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True | xiongchiamiov | null | `curl http://somewebsite | grep magictoken || echo "still not there" | mail me@bashrules.com` | null | 0 | 1319650725 | False | 0 | c2unai7 | t3_lobf3 | null | t1_c2unai7 | t1_c2ullli | null | 1427786507 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mr_chromatic | null | If you're already familiar with very basic programming experience such as variables, conditionals, and basic looping constructs, you should be fine. | null | 0 | 1319650738 | False | 0 | c2unakj | t3_lpmaq | null | t1_c2unakj | t1_c2umbqm | null | 1427786508 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | nascent | null | > For example, in Qt, the "ownership" pattern is used, so no reference counting is required for resource management.
If you didn't count a reference then no reference counting was used. Or did I miss the meaning?
> Your limited knowledge about how C++ is used doesn't mean I am incorrect.
I didn't say you were ... | null | 0 | 1319650744 | False | 0 | c2unalm | t3_kljc0 | null | t1_c2unalm | t1_c2umgu5 | null | 1427786508 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | derefr | null | > 1.8.x could live well without it
Self-selection bias. The people that did need encoding support (e.g. those who write census software for India) just didn't bother learning Ruby (or Perl, I guess), since it couldn't do what they needed it to do. Thus, they weren't a part of the community, and their voices were ne... | null | 0 | 1319650818 | False | 0 | c2unb0l | t3_lpmaq | null | t1_c2unb0l | t1_c2um7yg | null | 1427786515 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mr_chromatic | null | > This doesn't look so different to the Perl I was writing 10 years ago.
Good!
> To me it's sort of like the programming language equivalent of the No True Scotsman Fallacy.
You can take that criticism too far. Writing PHP with `register_globals` on will get you into a world of trouble. Try defending that in 2... | null | 0 | 1319650824 | False | 0 | c2unb1q | t3_lpmaq | null | t1_c2unb1q | t1_c2ulxct | null | 1427786515 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | zombieChan | null | Best web comic ever | null | 0 | 1319650973 | False | 0 | c2unbwx | t3_lpx1r | null | t1_c2unbwx | t3_lpx1r | null | 1427786530 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mr_chromatic | null | > I see no benefits that you can't have better and more in some more modern language.
First you have to define what "modern" is, then what "better" and "more" are.
Then feel free to replicate CPAN, CPANTS, the CPAN testers service, the CPAN RT, the CPAN/bleadperl smoketesting service, and now the monthly/yearly re... | null | 0 | 1319650986 | False | 0 | c2unbzl | t3_lpmaq | null | t1_c2unbzl | t1_c2umvln | null | 1427786532 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | lolrddt | null | I don't know, general programming for your own use? People who create keygens/patches, hacks for videogames, malware... always have my geek respect for snooping around where they aren't supposed to and finding ways around security. I know, very kiddish. | null | 0 | 1319650996 | False | 0 | c2unc1r | t3_lpmaq | null | t1_c2unc1r | t1_c2umjub | null | 1427786532 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | quotability | null | I think part of the problem is that a lot of programmers, like myself, will lookup code examples to learn how to program, and when you try that with perl it is confusing because it is so flexible.
Also, dude seems to have a superiority complex. | null | 0 | 1319651025 | False | 0 | c2unc7x | t3_lpmaq | null | t1_c2unc7x | t1_c2umjon | null | 1427786533 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | gnuvince | null | > There is nothing that cannot be done in software.
Really? I guess Alan Turing was wrong then. | null | 0 | 1319651038 | False | 0 | c2uncac | t3_lpod6 | null | t1_c2uncac | t3_lpod6 | null | 1427786535 | 22 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | xiongchiamiov | null | If you meant it humorously, then my apologies; it didn't appear to be, and I feel it's my righteous duty to correct wrongs on the internet. Y'know.
BTW, "xiaongchiamiov" is neither my real name nor my psuedonym. ;) | null | 0 | 1319651051 | False | 0 | c2uncdi | t3_loy44 | null | t1_c2uncdi | t1_c2ulltu | null | 1427786534 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | digitumn | null | oh the memories. i remember being so impressed | null | 0 | 1319651085 | False | 0 | c2uncl0 | t3_lp3rw | null | t1_c2uncl0 | t3_lp3rw | null | 1427786537 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | tau-lepton | null | I always have a caching layer, e.g. Memcached. Queries can be slow too. An application shouldn't depend on the responsiveness of the model. | null | 0 | 1319651189 | False | 0 | c2und6b | t3_lovjq | null | t1_c2und6b | t1_c2umpn5 | null | 1427786542 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | IReadTheInternet | null | C is a great language in its own right, and will likely never be fully replaced by anything.
