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True | [deleted] | null | It's like a bunch of people critiquing a Jackson Pollock and suggesting how to make it better. Personally, I think his OS is awesome. It's freaking brilliant. The guy wrote a reflective, interpreted C and then wrote a shell that speaks the same language and a completely unprotected memory system for that shell so he ca... | null | 0 | 1319073749 | False | 0 | c2svn9c | t3_lhefd | null | t1_c2svn9c | t1_c2sqyl8 | null | 1427755775 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | hailtiki | null | What are you using to play with the code? I was using Chrome's built in developer tools (Chrome version 14.0.835.202 m on Windows). Either the tool you are using is doing something wrong (and we should submit a bug report =), or there is a misunderstanding when you say "I changed the direction of the cells by simply as... | null | 0 | 1319073783 | False | 0 | c2svnfz | t3_lhsud | null | t1_c2svnfz | t1_c2suyzg | null | 1427755779 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mycall | null | Makes sense as that gives them more time to patch bugs. | null | 0 | 1319073962 | False | 0 | c2svodq | t3_lhtzj | null | t1_c2svodq | t1_c2st8ek | null | 1427755793 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | azakai | null | > Flash will continue to be faster for numerically intensive work like this until JS has some kind of type system.
Modern JS engines do type inference, which solves most of this. Currently only a few JS engines do global type inference (for example SpiderMonkey), but in a year or two probably all of them will.
| null | 0 | 1319074052 | False | 0 | c2svov4 | t3_lhgp5 | null | t1_c2svov4 | t1_c2st8wa | null | 1428191890 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | oSand | null | Might want to check offsetX is actually the most suitable property to use; I haven't dealt with browser events in quite a while. | null | 0 | 1319074118 | False | 0 | c2svp7g | t3_lhgp5 | null | t1_c2svp7g | t1_c2svggj | null | 1427755802 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1319074149 | False | 0 | c2svpdx | t3_lhgp5 | null | t1_c2svpdx | t1_c2sv947 | null | 1427755804 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | zhivago | null | An array isn't a pointer. Your thinking that it is, is the reason that you're surprised here.
An array is what a pointer points into.
char b[3]; <- what is the type of b? | null | 0 | 1319074185 | False | 0 | c2svpky | t3_lgfp0 | null | t1_c2svpky | t1_c2srp4l | null | 1427755808 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | zhivago | null | Sure they are. That's why pointer arithmetic works.
char b[10];
char *p = &b[0]; /* p indexes the first element of b. */
/* (p + 1) indexes the second */
/* And as we would expect (p + 1) - p == 1. */ | null | 0 | 1319074317 | False | 0 | c2svq9j | t3_lgfp0 | null | t1_c2svq9j | t1_c2sqkh4 | null | 1427755819 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1319074336 | False | 0 | c2svqcq | t3_lgwpf | null | t1_c2svqcq | t3_lgwpf | null | 1427755821 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | zhivago | null | The fact that it is not in the standard means that it has nothing to do with decay, just as it has nothing to do with blaosri.
Also, it has nothing to do with what confused people who use the word 'decay' usually mean by it. | null | 0 | 1319074367 | False | 0 | c2svqia | t3_lgfp0 | null | t1_c2svqia | t1_c2spxtc | null | 1427755822 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | > Being an engineer back then meant knowing how to use a slide rule, and Irwin could jockey a slipstick with the best of them. In fact, he was so good that he challenged a fellow with a calculator to a duel - and won, becoming a local legend in the process.
> When you get right down to it, though, Irwin was spit... | null | 0 | 1319074698 | False | 0 | c2svs4b | t3_lgwpf | null | t1_c2svs4b | t3_lgwpf | null | 1427755841 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | The allegations about Office were never more than runaway speculation.
IE is an operating system component, so it definitely has deep hooks. But then again do you really want to run MS Money on Chrome? | null | 0 | 1319074757 | False | 0 | c2svsf1 | t3_lhtzj | null | t1_c2svsf1 | t1_c2sv08q | null | 1427755843 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Don't be - it's a joke (albeit a fine definition too).
