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null | [deleted] | null | I, being a long-term Emacs user, never understood why Notepad uses arrow keys for navigation, Ctrl+S to save, Ctrl+O to open, etc. | null | 0 | 1141455108 | False | 0 | c2pkt | t3_2o8h | null | null | t1_c2pk6 | null | 1473821873 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | gautamsarora | null | "Ruby is becoming popular fast simply because of RoR"
Not many had heard or wanted to try out Ruby until the buzz spread about RoR.
When I was looking for a new language to learn, i chose Python(for obvious reasons!) and the others around me chose Ruby, just because of RoR.
They might not ever do some RoR them... | null | 0 | 1141469809 | False | 0 | c2poz | t3_2o90 | null | null | t1_c2oos | null | 1473821876 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1141477280 | False | 0 | c2prw | t3_2ppn | null | null | t3_2ppn | null | 1473821877 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | mjd | null | This would be a lot more interesting if it were a genuinely unreadable captcha, instead of an obvious program error.
| null | 0 | 1141482855 | False | 0 | c2pu5 | t3_2ozx | null | null | t3_2ozx | null | 1473821879 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | scarfboy | null | I was including the noninteractive replaces in that count (and miscounted; changed my sentence), which admittedly are not directly important.
Huh, indeed. Still, I used emacs eight years without even knowing that - it seems that last one wasn't in my cheatsheets.
I learned about C-r yesterday, and just now figure... | null | 0 | 1141485103 | False | 0 | c2pv2 | t3_2o8h | null | null | t1_c2ozv | null | 1473821879 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | scarfboy | null | Because every other program in existance does all of that.
It's called usability: People new to programs, people not geeks, can use based on fair expectations without learning key shortcuts that will only ever apply to a single program. I still have little intuition about emacs; I guess and google. That's just not u... | null | 0 | 1141485590 | False | 0 | c2pv9 | t3_2o8h | null | null | t1_c2pkt | null | 1473821879 | -3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | [deleted] | null | My least favorite part of blogs:
# "The name field is required."
# "The e-mail field is required."
Why are these fields required? Well, Weblogs Inc blogs require e-mail verification, but otherwise there is *no reason at all*. Spam bots ignore these stupid restrictions, but humans just get annoyed! | null | 0 | 1141487368 | False | 0 | c2pwh | t3_2ozx | null | null | t1_c2ph1 | null | 1473821880 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Taladar | null | Just use the narrow functions (C-x n n for narrow to region, C-x n w to return to the previous scope) if you want to operate on part of your buffer only. | null | 0 | 1141490113 | False | 0 | c2pxv | t3_2o8h | null | null | t1_c2oxz | null | 1473821880 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Taladar | null | You forget that "every other program" probably invented their conventions a decade or two after emacs. Why should emacs users have to relearn everything? And most unix programs use Emacs keys anyway. I believe you are talking Windows and/or Mac here and the very recent trend to emulated their behaviour on Linux. | null | 0 | 1141490245 | False | 0 | c2pxx | t3_2o8h | null | null | t1_c2pv9 | null | 1473821880 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Taladar | null | Sure, he didn't find what he was looking for but you can't really blame that part on Open Source. The alternative, closed source, wouldn't make this part any easier, it would make it impossible. | null | 0 | 1141490943 | False | 0 | c2py5 | t3_2pnu | null | null | t3_2pnu | null | 1473821880 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Taladar | null | There is this free file-hosting service out there called rapidshare. They sometimes have CAPTCHAs that are barely readable without guessing as the middle of the three letters/numbers is sometimes completely hidden by the other two. Luckily I don't know many people using that service as it has some annoying restrictions... | null | 0 | 1141491435 | False | 0 | c2pyc | t3_2ozx | null | null | t1_c2pu5 | null | 1473821880 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Taladar | null | "R"? Isn't that some statistics programming language? Why should Python feel threatened by a Domain specific Language? | null | 0 | 1141491616 | False | 0 | c2pyj | t3_2o90 | null | null | t1_c2onx | null | 1473821880 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Taladar | null | Gentoo Portage is written in Python too (except for the ebuilds which are shell scripts for obvious reasons). | null | 0 | 1141491935 | False | 0 | c2pyl | t3_2o90 | null | null | t1_c2pfx | null | 1473821880 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | [deleted] | null | Ok, cool, Gentoo Portage is written about Python, but honestly, nobody but a very limited set of very smart people know or care about Gentoo's Portage system.