Every language has strengths and weaknesses. C is positioned right above assembly language, in simplicity (the code maps pretty cleanly down one layer of abstraction to assembly / machine code), complexity (you have to manage ... | null | 0 | 1319651197 | False | 0 | c2und7z | t3_lpmaq | null | t1_c2und7z | t1_c2um394 | null | 1427786542 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | quotability | null | The Python tutorial was written by Guido van Rossum (the creator of the language itself).
>All of these tutorials are not written by experts, and just by random people that felt like it and may or may not have had legitimate experience in the subject.
False. | null | 0 | 1319651287 | False | 0 | c2undr3 | t3_lpmaq | null | t1_c2undr3 | t1_c2um4dj | null | 1427786549 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mostly_kittens | null | That's not an excuse, you are basically admitting that the community that builds the Perl language does consider the usability of the language to be important. This contempt for users permeates throughout the language and it's libraries.
I used to think Perl was the best language ever when I first started using it in ... | null | 0 | 1319651290 | False | 0 | c2undrr | t3_lpmaq | null | t1_c2undrr | t1_c2umao3 | null | 1427786549 | -5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ISV_Damocles | null | Modified to use the mouse coordinates to adjust "zoom" (Y axis) and theta (X axis). You can make "lines", "squares", "circles" and elements in between of various sizes.
#ifdef GL_ES
precision highp float;
#endif
uniform float time;
uniform vec2 resolution;
uniform vec4 mouse;
uniform s... | null | 0 | 1319651325 | False | 0 | c2undz4 | t3_losip | null | t1_c2undz4 | t1_c2ug5fr | null | 1427786552 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mipadi | null | HA! Who are you kidding? If you're comparing a guy who ran a personal electronics company to a brutal dictator, you're judging purely based on emotion. | null | 0 | 1319651330 | False | 0 | c2undzy | t3_lnhkh | null | t1_c2undzy | t1_c2ulp8t | null | 1427786552 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mr_mumbles | null | > Claims to be cross-editor
> Only supports the three primitive unix editors | null | 0 | 1319651482 | False | 0 | c2unevx | t3_lpw70 | null | t1_c2unevx | t3_lpw70 | null | 1427786566 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | sztomi | null | C still kicks ass, there is no reason to switch. A good C hacker is invaluable in the embedded world.
If one wants to work in the desktop or mobile client segment (with that background), the most obvious choices are Objective-C and C++. Objective-C is a proper superset of C (if I'm correct) while C++ is a (very) C-fl... | null | 0 | 1319651485 | False | 0 | c2unewg | t3_lpmaq | null | t1_c2unewg | t1_c2um394 | null | 1427786566 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Christopher_Wood | null | I can never remember which one is which when I index, so I tend to use hashes. I also don't use an initial hash reference unless I really have to. Both are personal habits.
#!/usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;
use Data::Dumper;
my %vitals = (
"john" => { "age" => 47, "... | null | 0 | 1319651540 | False | 0 | c2unf8d | t3_lpmaq | null | t1_c2unf8d | t1_c2ulexg | null | 1427786569 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | DoesntSmellRight | null | Bash has the same problem. Tutorials and guides generally suck, and the ones you find (first) with google contains parts that are just plain wrong. | null | 0 | 1319651585 | False | 0 | c2unfhe | t3_lpmaq | null | t1_c2unfhe | t3_lpmaq | null | 1427786573 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | naasking | null | Reference counting is GC. | null | 0 | 1319651605 | False | 0 | c2unflt | t3_lpicx | null | t1_c2unflt | t1_c2ukisk | null | 1427786574 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | My point is that XML isn't /really/ a format in itself. It describes nothing until you define an additional set of rules on top of it. Therefore, it usually makes sense to define it as, say, SVG, or XHTML, or a XACML policy, or whatever else, and open it with an application designed to open it. Editing/viewing straight... | null | 0 | 1319651739 | False | 0 | c2ungb0 | t3_lo9p9 | null | t1_c2ungb0 | t1_c2umc9p | null | 1427786584 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | myfreeweb | null | cross-editor == more than one editor != all editors.