Monads are just a design pattern, like the ones you find in object oriented programming, albeit a very general one with strong theoretical backing. You can think of it as a programmable semicolon.
There are plenty more of these concepts in Haskell (monoids, funct... | null | 0 | 1319074842 | True | 0 | c2svsvb | t3_lhsyr | null | t1_c2svsvb | t1_c2sv75d | null | 1427755850 | 14 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | So you are saying that this is like the non-existent secret Windows APIs and people are complaining about nothing? | null | 0 | 1319074866 | False | 0 | c2svt01 | t3_lhtzj | null | t1_c2svt01 | t1_c2su9q0 | null | 1427755852 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | zhivago | null | > A pointer to void may be converted to or from a pointer to any incomplete or object type. A pointer to any incomplete or object type may be converted to a pointer to void and back again; the result shall compare equal to the original pointer.
You have no void pointer to convert to in this case. There is no type i... | null | 0 | 1319074892 | False | 0 | c2svt4i | t3_lgfp0 | null | t1_c2svt4i | t1_c2sqx4l | null | 1427755853 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | You have a misunderstanding of what an index is. In your example you can say that p points to the start of the array b, it is most certainly not an index into the array.
In b[0], 0 is the index. | null | 0 | 1319074954 | False | 0 | c2svthh | t3_lgfp0 | null | t1_c2svthh | t1_c2svq9j | null | 1427755858 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | twotime | null | > It leads to inexperienced people doing things like putting using namespace std; in a header at global scope.
THAT is bad.
However, I don't see how it's related to the statement that "using namespace" at the module level is bad.
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True | zhivago | null | 0 is an integer that may be used to index the array.
&b[0] is an index into the array. | null | 0 | 1319075002 | False | 0 | c2svtqw | t3_lgfp0 | null | t1_c2svtqw | t1_c2svthh | null | 1427755861 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | osushkov | null | Your english is fine. | null | 0 | 1319075027 | False | 0 | c2svtv9 | t3_lhfji | null | t1_c2svtv9 | t1_c2sr98f | null | 1427755863 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | MothersRapeHorn | null | I love phones sometimes.. | null | 0 | 1319075046 | False | 0 | c2svtz5 | t3_lh6ey | null | t1_c2svtz5 | t1_c2sr352 | null | 1427755864 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | bongwhacker | null | /r/satire | null | 0 | 1319075047 | False | 0 | c2svtz7 | t3_lgjhl | null | t1_c2svtz7 | t3_lgjhl | null | 1427755864 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | lambdaq | null | > The kind of people that say that Flash is cpu-hungry are those on a second tier platform, like linux.
IMO, not exactly Linux, but all NPAPI people. ActiveX works with UI external components very well, NPAPI doesn't. | null | 0 | 1319075088 | False | 0 | c2svu70 | t3_lhgp5 | null | t1_c2svu70 | t1_c2sue82 | null | 1427755867 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | lambdaq | null | and Flash version can full fill those particles, HTML5 version can only have certain amount. | null | 0 | 1319075174 | False | 0 | c2svuma | t3_lhgp5 | null | t1_c2svuma | t1_c2sue1l | null | 1427755873 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | OceanSpray | null | Statistics *do* work that way. When somebody claims that 1/7 marbles in a bag are red while the rest are blue, and a random sample of 100 marbles consists only of blue marbles, that means that the 1/7 claim is probably a lie. It doesn't matter whether 100 people each took a marble, or only one person took 100 marbles. ... | null | 0 | 1319075179 | False | 0 | c2svund | t3_lg6ms | null | t1_c2svund | t1_c2sjbu2 | null | 1427755873 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | I've never heard the term used as a noun in that way. | null | 0 | 1319075267 | False | 0 | c2svv57 | t3_lgfp0 | null | t1_c2svv57 | t1_c2svtqw | null | 1427755880 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | aukatrau | null | Looks interesting, i'm going to check this out. | null | 0 | 1319075376 | False | 0 | c2svvq8 | t3_lhon5 | null | t1_c2svvq8 | t3_lhon5 | null | 1427755886 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | nandemo | null | Check out the [Typeclassopedia](http://www.haskell.org/wikiupload/8/85/TMR-Issue13.pdf). | null | 0 | 1319075770 | False | 0 | c2svxuz | t3_lhsyr | null | t1_c2svxuz | t1_c2su160 | null | 1427755915 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | hajamieli | null | I'm on OS X. The flash version is slower than the JS version for me. The flash version takes seconds to launch, the JS version starts immediately. I compared Safari to Chrome also, and Safari wins this benchmark hands down (on OS X). I guess it has something to do with its GPU-savvyness. | null | 0 | 1319075843 | False | 0 | c2svy9s | t3_lhgp5 | null | t1_c2svy9s | t1_c2srudw | null | 1427755926 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Recoil42 | null | >and being able to view the source.