That's what PHP and now Rails are getting right. They are marketing to the little man, not the Linux programmers and the "I know 20 languages" guys. With Rail... | null | 0 | 1141497489 | False | 0 | c2q0q | t3_2o90 | null | null | t1_c2pyl | null | 1473821881 | -4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | llama-lime | null | transient-mark-mode can be helpful in this case, and in addition it highlights the selection. | null | 0 | 1141510650 | False | 0 | c2q7w | t3_2o8h | null | null | t1_c2pxv | null | 1473821885 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | hblok | null | Ah, how about putting them in for the Reddit articles? You can then get a glimse of how the link is rated up and down: http://sparkline.org/images/ORCL3a.png | null | 0 | 1141511116 | False | 0 | c2q89 | t3_2pqb | null | null | t3_2pqb | null | 1473821885 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | johnmudd | null | OMG, how did I miss this? I feel like I finally walked through the door to my home after a long unpleasant trip. Thanks!
Next... Dangers of XML. Or is that too obvious? | null | 0 | 1141513886 | False | 0 | c2q9r | t3_2jny | null | null | t3_2jny | null | 1473821885 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1141517465 | False | 0 | c2qce | t3_2o90 | null | null | t3_2o90 | null | 1473821887 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | BioGeek | null | source: http://hetland.org/coding/ | null | 0 | 1141522751 | False | 0 | c2qf5 | t3_2qf3 | null | null | t3_2qf3 | null | 1473821888 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | [deleted] | null | Thank you. I cannot stand sitting down and reading anything of length on the Internet. I'd much rather prefer it in book format. | null | 1 | 1141533385 | False | 0 | c2qj2 | t3_2m1q | null | null | t1_c2npx | null | 1473821891 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | [deleted] | null | To be fair, they did make nearly $40,000 in less than a day.
> We've sold more than 1,750 copies since yesterday... | null | 1 | 1141533760 | False | 0 | c2qj9 | t3_2m1q | null | null | t1_c2n04 | null | 1473821891 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | maverick001 | null | How the "Bad Guys" could use AJAX to capture information without your knowledge. Complete with example and code... | null | 0 | 1141585644 | False | 0 | c2r4c | t3_2r4a | null | null | t3_2r4a | null | 1473821902 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | [deleted] | null | so it failed my test.
the binaryHeap does not give each inserted object a pointer to lower its value.
this means it is absolutely useless for use in shortest paths, minimum spanning tree, etc.
if you don't know what i'm talking about, read CLRS | null | 0 | 1141594175 | False | 0 | c2r8m | t3_2qvi | null | null | t3_2qvi | null | 1473821904 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | proserpine | null | Ha, that's beyond great!!! | null | 0 | 1141596503 | False | 0 | c2r9x | t3_2qxy | null | null | t3_2qxy | null | 1473821904 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | fkrueger | null | #4.2. I am having trouble dealing with a program that must actually be robust (handle errors). (A very important problem.)
Advice: Some stupid crap about Tao that can be summarized as "programs are too complex for you, meditate on some mystical crap until you are magically enlightened, then your problem will be solv... | null | 0 | 1141597424 | False | 0 | c2rad | t3_2qxy | null | null | t3_2qxy | null | 1473821904 | -8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | fkrueger | null | Umm, I think I found some undocumented feature in reddit for creating headlines. Beware of #. notation! | null | 1 | 1141597502 | False | 0 | c2raf | t3_2qxy | null | null | t1_c2rad | null | 1473821904 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1141599928 | False | 0 | c2rbh | t3_2qvi | null | null | t3_2qvi | null | 1473821906 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1141600400 | False | 0 | c2rby | t3_2ra2 | null | null | t3_2ra2 | null | 1473821906 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | pchiusano | null | One of my favorite excerpts:
> Nay, nay, I speedily toss Haskell into the basket that houses nearly every new language that comes down the pike: a few new tidbits perhaps; a more tersely expressed concept perchance; but nothing new...