Any others supporting the TextMate-like format? | null | 0 | 1319651740 | False | 0 | c2ungb4 | t3_lpw70 | null | t1_c2ungb4 | t1_c2unevx | null | 1427786584 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | naasking | null | > freeing huge quantities of heap in one fell sweep should be faster than constantly doing it left and right.
Sometimes. Scanning does incur page faults and numerous cache misses, where the cache line will likely already hold the object being deleted when manually freeing it. I think the only way automatic memory m... | null | 0 | 1319651778 | False | 0 | c2ungii | t3_lpicx | null | t1_c2ungii | t1_c2ukxsr | null | 1427786587 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | skidooer | null | It's not about responsiveness, it is about asynchronicity.
Even Memcache cannot return results fast enough for my earlier example to work. For all intents and purposes, the second line will be called immediately following the first, long before any resources can be initialized, let alone having results returned.
So w... | null | 0 | 1319651796 | True | 0 | c2ungm7 | t3_lovjq | null | t1_c2ungm7 | t1_c2und6b | null | 1427786589 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mithaldu | null | Man, you sure know how to step into a discussion evenhandedly and with an open mind. | null | 0 | 1319651829 | False | 0 | c2ungte | t3_lpmaq | null | t1_c2ungte | t1_c2undrr | null | 1427786590 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | lungfish59 | null | I have a love-hate relationship with it. Fortunately, I had read the Llama book first. But many times it just seemed the code examples were just a way for the author(s) to show off. I'm the sort of person who needs a tiny working model to understand concepts. Pointlessly obscure, hyper-clever code fragments do not ... | null | 0 | 1319651984 | False | 0 | c2unhpv | t3_lpmaq | null | t1_c2unhpv | t1_c2ulfn6 | null | 1427786601 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1319652073 | False | 0 | c2uni79 | t3_lohrk | null | t1_c2uni79 | t1_c2ukra7 | null | 1427786608 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kryptkpr | null | Excellent alternate example!
I have a question though. You're removed the outer layer of references, but isn't $vitals{"john"} still itself a hash reference (since that's what {} returns?)
If so, shouldn't the accessor be $vitals{"john"}->{"eyecolour"} ?
I tried it out, and it turns out both $vitals{"john"}->... | null | 0 | 1319652099 | False | 0 | c2unice | t3_lpmaq | null | t1_c2unice | t1_c2unf8d | null | 1427786610 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | I still have mine. It's the only piece of hardware I kept from my DOS days. | null | 0 | 1319652151 | False | 0 | c2unin7 | t3_lp3rw | null | t1_c2unin7 | t1_c2ujyn1 | null | 1427786614 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | fekberg | null | Did you read the article? | null | 0 | 1319652256 | False | 0 | c2unj8o | t3_lpe0w | null | t1_c2unj8o | t1_c2umkd3 | null | 1427786621 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | elder_george | null | You can use `as` on windows or you can use `nasm` and `fasm` (which use Intel syntax, similar to MASM) on Linux.
Anyway, translation between AT&T and Intel syntaxes is pretty straightforward. | null | 0 | 1319652275 | False | 0 | c2unjcj | t3_lpuyx | null | t1_c2unjcj | t1_c2un7er | null | 1427786623 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | doomchild | null | I don't usually need code samples to learn how to program, since that's why I went to college, wrote all those little side projects, etc. What I *do* need code samples for is to learn how to program in a particular language. I need to see what the "normal" way to do things in a given language actually is. And when y... | null | 0 | 1319652298 | False | 0 | c2unjh7 | t3_lpmaq | null | t1_c2unjh7 | t1_c2unc7x | null | 1427786624 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | > I would want to know that a text file is CSV so I can open it in the right program.