This means effectively nothing as js source size explodes and everyone starts minifying their js. It also means nothing in NaCl examples. | null | 0 | 1319076011 | False | 0 | c2svz7o | t3_lhgp5 | null | t1_c2svz7o | t1_c2st8qi | null | 1427755934 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | _pixie_ | null | There's a demo of the interactive console here at the 45 minute mark
http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/BUILD/BUILD2011/TOOL-816T
The intellisense and error detection support in the console is pretty cool. And updates dynamically with the code you write and generate. | null | 0 | 1319076084 | True | 0 | c2svzlg | t3_li0m7 | null | t1_c2svzlg | t3_li0m7 | null | 1427755945 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | nandemo | null | Don't feed the trolls. | null | 0 | 1319076239 | False | 0 | c2sw0eo | t3_lhsyr | null | t1_c2sw0eo | t1_c2sudwh | null | 1427755948 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | If this supports Scala, this will be what I write my next game in. | null | 0 | 1319076353 | False | 0 | c2sw11e | t3_lhon5 | null | t1_c2sw11e | t3_lhon5 | null | 1428191887 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | hajamieli | null | A good tip is to use the click event on touch screens, it's one of the common events between mouse cursor -driven browsers and touch screen browsers. Events triggered by mouse cursor movement should be avoided. | null | 0 | 1319076488 | False | 0 | c2sw1rl | t3_lhgp5 | null | t1_c2sw1rl | t1_c2sv03d | null | 1427755966 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | m1ss1ontomars2k4 | null | Who is being surprised here...? I don't see any surprise. Are you surprised? I'm not surprised. I don't understand. | null | 0 | 1319076783 | False | 0 | c2sw3cw | t3_lgfp0 | null | t1_c2sw3cw | t1_c2svpky | null | 1427755992 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | gerrylazlo | null | I was taking a break from college. Maybe it was 6 months. Got too busy after that. | null | 0 | 1319076785 | False | 0 | c2sw3d9 | t3_lh7x0 | null | t1_c2sw3d9 | t1_c2suj8n | null | 1427755992 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Wavicle | null | I have only discovered him yesterday and I am vacillating between thinking he is a John Nash style disturbed genius or a schizophrenic with programming OCD. I guess that's why I'm curious what the reasons are for his crazy focus on performance in one area that an end user would never notice while making decisions that ... | null | 0 | 1319076983 | False | 0 | c2sw4i2 | t3_lhefd | null | t1_c2sw4i2 | t1_c2sv2rz | null | 1427756005 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | throwaway77432 | null | C# is getting a REPL (C# interactive, much like F# already has). That's good news too, even if it doesn't make it in time for VS 11.
I wonder what else VS 11 will have for C#'ers besides async/await. Nobody seems to be talking about any other upcoming features.