"Nay, nay"?? Gak! | null | 0 | 1141600884 | False | 0 | c2rc4 | t3_2ra2 | null | null | t3_2ra2 | null | 1473821906 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | nostrademons | null | Someone should explain to him that Haskell has been around for 20 years; is a descendant of the Lisp family, not the Algol family; and is about 5 generations removed, the lineage being Lisp -> ISWIM -> SASL -> KRC -> Miranda -> Haskell. | null | 0 | 1141601538 | False | 0 | c2rcd | t3_2ra2 | null | null | t3_2ra2 | null | 1473821906 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1141602483 | False | 0 | c2rcp | t3_2ra2 | null | null | t1_c2rcd | null | 1473821906 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | robbie | null | I have this book as a hardcopy, with a cover and everything. I think it's much more about taoism than it is about programming. | null | 0 | 1141603111 | False | 0 | c2rd9 | t3_2qxy | null | null | t3_2qxy | null | 1473821906 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | saxonov | null | In general, avoid using append if you can do a list comprehension. | null | 0 | 1141615520 | False | 0 | c2rjo | t3_2rjc | null | null | t3_2rjc | null | 1473821910 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | moe | null | i'm not arguing in either direction, but lisp and haskell are turing equivalent. it's the little details, the "new tidbits", the "more tersely expressed concept"s that make all of the difference. | null | 0 | 1141615812 | False | 0 | c2rjx | t3_2ra2 | null | null | t3_2ra2 | null | 1473821910 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | ugotz | null | This is a cultural satire site that takes shots at everything.
From their meta tag... Cultural Satire focusing on political humor, current world events, politics, religion, sex, sports and the endless every day madness that continuously surrounds us all.
They post some pretty wierd stuff.. and the satire, paradoy ... | null | 0 | 1141616835 | False | 0 | c2rkp | t3_2rkn | null | null | t3_2rkn | null | 1473821910 | -4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | ugotz | null | A conflict of interest extended outside the bedroom no doubt. | null | 0 | 1141617173 | False | 0 | c2rkx | t3_2rkw | null | null | t3_2rkw | null | 1473821910 | -5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | mikepurvis | null | Old news. Gmail already "stealth submits" to save your in-progress drafts... a totally awesome feature.
The problem here is not with AJAX, it's with UAs that provide not indication of what's going on. If you're on a site for a credit application and your loading button is flickering every ten seconds then that's a p... | null | 0 | 1141619259 | False | 0 | c2rm2 | t3_2r4a | null | null | t3_2r4a | null | 1473821911 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | jamesbritt | null | "It is advised that no information should be entered on a web form that you do not completely trust."
1. Use Firefox
2. Install the NoScript extension
3. Do not allow scripts unless you have compelling reason
| null | 0 | 1141619437 | False | 0 | c2rm4 | t3_2r4a | null | null | t3_2r4a | null | 1473821911 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Andys | null | cool. I'll bookmark this for one day when I'm completely demoralised at work | null | 0 | 1141623254 | False | 0 | c2rnv | t3_2qf3 | null | null | t1_c2qf5 | null | 1473821911 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1141624178 | False | 0 | c2roa | t3_2qxy | null | null | t1_c2raf | null | 1473821911 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1141624198 | False | 0 | c2rob | t3_2qxy | null | null | t1_c2roa | null | 1473821911 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | bobnelson | null | # Only a pound
at the beginning of a line. | null | 0 | 1141624213 | False | 0 | c2roc | t3_2qxy | null | null | t1_c2rob | null | 1473821911 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | bobnelson | null | * What about a star? | null | 0 | 1141624224 | False | 0 | c2rod | t3_2qxy | null | null | t1_c2roc | null | 1473821911 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | bobnelson | null | # Lots of undocumented redit features.
So..