You don't want to be editing data files with a generic spreadsheet app. You want to be editing them with a small app designed for the task of editing whatever specific file type you're editing, taking care of validation for you, e... | null | 0 | 1319652308 | False | 0 | c2unjj0 | t3_lo9p9 | null | t1_c2unjj0 | t1_c2ulp43 | null | 1427786626 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | nyxerebos | null | My thinking too, particularly for things like array bounds, lengths of strings, etc, defining an int or a long as the cardinality of something else, and not allowing one to change without the other. I'm a little wary though that the compiler might shuffle things around while doing optimizations, removing any guarantee... | null | 0 | 1319652692 | True | 0 | c2unlq5 | t3_lol4l | null | t1_c2unlq5 | t1_c2uk65v | null | 1427786654 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | lynxbat | null | Disclaimer: This guy works in the same org I do (yeah so I am biased)
And while you do have valid points(outside of the angry programmer hyperbole) - You have no idea what this guy has done/written and are talking out your ass calling him an "architecture astronaut". | null | 0 | 1319652700 | False | 0 | c2unls6 | t3_lpod6 | null | t1_c2unls6 | t1_c2umof4 | null | 1427786656 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | woodyallin | null | IDK I'm an undergrad I usually just parse through nucleic acid sequences.
One thing you could do is lay off the stinky grass, cannabist
*smoke trees everyday* and then write code | null | 0 | 1319652768 | False | 0 | c2unm65 | t3_lpmaq | null | t1_c2unm65 | t1_c2umewz | null | 1427786659 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | F4il3d | null | Again you are selectively reading my posts. I never directly compared Jobs to Gaddafi. I said that I would add him to the same set as Gaddafi, and not to the set containing the other two individuals. I never said Jobs murdered his own people, fostered terrorism, cheated on his taxes, etc, etc, yet you and those shari... | null | 0 | 1319652768 | False | 0 | c2unm66 | t3_lnhkh | null | t1_c2unm66 | t1_c2undzy | null | 1427786659 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | elder_george | null | *re-reading article*
d'oh.
Sorry. | null | 0 | 1319652772 | False | 0 | c2unm71 | t3_lpe0w | null | t1_c2unm71 | t1_c2unj8o | null | 1427786660 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | campbellm | null | His name is David Van Brackle. Do a google search for "vanb" if you're interested in any his work. His partner in crime is/was Mark Schnitzius (I'm sure I misspelled that), and they collaborated on a few things. | null | 0 | 1319652786 | False | 0 | c2unm9o | t3_lp89n | null | t1_c2unm9o | t1_c2ulond | null | 1427786660 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | heywhatwhat | null | if you don't know it exists, then yes.
FWIW, I introduced myself to perl by googling "learn perl" about a year ago. This is the first I've heard of this resource. Maybe I'm an idiot, though? | null | 0 | 1319652801 | False | 0 | c2unmcn | t3_lpmaq | null | t1_c2unmcn | t1_c2umd8i | null | 1427786662 | 15 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cogman10 | null | Yeah, Ruby's multiple inheritance is quite dismal (no language is perfect). Other than that, it is quite delightful to work with.
IDK, I wouldn't necessarily call Moose better. It is different (for example, moose doesn't really support private/protected methods). | null | 0 | 1319652844 | False | 0 | c2unmk9 | t3_lnevu | null | t1_c2unmk9 | t1_c2un5er | null | 1427786664 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | tora22 | null | That's meaningless. You're using perl to run shell. Write the intent of the above in native perl / python in one line. You can't. | null | 0 | 1319652895 | False | 0 | c2unmug | t3_lobf3 | null | t1_c2unmug | t1_c2unai7 | null | 1427786669 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | And this, Grasshopper, is one of the many reasons that Python has eclipsed perl as a general purpose programming language.
I've written in both (as well as many assemblers, FORTRAN, C, BASIC, LISP, Eiffel ... blah, blah, blah). To my mind, Python strikes the perfect balance between expressiveness, portability, mainta... | null | 0 | 1319652983 | False | 0 | c2unnd1 | t3_lpmaq | null | t1_c2unnd1 | t3_lpmaq | null | 1427786675 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | lungfish59 | null | I laughed until it hurt. | null | 0 | 1319653114 | False | 0 | c2uno4y | t3_lpmaq | null | t1_c2uno4y | t1_c2umhoq | null | 1428185557 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | This is why I think we need an explicit tail call keyword. | null | 0 | 1319653128 | False | 0 | c2uno89 | t3_lplfl | null | t1_c2uno89 | t1_c2ulcis | null | 1427786693 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | DontCriticizeMyEngli | null | You're describing a simple twitter-like website if you will, or a CRUD app. Not all projects are like that, i.e. a revolutionary web 2.0 app around the concept of a bunch users and a textbox. There are *poor* developers out there who work on apps with complex business logic that *generally* do useful stuff for its user... | null | 0 | 1319653200 | True | 0 | c2unong | t3_lovjq | null | t1_c2unong | t1_c2uim0p | null | 1427786697 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | BrentNewbury | null | I don't touch other's code unless fixing an issue, adding new features, or refactoring code. I generally like to keep their formatting intact. | null | 0 | 1319653263 | False | 0 | c2unp0l | t3_lorvb | null | t1_c2unp0l | t1_c2uh78b | null | 1427786700 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | And if I create a new file type my custom heuristic would have to be registered with the OS?