Oh, and BTW, you need to install the [Visual Studio 2010... | null | 0 | 1319077028 | False | 0 | c2sw4q8 | t3_li0m7 | null | t1_c2sw4q8 | t3_li0m7 | null | 1427756007 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | tjdziuba | null | u mad | null | 0 | 1319077089 | False | 0 | c2sw52h | t3_lhsyr | null | t1_c2sw52h | t1_c2svhg9 | null | 1427756010 | -17 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | hajamieli | null | Based on my tests on OS X, the GPU-accelerated canvas of Safari with its slower JS engine compared to Chrome with its unaccelerated canvas but faster JS engine tells me the graphics rendering is the intensive part of this demo. Chrome does more FPS with a small amount of particles, but slows down considerably when the ... | null | 0 | 1319077095 | False | 0 | c2sw53t | t3_lhgp5 | null | t1_c2sw53t | t1_c2sqzwr | null | 1427756019 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Sabe | null | Oh man, five switch cases to output colors. | null | 0 | 1319077155 | False | 0 | c2sw5ec | t3_li76k | null | t1_c2sw5ec | t3_li76k | null | 1427756013 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jrochkind | null | confusingly broad analogy is confusing. | null | 0 | 1319077334 | False | 0 | c2sw6f0 | t3_lhh6j | null | t1_c2sw6f0 | t3_lhh6j | null | 1427756037 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1319077980 | False | 0 | c2sw9sw | t3_li76k | null | t1_c2sw9sw | t1_c2sw5ec | null | 1427756071 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | indeed, I think I'll copy this post to /r/sysor | null | 0 | 1319078025 | False | 0 | c2swa24 | t3_lhnp5 | null | t1_c2swa24 | t1_c2sudtw | null | 1427756081 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | massivebitchtits | null | Autistic. | null | 0 | 1319078171 | False | 0 | c2swavd | t3_lhefd | null | t1_c2swavd | t1_c2sujyq | null | 1427756085 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | tjdziuba | null | > and you simply didn't realize that the problem had a name and was a specific instance of a known larger problem.
Yeah, I fixed the bug and moved on.
So, let's say I knew what covalent return codes (or whatever the fuck) were, how would that make me better in practice? | null | 0 | 1319078283 | False | 0 | c2swbid | t3_lhsyr | null | t1_c2swbid | t1_c2svjyr | null | 1428191881 | -4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | qntmfred | null | if you keep adding after the explosion, eventually it restablizes | null | 0 | 1319078342 | False | 0 | c2swbu6 | t3_lhgp5 | null | t1_c2swbu6 | t1_c2sqint | null | 1427756103 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | gregK | null | >Who doesn't need every now and then semi-mutual recursion and history to repeatedly apply a natural transformation deeper into the functor?
Isn't that what they used to film inception? | null | 0 | 1319078374 | False | 0 | c2swbzx | t3_lhsyr | null | t1_c2swbzx | t1_c2sv1or | null | 1427756104 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | rinspeed | null | heh, i'm on osx (mbp 13"). flash version feels faster when you start to add a bunch of particles.
Not sure how you're ranking the launch time, the flash version had a play button i had to click to start it. | null | 0 | 1319078758 | False | 0 | c2swe1y | t3_lhgp5 | null | t1_c2swe1y | t1_c2svy9s | null | 1427756127 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | AttackingHobo | null | >Flash will continue to be faster for **numerically intensive**
We are talking about pure computation.
With strict types, AS3 can optimize the the bytecode much better than javascript can.
WebGL might work with openCL, but then you run into the problems that most libraries don't work with openCL, and it is bad at... | null | 0 | 1319078895 | False | 0 | c2swetd | t3_lhgp5 | null | t1_c2swetd | t1_c2svpdx | null | 1427756137 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Amagineer | null | It might just be my setup, but I get random lockups when dealing with flash. They range from random reboots (which I assuming is a cooling problem) when I have a large flash object, to strange graphics lockups, where nothing responds (even rebooting X via ctrl-alt-backspace) but I can still move my mouse around, and pr... | null | 0 | 1319078956 | False | 0 | c2swf5m | t3_lhgp5 | null | t1_c2swf5m | t1_c2sue82 | null | 1427756145 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Amagineer | null | Unless I missed your sarcasm, we're basically already there. | null | 0 | 1319079011 | False | 0 | c2swfgo | t3_lhgp5 | null | t1_c2swfgo | t1_c2svn4j | null | 1427756149 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | strager | null | Clearly, without much context, good variable names are difficult to make. lanbanger's refactoring was focused on the code's structure more than the variable names. | null | 0 | 1319079011 | False | 0 | c2swfgu | t3_lhfji | null | t1_c2swfgu | t1_c2sugre | null | 1427756149 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ghthor | null | In other news this guy has an awesome bash prompt, Just got it installed.