* This
* Does indeed
* Do a list | null | 0 | 1141624260 | False | 0 | c2rof | t3_2qxy | null | null | t1_c2rod | null | 1473821911 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | bobnelson | null | * Star at start of line | null | 0 | 1141624293 | False | 0 | c2rog | t3_2qxy | null | null | t1_c2raf | null | 1473821911 | -3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | bobnelson | null | # At start of line | null | 0 | 1141624302 | False | 0 | c2roh | t3_2qxy | null | null | t1_c2rog | null | 1473821911 | -3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1141624312 | False | 0 | c2roi | t3_2qxy | null | null | t1_c2roh | null | 1473821911 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | bobnelson | null | $ dollar at astart | null | 0 | 1141624323 | False | 0 | c2roj | t3_2qxy | null | null | t1_c2roi | null | 1473821911 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | bobnelson | null | @ at at start | null | 0 | 1141624332 | False | 0 | c2rok | t3_2qxy | null | null | t1_c2roj | null | 1473821911 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | bobnelson | null | ! exclaim at start | null | 0 | 1141624343 | False | 0 | c2rol | t3_2qxy | null | null | t1_c2rok | null | 1473821911 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1141624355 | False | 0 | c2rom | t3_2qxy | null | null | t1_c2rof | null | 1473821911 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | bobnelson | null | ( Left paren at start | null | 0 | 1141624358 | False | 0 | c2ron | t3_2qxy | null | null | t1_c2rol | null | 1473821911 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1141624382 | False | 0 | c2roo | t3_2qxy | null | null | t1_c2roh | null | 1473821911 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | bobnelson | null | + plus at start | null | 0 | 1141624394 | False | 0 | c2rop | t3_2qxy | null | null | t1_c2roh | null | 1473821911 | -3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1141624406 | False | 0 | c2roq | t3_2qxy | null | null | t1_c2roh | null | 1473821911 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1141624429 | False | 0 | c2ror | t3_2qxy | null | null | t1_c2roh | null | 1473821911 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1141624438 | False | 0 | c2ros | t3_2qxy | null | null | t1_c2ror | null | 1473821913 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | bobnelson | null | > Hmmn.. no these features are all document. | null | 0 | 1141624491 | False | 0 | c2rot | t3_2qxy | null | null | t1_c2rog | null | 1473821913 | -2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | bobnelson | null | ** bold ** | null | 0 | 1141624524 | False | 0 | c2rou | t3_2qxy | null | null | t1_c2rop | null | 1473821913 | -2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | bobnelson | null | **Test** | null | 0 | 1141624540 | False | 0 | c2rov | t3_2qxy | null | null | t1_c2rou | null | 1473821913 | -4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | bobnelson | null | # Pound is unique and only at the start of a line for some reason | null | 0 | 1141624564 | False | 0 | c2row | t3_2qxy | null | null | t1_c2rog | null | 1473821913 | -2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | anthonydaniels | null | I'll become interested in AOP when I see a clear, understandable semantics for it (not necessarily formal, but it must be precise and build on the host language description).
Is "AOP doesn't have a semantics" the myth they couldn't refute, or can anyone point me to a convincing publication? | null | 0 | 1141629850 | False | 0 | c2rqz | t3_2p6v | null | null | t3_2p6v | null | 1473821913 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | beza1e1 | null | It is [Markdown](http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax) ;) | null | 0 | 1141638085 | False | 0 | c2rus | t3_2qxy | null | null | t1_c2raf | null | 1473821915 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | scarfboy | null | These days, such a reason reguarly includes 'seeing or using the webpage at all.' | null | 0 | 1141639660 | False | 0 | c2rve | t3_2r4a | null | null | t1_c2rm4 | null | 1473821915 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | quasi | null | The Ultimate Web Developer's Handbook - CSS, Web 2.0, Ajax, Typography, Web design, Web Development, SEO, Cheat Sheets | null | 0 | 1141646287 | False | 0 | c2rxu | t3_2rxt | null | null | t3_2rxt | null | 1473821917 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | ergo2001 | null | Wow. This is actually news to someone out there?
Not only is this ridiculously obvious to anyone who knows anything about the technology (it's like saying that cars can move, but OMG cars can change locations!), but there have been quite a few geek-site news stories on this already, including several high profile o... | null | 0 | 1141652269 | False | 0 | c2s0q | t3_2r4a | null | null | t3_2r4a | null | 1473821918 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | ergo2001 | null | And the "fix up" recommendations are frickin' lame. | null | 0 | 1141652299 | False | 0 | c2s0r | t3_2r4a | null | null | t1_c2s0q | null | 1473821918 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | leoc | null | They're all linked from here. Can we avoid the drip-feed this time? | null | 0 | 1141659319 | False | 0 | c2s4k | t3_2s4i | null | null | t3_2s4i | null | 1473821919 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | [deleted] | null | I was reading the comments on Digg and apparently the license doesn't allow this to be used in clients that support more than just AIM. | null | 1 | 1141663796 | False | 0 | c2s7d | t3_2s6d | null | null | t3_2s6d | null | 1473821921 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1141663897 | False | 0 | c2s7e | t3_2s74 | null | null | t3_2s74 | null | 1473821922 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1141664115 | False | 0 | c2s7g | t3_2s74 | null | null | t3_2s74 | null | 1473821922 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | ugotz | null | Satirical animation... | null | 0 | 1141664968 | False | 0 | c2s8k | t3_2s8i | null | null | t3_2s8i | null | 1473821922 | -4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | [deleted] | null | [Yep](http://developer.aim.com/faq.jsp#aimcc):
> Developers are not permitted to build Custom Clients that are multi-headed or interoperable with any other IM network.