This plan is simply unworkable. | null | 0 | 1319653297 | False | 0 | c2unp7e | t3_lo9p9 | null | t1_c2unp7e | t1_c2ungb0 | null | 1427786705 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | lungfish59 | null | Powershell makes you miss VBScript. | null | 0 | 1319653331 | False | 0 | c2unpe7 | t3_lpmaq | null | t1_c2unpe7 | t1_c2umguo | null | 1427786707 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | pnpbios | null | You're right, I am just talking out my ass. I probably would have a different opinion on him if I knew him personally like you do.
But I don't, and I don't really care that you do.
I've worked under people from both ends of the spectrum, and it really is better to just keep your head in the trenches and let your mana... | null | 0 | 1319653474 | False | 0 | c2unqar | t3_lpod6 | null | t1_c2unqar | t1_c2unls6 | null | 1427786714 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | You better start taking a closer look a the code samples and comments in the PHP docs. There is a heap of shit there and you'd never know it if you're a new programmer | null | 0 | 1319653477 | False | 0 | c2unqbc | t3_lpmaq | null | t1_c2unqbc | t1_c2ulb7r | null | 1427786714 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | techzoid | null | I'd react more favorably to this petition if it had been properly proofread. Its grammar and spelling are faulty, which strikes me as important when attempting to convince other people to do something they are reluctant to do.
Examples: "therefor patentable" in the first sentence should be "therefore unpatentable", "... | null | 0 | 1319653531 | False | 0 | c2unqn9 | t3_lpxv1 | null | t1_c2unqn9 | t3_lpxv1 | null | 1427786717 | 30 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | anarchotroll | null | I couldnt care less who made it first. I was just mentioning thats a feature I find interesting.
Arguing over which programming languages to praise doesnt make any sense whatsoever.
Programming languages arent religions. Get over it. | null | 0 | 1319653579 | False | 0 | c2unqy8 | t3_lol4l | null | t1_c2unqy8 | t1_c2uk4kf | null | 1427786721 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | doomchild | null | Then I have done my job, even though the metaphor, now that I look at it, is completely incomprehensible. | null | 0 | 1319653585 | False | 0 | c2unqzw | t3_lpmaq | null | t1_c2unqzw | t1_c2uno4y | null | 1427786722 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Should you not just need the docs rather than a tutorial if you know another language? | null | 0 | 1319653608 | False | 0 | c2unr4l | t3_lpmaq | null | t1_c2unr4l | t1_c2um2r7 | null | 1427786724 | -2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dagbrown | null | At some point, someone seems to have gotten (a) a bunch of undergrads with Bright Ideas!, and (b) a bunch of Italian bureaucrats started on C++. The result is sort of spectacular, in the same way that the Great Crush Collision was. | null | 0 | 1319653656 | False | 0 | c2unrej | t3_lpmaq | null | t1_c2unrej | t1_c2un8z1 | null | 1427786728 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | derioderio | null | I can agree that this doesn't belong in /r/programming subreddit. | null | 0 | 1319653696 | False | 0 | c2unrnp | t3_lpxv1 | null | t1_c2unrnp | t3_lpxv1 | null | 1427786731 | -5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Terr_ | null | > I'm hating what was in fashion a decade ago.