Edit: Incompatible with default installed version of bash in osx. I used homebrew to update to a current version of bash. | null | 0 | 1319079225 | False | 0 | c2swgmn | t3_lhhpn | null | t1_c2swgmn | t3_lhhpn | null | 1427756162 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | yogthos | null | That's actually exactly the argument, you trade off raw speed for other benefits. This is why we have things like VMs and garbage collection, and etc. and etc. Raw speed is only one small piece of the puzzle when it comes to software. | null | 0 | 1319079284 | False | 0 | c2swgx6 | t3_lhgp5 | null | t1_c2swgx6 | t1_c2svn4j | null | 1427756174 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | hajamieli | null | OSX Lion, Mac Pro here. I rank the launch time by how much the flash applet takes to start. You start noticing that when you use the ClickToFlash extension. The JS page loads in less than a second, so does the flash page. It takes some time for the flash applet to load after the page load, especially if there is no plu... | null | 0 | 1319079320 | False | 0 | c2swh3f | t3_lhgp5 | null | t1_c2swh3f | t1_c2swe1y | null | 1427756167 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ghthor | null | Yea, awesome bash prompt yo! | null | 0 | 1319079407 | False | 0 | c2swhiu | t3_lhhpn | null | t1_c2swhiu | t1_c2sqosy | null | 1427756183 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | yogthos | null | I like yours, it's nice and explicit about what's it doing and why. | null | 0 | 1319079473 | False | 0 | c2swhvp | t3_lh1ly | null | t1_c2swhvp | t1_c2sv59e | null | 1427756183 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | yogthos | null | It's not because flash is hard, it's because it's proprietary, binary format that requires a vendor plugin. | null | 0 | 1319079496 | False | 0 | c2swhzz | t3_lhgp5 | null | t1_c2swhzz | t1_c2svmuj | null | 1427756186 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | folkTheory | null | You can resize the screen (ctrl+ or ctrl-) and it shrinks the area, pushing a lot of the bubbles towards each other. | null | 0 | 1319079642 | False | 0 | c2swiqv | t3_lhzev | null | t1_c2swiqv | t3_lhzev | null | 1427756192 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | account512 | null | That's true, but there will always be reasons to use the faster languages. There's also the fact that a lot of people don't want to trade speed for dynamic typing.
There is never going to be a point where people will go "oh javascript is fast enough now, get the fuck out of here flash". | null | 0 | 1319079766 | False | 0 | c2swjgp | t3_lhgp5 | null | t1_c2swjgp | t1_c2swgx6 | null | 1427756200 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | huyvanbin | null | Here's something maybe someone can explain to me. So it seems like category theory is all about taking classes of objects and operations from object to object in the class, and then recognizing that there are also classes of class/operation pairs, and operations that go from class/operation to class/operation. These hi... | null | 0 | 1319079816 | False | 0 | c2swjqg | t3_lhsyr | null | t1_c2swjqg | t3_lhsyr | null | 1427756203 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kamatsu | null | There has been much discussion about this in the recent Dart discussions. Covariance in arrays is a huge problem in Java since forever. Surely you know what covariance is. If you don't, there's something seriously missing from your CS education. | null | 0 | 1319079953 | False | 0 | c2swkj4 | t3_lhsyr | null | t1_c2swkj4 | t1_c2stshl | null | 1427756212 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1319080082 | False | 0 | c2swl7l | t3_lhtzj | null | t1_c2swl7l | t1_c2su1d6 | null | 1427756220 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Actually, there is a category where the objects are categories and the arrows are functors. | null | 0 | 1319080120 | False | 0 | c2swldu | t3_lhsyr | null | t1_c2swldu | t1_c2swjqg | null | 1427756223 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kamatsu | null | FWIW, I actually think category theory is a great tool to teach program design. Most algebra usually deals with fairly simple structures, whereas category theory is the mathematics of abstraction. In my anecdotal experience, learning some category theory actually made me design my programs better, even (or especially) ... | null | 0 | 1319080180 | False | 0 | c2swlqd | t3_lhsyr | null | t1_c2swlqd | t3_lhsyr | null | 1427756227 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | tjdziuba | null | I don't have a CS education. As previously stated, I have a math education. I don't know what you think *covariance* means, but I know what it's supposed to mean, at least how I learned it in stats class.