Apparently, this is "in order to help protect our network and users".
Let the bashing begin. | null | 0 | 1141665669 | False | 0 | c2s95 | t3_2s6d | null | null | t1_c2s7d | null | 1473821922 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | pchiusano | null | I posted this because the author of http://www.skymind.com/~ocrow/python_string/ didn't mention this 'hanoi stack' approach, which is pretty neat. I'm not sure what Python uses under the covers for list comprehensions or join. | null | 0 | 1141666623 | False | 0 | c2s9w | t3_2s9q | null | null | t3_2s9q | null | 1473821922 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | [deleted] | null | Thank you, Google. :) | null | 0 | 1141669336 | False | 0 | c2sbr | t3_2s6d | null | null | t3_2s6d | null | 1473821923 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | [deleted] | null | Nothing is open about this at all!!!
This is nothing more than another attempt by AOL to profit from their IM service. They are not releasing *source code*, *protocol documentation* or anything useful. Instead they are releasing a set of binary libraries:
> It is a set of libraries that provides access to AIM ... | null | 0 | 1141670025 | False | 0 | c2scb | t3_2s6d | null | null | t1_c2s95 | null | 1473821923 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | mcclelland | null | Not yet. With the release of a new version, however, it will be able to downgrade gracefully. This will be coming very soon. | null | 0 | 1141672035 | False | 0 | c2sdl | t3_2s74 | null | null | t1_c2s7g | null | 1473821925 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | [deleted] | null | If it can use WordPress themes (or has comparable theme availability) and can be indexed propery by google I'd switch in a heartbeat!
| null | 0 | 1141672477 | False | 0 | c2sdy | t3_2s74 | null | null | t3_2s74 | null | 1473821925 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | tjarko | null | surprising that no 5 | null | 0 | 1141676921 | False | 0 | c2sg5 | t3_2rjc | null | null | t3_2rjc | null | 1473821926 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | technomancy | null | This is the best programming-related post I've read in months.
http://technomancy.us/blog/post/36 | null | 0 | 1141679166 | False | 0 | c2sht | t3_2sek | null | null | t3_2sek | null | 1473821926 | -4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | [deleted] | null | I look forward to hearing about the world of hurt all the dynamic (non-statically typed) language aficionado's find themselves in 5 years from now. | null | 0 | 1141680589 | False | 0 | c2sim | t3_2sek | null | null | t3_2sek | null | 1473821927 | -11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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null | div | null | Do dynamic languages scare you, or do you have some _valid_ argument that would lead to your conclusion above, which you don't wish to share with us ?
I find working in a dynamic language to be enabling when compared to a statically typed language. Mind you, most of my work is still done in Java, but I do some ruby an... | null | 0 | 1141686851 | False | 0 | c2sml | t3_2sek | null | null | t1_c2sim | null | 1473821929 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | t_w | null | Nah, it's the usual "dynamic languages are just scripting toys and I'm hardcore since I know c/c++/java"*.
Which is amusing since most of the really advanced concepts/contructs in programming (continuations, full-closures, first-class everything, big time meta-programming, etc) are best found in dynamic languages**.... | null | 0 | 1141687436 | False | 0 | c2sn5 | t3_2sek | null | null | t1_c2sml | null | 1473821929 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | timmacfarlane | null | I agree with Steve on this one, refactoring was certainly one of those big paradigm shifts with me, as was Ruby. I've noticed that in all aspects of programming, I just worry less with Ruby - refactoring included.
The crux of the article is that Ruby is fundamentally different from Java, so it's easy to see that the... | null | 0 | 1141691202 | False | 0 | c2soe | t3_2sek | null | null | t3_2sek | null | 1473821930 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | [deleted] | null | It is obvious to me, but only in retrospect. That is, as soon as I saw the article title, it dawned on me.