This kind of thing applies for PHP(5+) programmers too. | null | 0 | 1319653730 | False | 0 | c2unrul | t3_lpmaq | null | t1_c2unrul | t1_c2ul9p7 | null | 1427786734 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ForgettableUsername | null | Psh, that was almost a week ago. I don't want to rely on old information from days and days ago. | null | 0 | 1319653743 | False | 0 | c2unrx9 | t3_lpmaq | null | t1_c2unrx9 | t1_c2ulb7r | null | 1427786736 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mostly_kittens | null | Just because I don't agree with you doesn't make me closed minded. I've been writing real programs in Perl on and off for > 15 years. You can be assured my dislike of Perl is the result of experience, this isn't some 'my language is better than yours' pissing contest, I don't really care what language you choose to ... | null | 0 | 1319653764 | False | 0 | c2uns29 | t3_lpmaq | null | t1_c2uns29 | t1_c2ungte | null | 1427786737 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mithaldu | null | As i said elsewhere: I know PHP is terrible and their docs aren't very good. But they're in a good situation to **change** that. The Perl results mostly aren't even controlled by perl-related people and some of them look like pure copy-paste spam. | null | 0 | 1319653766 | False | 0 | c2uns2o | t3_lpmaq | null | t1_c2uns2o | t1_c2unqbc | null | 1427786737 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | lbft | null | In PHP you don't need the eval, ["variable variables" are a language feature](http://php.net/manual/en/language.variables.variable.php) (no, really). | null | 0 | 1319653782 | False | 0 | c2uns5n | t3_lpmaq | null | t1_c2uns5n | t1_c2ultph | null | 1427786738 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | troyanonymous1 | null | This looks [bizarrely familiar](http://www.muppetlabs.com/~breadbox/software/tiny/teensy.html) | null | 0 | 1319653789 | False | 0 | c2uns74 | t3_lpuyx | null | t1_c2uns74 | t3_lpuyx | null | 1427786738 | 21 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dagbrown | null | Perl has official man pages, by the same token - perldoc. | null | 0 | 1319653789 | False | 0 | c2uns79 | t3_lpmaq | null | t1_c2uns79 | t1_c2um2to | null | 1427786738 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Terr_ | null | Yeah, we don't need you and your descriptive class-names with good IDE integration! | null | 0 | 1319653903 | False | 0 | c2unsw9 | t3_lpmaq | null | t1_c2unsw9 | t1_c2un0ka | null | 1427786750 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1319653911 | False | 0 | c2unsyk | t3_lol4l | null | t1_c2unsyk | t1_c2uko07 | null | 1427786748 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Terr_ | null | "What? You can use `man` for more than commands?" | null | 0 | 1319653949 | False | 0 | c2unt70 | t3_lpmaq | null | t1_c2unt70 | t1_c2umd8i | null | 1427786751 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mithaldu | null | > Just because I don't agree with you doesn't make me closed minded.
Correct.
Making amazingly sweeping and insulting claims however does mean that. It is extremely obvious from your post that you don't have any interest in even considering a change of opinion and perspective, making it entirely unnecessary for me... | null | 0 | 1319654016 | False | 0 | c2untlm | t3_lpmaq | null | t1_c2untlm | t1_c2uns29 | null | 1427786758 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | gregK | null | That is a very easy list to make but incredibly hard to implement in a large organization. | null | 0 | 1319654051 | False | 0 | c2untt2 | t3_lpod6 | null | t1_c2untt2 | t3_lpod6 | null | 1427786760 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dagbrown | null | Encoding is basically an artifact of an earlier era, before there was such a thing as "Unicode", where every locality had their own way of encoding the local language as computer-readable code.
Why are you still using Ruby 1.8 anyway? That's like those people who insist on still using Perl 5.8, even though the curren... | null | 0 | 1319654137 | False | 0 | c2unucf | t3_lpmaq | null | t1_c2unucf | t1_c2um7yg | null | 1427786766 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | campbellm | null | I'm wondering how many people had to go look that one up ;-) | null | 0 | 1319654144 | False | 0 | c2unue7 | t3_lou9e | null | t1_c2unue7 | t1_c2uetwb | null | 1427786768 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | lluad | null | If your first and last attempt to find documentation for a software package is via google, without considering the documentation that comes with the software package then... there's room for improvement in your study approach, yeah.
On unix systems, "man perl" will point you at perlintro - and if you're using a unix s... | null | 0 | 1319654162 | False | 0 | c2unuie | t3_lpmaq | null | t1_c2unuie | t1_c2unmcn | null | 1427786768 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1319654199 | False | 0 | c2unuql | t3_lpod6 | null | t1_c2unuql | t1_c2umof4 | null | 1427786772 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | 0xABADC0DA | null | > We see all too many posts like this on Reddit - "I don't use X very much, but I have a radical perspective on it."
We also have too many long-winded posts that aren't on topic. Scoped pointers are easier and safer than 'goto cleanup'. Whoop-de-do.
