a static method that creates new instances, or a class that has such methods. Factory classes can be used for mocks, but it's not their only usage.
> I thought PHP taught us that s... | null | 0 | 1318262521 | False | 0 | c2qbf2t | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qbf2t | t1_c2q9snk | null | 1427711533 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cogman10 | null | https://gist.github.com/1208618
> Complex web apps--the kind that Google
specializes in--are struggling against the platform and working with a
language (javascript) that cannot be tooled and has inherent performance problems.
I disagree. The syntax of a language has a lot to do with how fast the language can be. ... | null | 0 | 1318262533 | False | 0 | c2qbf4l | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qbf4l | t1_c2qbckp | null | 1427711533 | -4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | munificent | null | "closures to dart"? | null | 0 | 1318262533 | False | 0 | c2qbf4m | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qbf4m | t1_c2qaju6 | null | 1427711533 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kristovaher | null | Maybe I'm a bit uninformed, but where does this come from:
'I know it's cool to hate on classes these days'?
Thanks! | null | 0 | 1318262566 | False | 0 | c2qbfaq | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qbfaq | t1_c2q9t7h | null | 1427711536 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kihashi | null | Try /r/web_design. | null | 0 | 1318262574 | False | 0 | c2qbfbu | t3_l31ma | null | t1_c2qbfbu | t3_l31ma | null | 1427711536 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Grue | null | Especially after
from __future__ import print_function | null | 0 | 1318262574 | False | 0 | c2qbfbw | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qbfbw | t1_c2qbcbn | null | 1427711536 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | munificent | null | > I like it, but I'm worried about committing to it because Google has a really bad record with commitment.
This is a valid concern. It was a concern of mine when I joined the team. I don't know what will happen, but what I can say is:
1. Google's already put more resources on it than I was expecting.
2. Gilad doe... | null | 0 | 1318262657 | False | 0 | c2qbfr7 | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qbfr7 | t1_c2qaojp | null | 1427711542 | 36 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | naasking | null | > What is visibility of interactions? How is it improved? What's the metric?
Interactions = messages between objects. Visibility = messages are understandable to all clients and servers that can speak the protocol. The uniform interface means *every* request and reply is understandable by *every* component in the s... | null | 0 | 1318262682 | False | 0 | c2qbfvo | t3_l4l3n | null | t1_c2qbfvo | t1_c2qavuw | null | 1427711543 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | sebzim4500 | null | Never been more disappointed. | null | 0 | 1318262738 | False | 0 | c2qbg66 | t3_l6u5q | null | t1_c2qbg66 | t3_l6u5q | null | 1427711547 | 15 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | WalterGR | null | This submission is not about programming.
Your comment pointed that out and was factually correct.
Your comment was downvoted.
I wrote, "It's amazing to me that /r/programming readers can with full presence of mind downvote something that's factually correct." something == your comment.
Yesterday, two submissions ... | null | 0 | 1318262888 | False | 0 | c2qbgwx | t3_l6m5r | null | t1_c2qbgwx | t1_c2qbb6l | null | 1427711557 | -3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | munificent | null | > Is there any plan to add some common JS library features directly to dart? For example, JQuery selectors are immensely useful for webpage development
Yes! We're working on building an easier-to-use DOM API that tries to scrape off some of its historical baggage. For example:
// old ne... | null | 0 | 1318262910 | False | 0 | c2qbh0c | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qbh0c | t1_c2qaued | null | 1427711558 | 19 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | munificent | null | Sleep! I meant sleep! :) | null | 0 | 1318262971 | False | 0 | c2qbha5 | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qbha5 | t1_c2qb1ef | null | 1427711562 | 59 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Timmmmbob | null | > This is a bonus over them just being in comments, right?
Well maybe, but don't you think there's a huge risk because they don't *look* like they're comments. I'd naturally assume that they aren't comments, especially given the similarity of the syntax to C++/Java.
I can see what you're trying to do though, and I... | null | 0 | 1318262977 | False | 0 | c2qbhbl | t3_l6uwv | null | t1_c2qbhbl | t1_c2qbdkc | null | 1427711563 | 20 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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