Anyhow, if everyone except me in this thread spent half the time *doing* as they did *reading bullshit*, they mig... | null | 0 | 1319080443 | False | 0 | c2swn5n | t3_lhsyr | null | t1_c2swn5n | t1_c2swkj4 | null | 1427756246 | -11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jrochkind | null | this post is WAY more interesting than the 'conway's law' quote that titles it on reddit. | null | 0 | 1319080953 | False | 0 | c2swpx3 | t3_lhnp5 | null | t1_c2swpx3 | t3_lhnp5 | null | 1427756282 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | __j_random_hacker | null | > The fact that it is not in the standard means that it has nothing to do with decay, just as it has nothing to do with blaosri.
This contradicts your decision to use the word "decay" in the first place, assuming only that when you used it you had some particular meaning in mind rather than none at all, plus the in... | null | 0 | 1319081012 | False | 0 | c2swq73 | t3_lgfp0 | null | t1_c2swq73 | t1_c2svqia | null | 1427756287 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1319081121 | False | 0 | c2swqu8 | t3_lhnp5 | null | t1_c2swqu8 | t3_lhnp5 | null | 1427756294 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | artsrc | null | > Specifically if you create a module A that uses B that uses C or D (where C = Ajax and D = DB) then your solution is to parameterize A and B by (C or D). I don't see how this improves anything as you still need the exact same conditional statement at the top level, plus you need to pass the module around. That lea... | null | 0 | 1319081151 | False | 0 | c2swr05 | t3_lf1px | null | t1_c2swr05 | t1_c2sujxl | null | 1427756297 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Verroq | null | Fair enough. | null | 0 | 1319081318 | False | 0 | c2swrup | t3_lhgp5 | null | t1_c2swrup | t1_c2swhzz | null | 1427756310 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | The four layers of Roslyn are:
> The compiler layer contains the object models that correspond with information exposed at each phase of the compiler pipeline, both syntactic and semantic. The compiler layer also contains a representation of a single invocation of a compiler, including assembly references, compiler... | null | 0 | 1319081324 | False | 0 | c2swrw9 | t3_li0m7 | null | t1_c2swrw9 | t1_c2svmxg | null | 1427756308 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | SCombinator | null | Bullshit.
eval(code, environment, timeout, allocation_limit)
So the environment contains all that you'll allow (primitives etc.) Timeout is similar to poll, and works as a limit on cpu time, and allocation_limit would be the maximum amount of allocation allowed. Of course I'm split between that and giving it a p... | null | 0 | 1319081333 | False | 0 | c2swrxq | t3_lhh6j | null | t1_c2swrxq | t1_c2svj01 | null | 1427756309 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cultic_raider | null | Yes, and the line after the title is much more interesting: Conway's law isn't just. Law, it's a good idea. Giving teams full ownership of a component generates higher quality code then when everyone muddles across the whole code base. | null | 0 | 1319081455 | False | 0 | c2swskk | t3_lhnp5 | null | t1_c2swskk | t1_c2swpx3 | null | 1427756318 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kamatsu | null | If you have a math education, then you would know that covariance is also used in opposition to contravariance, which is a defined notion not just in type theory but also in [functors](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functor#Covariance_and_contravariance) in category theory, and [vectors](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cova... | null | 0 | 1319081458 | True | 0 | c2swsl9 | t3_lhsyr | null | t1_c2swsl9 | t1_c2swn5n | null | 1427756318 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | fokov | null | .net/C# design started over 12 years ago.