Do you have a comment on what the original poster said about re... | null | 0 | 1319654211 | False | 0 | c2unutx | t3_lpicx | null | t1_c2unutx | t1_c2umge7 | null | 1427786772 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | x86_64Ubuntu | null | You kind of pointed out counter examples to his post. While your examples aren't wrong, it is tantamount to me saying "A gunshot to the head is fatal" and then you go and find someone in a wheelchair who survived a gunshot. Of course the person is still alive and is a counterexample, but no one would feel any better ... | null | 0 | 1319654228 | False | 0 | c2unuxy | t3_lpod6 | null | t1_c2unuxy | t1_c2umof4 | null | 1427786774 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Taladar | null | > they prefer B&D languages like python
Funny, i always considered Python to be way too permissive for any larger projects, no static type system, not even a simple syntax checker to catch stuff like typos in variable names,... | null | 0 | 1319654248 | False | 0 | c2unv2n | t3_lpmaq | null | t1_c2unv2n | t1_c2uly4a | null | 1427786776 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | PstScrpt | null | Perfectionism and not paying enough attention to business requirements due to being distracted by technical details is not the same thing as being an architecture astronaut. Sometimes when you do that, it's to remove complexity.
I once spent a day changing an existing process (although we did have a new version comin... | null | 0 | 1319654258 | False | 0 | c2unv4w | t3_lpod6 | null | t1_c2unv4w | t1_c2unqar | null | 1427786776 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | int0x13 | null | >Perl started in a time when newsgroups were a thing.
This makes the lack of an easily digestible tutorial even more egregious in my mind. | null | 0 | 1319654275 | False | 0 | c2unv86 | t3_lpmaq | null | t1_c2unv86 | t1_c2un2ff | null | 1427786778 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | doomchild | null | You *do* realize we can build our stuff on the command line as well, right? Hell, our build server does it all through cmd scripts and a little sprinkling of VBScript.
The reason I use an IDE most of the time is that it's just easier. I'm fully capable of doing it the long way, but why should I? | null | 0 | 1319654343 | False | 0 | c2unvma | t3_lpmaq | null | t1_c2unvma | t1_c2umuvy | null | 1427786783 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mithaldu | null | Well, there obviously were neat tutorials back then. The leeds thing google throws up and that i mentioned in my blog post was probably *amazing* in 1990. It just isn't anymore. | null | 0 | 1319654383 | False | 0 | c2unvuh | t3_lpmaq | null | t1_c2unvuh | t1_c2unv86 | null | 1427786786 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | temporary_account_90 | null | Do you know COBOL ? | null | 0 | 1319654406 | False | 0 | c2unvyt | t3_lpmaq | null | t1_c2unvyt | t1_c2ulxgg | null | 1427786787 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | doomchild | null | An excellent point. When I'm curious about something in Python, I hit the Python website. When I can't remember something in C#, I hit MSDN. But Perl doesn't seem to have that, which is definitely a Bad Thing. I had similar troubles trying to find good PHP documentation. | null | 0 | 1319654418 | False | 0 | c2unw1j | t3_lpmaq | null | t1_c2unw1j | t1_c2umb2y | null | 1427786789 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | x86_64Ubuntu | null | >...I almost got fired for writing a design doc that our team could use to negotiate with the hellions from marketing.
Huh, why would they... ?
>...I got reprimanded for running a security sweep on one of our outside facing sites, because it turned out that some moron was using email as a data store.
What ... ... | null | 0 | 1319654450 | False | 0 | c2unw9p | t3_lpod6 | null | t1_c2unw9p | t1_c2unqar | null | 1427786791 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mithaldu | null | Wait. Python does not have a syntax check?
I rely on Perl's syntax check to catch my mistakes so heavily that my editor automatically runs it like a spell checker on everything i type. | null | 0 | 1319654451 | False | 0 | c2unwa1 | t3_lpmaq | null | t1_c2unwa1 | t1_c2unv2n | null | 1427786791 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | int0x13 | null | Absolutely, I just can't understand why the community hasn't updated or created a new beginner's guide as a group.
| null | 0 | 1319654501 | False | 0 | c2unwla | t3_lpmaq | null | t1_c2unwla | t1_c2unvuh | null | 1427786796 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | pnpbios | null | That's reducing complexity, which is a good thing. Somebody probably did the message queuing thing because they saw an article on it and thought it would be fun to try. | null | 0 | 1319654501 | False | 0 | c2unwlb | t3_lpod6 | null | t1_c2unwlb | t1_c2unv4w | null | 1427786796 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | x86_64Ubuntu | null | >...Anyone have any tips or cites for that? I suspect this is still just something that needs to come from experienced developer intuition.