I'm sure that it's the same way for many of us out here. It doesn't mean that we are dumb or naive or anything, it just means we never considered the possibility. You can't think about everything in a lifetime.... | null | 0 | 1141691426 | False | 0 | c2sog | t3_2r4a | null | null | t1_c2s0q | null | 1473821930 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | mattknox | null | I am a dynamic languages guy, so I must say this with chagrin: you were mostly correct maybe 15 years ago, not so correct now. A substantial number of things, eg lazy eval, monads and combinators, are far more prevalent in static languages, and static languages are pretty well caught up on continuations, closures, etc... | null | 0 | 1141697587 | False | 0 | c2squ | t3_2sek | null | null | t1_c2sn5 | null | 1473821931 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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null | t_w | null | Good point. I wasn't thinking of languages like Haskell, OCaml, & etc. I'll revise that to be: "...are best found in popular dynamic languages over popular static languages" :) | null | 0 | 1141702364 | False | 0 | c2ssj | t3_2sek | null | null | t1_c2squ | null | 1473821931 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | mattknox | null | Yes, the very best static languages are tough to beat, but the dumb ones are mighty dumb. | null | 0 | 1141705339 | False | 0 | c2stn | t3_2sek | null | null | t1_c2ssj | null | 1473821933 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | lanaer | null | >Just learn a good text editor and get skilled at using it.
Best thing I've heard said in the vi/emacs wars. | null | 0 | 1141709651 | False | 0 | c2svb | t3_2o8h | null | null | t1_c2p75 | null | 1473821933 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | lanaer | null | I started out as a Rails programmer, and have become a Ruby programmer. So I think that the attention Rails brings is ultimately a good thing. | null | 0 | 1141709958 | False | 0 | c2svn | t3_2o90 | null | null | t1_c2ozj | null | 1473821933 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | davidw | null | I always thought that 'refactoring' was just collecting and putting a name to good coding practices that good programmers do more or less naturally. Definitely handy in communicating what good programmers do, but nothing earth shattering... | null | 0 | 1141717017 | False | 0 | c2syy | t3_2sek | null | null | t3_2sek | null | 1473821936 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | dchurchv | null | Strategies for bringing a software project in on time without stressing out developers or lowering quality. | null | 0 | 1141718878 | False | 0 | c2szn | t3_2szk | null | null | t3_2szk | null | 1473821936 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | almkglor | null | It means that a ruby symbol is like a lisp symbol ;)
And the guy is really proselytizing Ruby programmers into Lisp. (or making Ruby more Lisp-like)
Basically a symbol is a set of characters (much like strings) that aren't in quotation marks. You know, like do and each and to_s and method. THOSE are symbols. ^^... | null | 0 | 1141719458 | False | 0 | c2szt | t3_2sel | null | null | t3_2sel | null | 1473821936 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | mikkom | null | Here are few questions:
- When java is mostly used for web application development, why are the web containers untyped? (Request and Session scopes and so on) What does this actually mean?
- How do you feel about pointers? Are they typed? | null | 0 | 1141721340 | False | 0 | c2t06 | t3_2sek | null | null | t1_c2sim | null | 1473821936 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Zak | null | Ruby is extremely Lisp-like. It just has an awkward syntax :-) | null | 0 | 1141726198 | False | 0 | c2t1q | t3_2sel | null | null | t1_c2szt | null | 1473821937 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | [deleted] | null | Why am I not?
Its because I only really visit sites that are community-based. RSS is a one-way street of information. There's no discussion back and forth between the readers and the author and there's no discussion among the readers themselves.
Its just a boring way to use the Internet, in my opinion, and it doe... | null | 0 | 1141739635 | False | 0 | c2t64 | t3_2rlr | null | null | t3_2rlr | null | 1473821938 | -3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | loumf | null | Very cool dissection of the OOP code in the video game Robotron and how it was squeezed into a tiny bit of assembly code. | null | 0 | 1141740479 | False | 0 | c2t6g | t3_2t6a | null | null | t3_2t6a | null | 1473821938 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | hxa7241 | null | Software archeology is excellent! Many of the cool things done now were done long ago, and in intriguing ways.
There is wisdom to be absorbed from material like this. | null | 0 | 1141741995 | False | 0 | c2t76 | t3_2t6a | null | null | t3_2t6a | null | 1473821940 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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