Doesn't make your statement wrong, just the age range :P | null | 0 | 1319081603 | False | 0 | c2swtdq | t3_lh6ey | null | t1_c2swtdq | t1_c2sqa5r | null | 1427756331 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jerf | null | Gosh, however could knowledge and understanding of a thing contribute to being better at that thing?
The fastest bug to fix is the one you never wrote in the first place, after all.
I know being an asshole is part of your schtick, but I will admit to being a bit disappointed if you're actually going to go to bat abou... | null | 0 | 1319081625 | False | 0 | c2swthi | t3_lhsyr | null | t1_c2swthi | t1_c2swbid | null | 1427756329 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | Yes, yes, we all know about the meta-circular interpreter. And who knows, maybe after another 40 years someone will actually do something useful with it. | null | 0 | 1319081664 | False | 0 | c2swtoi | t3_li0m7 | null | t1_c2swtoi | t1_c2svc8u | null | 1427756331 | 19 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mcandre | null | In other words, how many swaps on average would you have to make before a sequence is sorted?
`O(n!)` ? | null | 0 | 1319081715 | False | 0 | c2swtyp | t3_lib59 | null | t1_c2swtyp | t3_lib59 | null | 1427756335 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cultic_raider | null | http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/lhnp5/any_organization_that_designs_a_system_will/
is a better link (single-page view) with a worse title. | null | 0 | 1319081757 | False | 0 | c2swu6s | t3_lhrxu | null | t1_c2swu6s | t3_lhrxu | null | 1427756338 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | That is how statistics work, but that's not how this works. Two different things. | null | 0 | 1319081760 | False | 0 | c2swu7m | t3_lg6ms | null | t1_c2swu7m | t1_c2svund | null | 1427756338 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | reddit_clone | null | > The problem with Haskell for people well versed in imperative programming is that Haskell forces the functional way of life on you.
It is not just that. I personally have no problems with other functional programming languages (Erlang, Clojure).
Haskell has simply too steep a learning curve. | null | 0 | 1319081825 | False | 0 | c2swuju | t3_lde7w | null | t1_c2swuju | t1_c2rz392 | null | 1427756342 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | Aside from CallerMemberName don't expect anything else from C#.
http://www.infoq.com/news/2011/09/net-v5.0
C# needs to evolve slowly, with no more than a single major new feature with each version. Otherwise it will spiral out of control and end up like C++ or PL/1. | null | 0 | 1319081886 | False | 0 | c2swuwa | t3_li0m7 | null | t1_c2swuwa | t1_c2sw4q8 | null | 1428191877 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1319081935 | False | 0 | c2swv66 | t3_lhgp5 | null | t1_c2swv66 | t1_c2sv7a2 | null | 1427756351 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | reddit_clone | null | >Would learning F# make learning Haskell easier?
I wouldn't count on it.
I have some familiarity with OCaml (No F#). I use other functional programming languages. Didn't help me overcome the famous Haskell learning curve.
Having a functional-bent doesn't seem to be enough for Haskell. | null | 0 | 1319082000 | False | 0 | c2swvir | t3_lde7w | null | t1_c2swvir | t1_c2rzx1l | null | 1427756358 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cultic_raider | null | No kidding. More like Too Slow, Didn't Click.
It plays like a 1989 Nintendo RPG, prompting for a button press every 4 words. | null | 0 | 1319082144 | False | 0 | c2swwbr | t3_lhsud | null | t1_c2swwbr | t1_c2sszfn | null | 1427756367 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | reddit_clone | null | > its very hard for unskilled programmers to fuck up your app
Ofcourse they can't. They can't tell it from Latin. | null | 0 | 1319082183 | False | 0 | c2swwj1 | t3_lde7w | null | t1_c2swwj1 | t1_c2ry8qs | null | 1427756369 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | tjdziuba | null | I didn't ask in general, I asked in specific. I see you want to duck the question by making it general, so I guess this is the end of our journey, friend. | null | 0 | 1319082375 | False | 0 | c2swxi4 | t3_lhsyr | null | t1_c2swxi4 | t1_c2swthi | null | 1427756382 | -4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | rhamphorhynchus | null | That explains Windows, from what I hear about their internal politics. | null | 0 | 1319082383 | False | 0 | c2swxkc | t3_lhnp5 | null | t1_c2swxkc | t3_lhnp5 | null | 1427756382 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | flebron | null | And even more, there's a category where the objects are functors, and the arrows are natural transformations. | null | 0 | 1319082468 | False | 0 | c2swy2g | t3_lhsyr | null | t1_c2swy2g | t1_c2swldu | null | 1427756389 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | tjdziuba | null | > Formally, by the way, a type constructor C is covariant if, when a is a subtype of b, C a is a subtype of C b.