I'm kind of getting that. At first, I over architected the db, mind you, I'm nothing like a DBA but I normalized the DB to handle temporal changes and all that good stuff. Bu... | null | 0 | 1319654616 | False | 0 | c2unxc9 | t3_lpod6 | null | t1_c2unxc9 | t1_c2ulp86 | null | 1427786806 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | doclight | null | I am by no means a Windows apologist, but I thought the blog entry was interesting. I'm not entirely clear on the benefits of using RIO over standard IOCP though. I'd be curious to know what kind of applications are leveraging these APIs. | null | 0 | 1319654624 | False | 0 | c2unxe8 | t3_lpi78 | null | t1_c2unxe8 | t1_c2uki3j | null | 1427786812 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | pnpbios | null | I suppose I could have quoted his responses directly instead of what he was responding to. it would have made for a more coherent but longer read.
To me it feels more like he was saying, I have a cape, I can fly!
and my response is: only if you are superman. | null | 0 | 1319654632 | False | 0 | c2unxfy | t3_lpod6 | null | t1_c2unxfy | t1_c2unuxy | null | 1427786812 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | redjamjar | null | Hey,
Well, maybe we can permit destructuring in case statements!
D | null | 0 | 1319654642 | False | 0 | c2unxif | t3_lou9e | null | t1_c2unxif | t1_c2uiuwb | null | 1427786808 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | No, you don't put that in the controller. The bulk of that logic we call "business rules" belong in the models themselves. Once you do that then you can easily test it without getting the web framework involved.
So your controller may be slightly more complex...
Load(configData)
Load(userData)
Validate(r... | null | 0 | 1319654675 | False | 0 | c2unxpv | t3_lovjq | null | t1_c2unxpv | t1_c2unong | null | 1428185555 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | meltman | null | Pew pew pew! | null | 0 | 1319654729 | False | 0 | c2uny15 | t3_lpjq8 | null | t1_c2uny15 | t3_lpjq8 | null | 1427786815 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | x86_64Ubuntu | null | This guy has a lot of good points. Especially ones concerning technical debt and architectural changes. Right now I am at a point where half of the software package I created was made with the "get it out the door" mentality, the other half was created with "how can I make this readable 3-6 months down the line using... | null | 0 | 1319654853 | False | 0 | c2unyuc | t3_lpod6 | null | t1_c2unyuc | t3_lpod6 | null | 1427786829 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | necrobamacon | null | There must be a thousand blog posts that express this exact sentiment but most do a much better job. This guy sounds like a total noob bitching about something he doesn't understand. SOAP and the canonical model can and do work well if implemented properly. If you think SOAP is too complicated you should probably stick... | null | 0 | 1319654914 | False | 0 | c2unz7j | t3_lowx8 | null | t1_c2unz7j | t3_lowx8 | null | 1427786830 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mithaldu | null | As i said elsewhere: They have. Various books have been written that are excellent introductions and even cover current perl development. The problem with that though is that publishing houses do not like online copies of books they sell. | null | 0 | 1319654936 | False | 0 | c2unzbz | t3_lpmaq | null | t1_c2unzbz | t1_c2unwla | null | 1427786832 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | pnpbios | null | You're right, that was environmental. I'm a contractor now, and I'm hoping to go full time at the site I'm at now, because engineering firms fucking rock.
I should write a blog post on how to survive a programming job at a shitty work site, but then I'm sure somebody would but my balls like I did in my original retort... | null | 0 | 1319654944 | False | 0 | c2unze3 | t3_lpod6 | null | t1_c2unze3 | t1_c2unw9p | null | 1427786833 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | bennymack | null | Lets chat about Feersum for a minute, since you brought it up.
It is pretty vertically fast, but the last time I tried it, it was single process only. And as such, it suffered from the same Fibonacci issue as Node.js. Which isn't necessarily a problem if the code doesn't block anywhere. But what about utilizing multip... | null | 0 | 1319655005 | False | 0 | c2unzrm | t3_lpwzq | null | t1_c2unzrm | t3_lpwzq | null | 1427786837 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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