Great. How am I now a better person for knowing that? (Besides being smug on Reddit against people who are getting it done, that is) | null | 0 | 1319082475 | False | 0 | c2swy3r | t3_lhsyr | null | t1_c2swy3r | t1_c2swsl9 | null | 1427756390 | -11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jerf | null | I told you. If you understand it, you don't write the bug. If you don't understand it, you do, then you may or may not fix it later. It's better to not write bugs than to write bugs. It's especially better not to build architectures based on such stupid and easy-to-avoid mistakes. Or do you _really_ need a made up fake... | null | 0 | 1319082552 | True | 0 | c2swyhw | t3_lhsyr | null | t1_c2swyhw | t1_c2swxi4 | null | 1427756395 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kamatsu | null | So you'll know what the fuck is going on when you try to assign an integer to an array of objects and get a runtime error, even though integers are a subtype of objects. | null | 0 | 1319082927 | False | 0 | c2sx0ir | t3_lhsyr | null | t1_c2sx0ir | t1_c2swy3r | null | 1427756422 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | this is exactly what i was looking for, now how do i stop reformatting a hard disc | null | 0 | 1319083061 | False | 0 | c2sx17v | t3_lgwpf | null | t1_c2sx17v | t1_c2snzw6 | null | 1427756437 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | You asked a question (due to genuine ignorance), and then called the responder (not the response) bullshit. There is no attempt at discussion, you're simply a troll | null | 0 | 1319083068 | False | 0 | c2sx19c | t3_lhsyr | null | t1_c2sx19c | t1_c2sw52h | null | 1427756437 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | If you go into the larger flash version, try clicking and pulling the source into the corner by dragging your mouse out of the box. It added a lot of scattering off of the corner point, and if you fill it to the fight amount you can get what looks like one of those destructive states, but it bounces around, and eventua... | null | 0 | 1319083114 | True | 0 | c2sx1i7 | t3_lhgp5 | null | t1_c2sx1i7 | t1_c2ssds8 | null | 1427756434 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | zhivago | null | You claimed that it is a pointer.
You then observed that you might think that you can do pointery things to it.
You then note that you can't.
So, you'd be the one being surprised. | null | 0 | 1319083299 | False | 0 | c2sx2ig | t3_lgfp0 | null | t1_c2sx2ig | t1_c2sw3cw | null | 1427756447 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ghthor | null | So if adobe open sourced the flash player + plugin, people would start liking flash? | null | 0 | 1319083313 | False | 0 | c2sx2lc | t3_lhgp5 | null | t1_c2sx2lc | t1_c2swhzz | null | 1427756448 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Maristic | null | > There is no NULL array type. That doesn't even make sense.
I'm talking about a NULL array pointer, which should be obvious from the context. You rarely see people hand-write them, but it looks like this:
int (*foo)[10] = NULL;
| null | 0 | 1319083422 | False | 0 | c2sx367 | t3_lgfp0 | null | t1_c2sx367 | t1_c2svt4i | null | 1427756455 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | morninj | null | Has there been any research on this kind of mirroring in contexts beyond software? I'm thinking activism, for instance. Activists organizations often try to inspire movements for social change. Does the shape of the movement mirror the shape of the organization? | null | 0 | 1319083868 | False | 0 | c2sx5gl | t3_lhnp5 | null | t1_c2sx5gl | t3_lhnp5 | null | 1427756484 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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