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True | henk53 | null | In practice the first one is even more verbose, since FileInputStream#close also throws an exception, which would need another try/catch block. | null | 0 | 1315085909 | False | 0 | c2hajsy | t3_k3ivo | null | t1_c2hajsy | t1_c2ha6ov | null | 1427555264 | 14 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Taladar | null | Your argument from jobs (most outdated languages score high there because of legacy code) and Tiobe (based on number of Google searches for it so basically worse documentation means you score higher) isn't exactly a strong one either though. | null | 0 | 1315085935 | False | 0 | c2hajwa | t3_k3g4d | null | t1_c2hajwa | t1_c2ha45p | null | 1427555266 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | DonAlonzo | null | Care to elaborate?
Edit: I don't understand why I got downvotes, but thanks a lot for your reply! | null | 0 | 1315086028 | True | 0 | c2hak8a | t3_k3ivo | null | t1_c2hak8a | t1_c2ha2xk | null | 1428195628 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | oSand | null | But what if I'm halfway down the page and suddenly want to know how many people 'like' this on facebook? | null | 0 | 1315086082 | False | 0 | c2hakdx | t3_k3ivo | null | t1_c2hakdx | t1_c2h84l0 | null | 1427555272 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | pigvwu | null | ketralnis is a former admin. Who knows what arcane powers he still wields even after stepping down from power? | null | 0 | 1315086083 | False | 0 | c2hakeg | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2hakeg | t1_c2h8fdc | null | 1427555272 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | henk53 | null | I think try-with-resources is absolutely great. Being used to RAII in C++, this was one of the things I really missed in Java. *(a yes, it's not -exactly- RAII, but for most practical purposes close enough)*
There were some rather nice additional things in project coin, but these didn't make it into Java 7.
Don't for... | null | 0 | 1315086275 | False | 0 | c2hal47 | t3_k3ivo | null | t1_c2hal47 | t1_c2h9i77 | null | 1427555282 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | puneetla | null | I have used the first style so often that it has become second nature, and it flows as "try doing something, on exception do this, in the end cleanup"
Your example flows as: "try doing something, cleanup, on exception do this".
Maybe its a habit thing but the first one feels more intuitive to me. Although getting rid... | null | 0 | 1315086325 | False | 0 | c2hala7 | t3_k3ivo | null | t1_c2hala7 | t1_c2ha6ov | null | 1427555285 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | solinent | null | Not really. Where I go we did the problems in scheme and took them up in haskell.
| null | 0 | 1315086461 | False | 0 | c2halqb | t3_k21i7 | null | t1_c2halqb | t1_c2gyx5m | null | 1427555297 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kawsper | null | Do you have the transcript? :) | null | 0 | 1315086670 | False | 0 | c2hami6 | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2hami6 | t1_c2h8s12 | null | 1427555300 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Maybe explain how "multicore" is a "spurious argument"? | null | 0 | 1315086768 | False | 0 | c2hamuq | t3_k3bse | null | t1_c2hamuq | t1_c2h88o5 | null | 1427555303 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | p8ssword | null | I like try-with-resources, and Throwable.getSuppressed() is far more elegant than the static method alternative in the article. | null | 0 | 1315086974 | False | 0 | c2hanlc | t3_k3ivo | null | t1_c2hanlc | t3_k3ivo | null | 1427555313 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1315087093 | False | 0 | c2hao0j | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2hao0j | t1_c2ha0fc | null | 1427555319 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | henk53 | null | Sure and specifically for C the numbers are skewed by just about anything :P | null | 0 | 1315087483 | False | 0 | c2hapc8 | t3_k3ivo | null | t1_c2hapc8 | t1_c2h9scw | null | 1427555336 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ak217 | null | I think the ideal situation is to have one reference implementation that doesn't care about performance, and that only implementation developers care about, and at least two strong (widely adopted) competing high-performance implementations.
Java has both a decent language definition and several strong competing imple... | null | 0 | 1315087497 | False | 0 | c2hapdo | t3_jvwa4 | null | t1_c2hapdo | t1_c2h1ffj | null | 1427555338 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | redjamjar | null | So, I definitely will allow for flexible imports like this. However, I don't like it as a general solution, since you have to pick out the individual types you want. | null | 0 | 1315087692 | False | 0 | c2haq2i | t3_k325t | null | t1_c2haq2i | t1_c2h7jpb | null | 1427555346 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | rmxz | null | > So I should spend my time at work coding for my current employer and my time at home coding for my future employer?
You only "should" do this if you want to impress future employers in a way more tangible than keyword spamming on your resume.
A better technique would be to discuss with your employer code you wan... | null | 0 | 1315087742 | False | 0 | c2haq93 | t3_k3nab | null | t1_c2haq93 | t1_c2h96wg | null | 1427555348 | 12 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | rjcarr | null | Yeah, I agree about the AutoClose, that's nice (and generally fit into my "new IO" topic).
I just think java 5 was pretty great, but java 6 was a little 'meh' and this is about the same. Hopefully java 8 finally brings equity with C# (even though I've only used C# very little I've heard it does a lot of things better... | null | 0 | 1315087784 | False | 0 | c2haqey | t3_k3ivo | null | t1_c2haqey | t1_c2hal47 | null | 1427555351 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | redjamjar | null | Hey,
I definitely agree imports shouldn't be transitive!!
And, it sounds like you have a mechanism for distinguishing "top-level" items in a module from others. That does sound like my favourite solution at the moment ... | null | 0 | 1315087799 | False | 0 | c2haqho | t3_k325t | null | t1_c2haqho | t1_c2h8zoy | null | 1427555351 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | BeatLeJuce | null | Raw strings would've been nice.... | null | 0 | 1315087873 | False | 0 | c2haqqy | t3_k3ivo | null | t1_c2haqqy | t3_k3ivo | null | 1427555355 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | stevenmu | null | That's an interesting pattern, I would commonly use the first pattern you describe, but I'm always open to better techniques.
I'd be a little concerned on 1st read of that though, if an exception happens in the inner try block it looks to me like it would either jump execution to the catch block and never hit the fina... | null | 0 | 1315087948 | False | 0 | c2har1l | t3_k3ivo | null | t1_c2har1l | t1_c2ha6ov | null | 1427555358 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Tmdean | null | Yep, and I bet that's the exact reason they do the ease scroll instead of just using position: fixed. So that your eye gets drawn to the stupid box whenever you scroll. | null | 0 | 1315087988 | False | 0 | c2har6l | t3_k3ivo | null | t1_c2har6l | t1_c2hajd3 | null | 1427555360 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | rmxz | null | Not really. Github makes it very easy to see your extensions to other projects before they get merged upstream.
And after it gets merged upstream is it really that hard to add a link to the readme saying "This project has been merged upstream into the official project repositories. You probably want to get it ... | null | 0 | 1315087991 | False | 0 | c2har6x | t3_k3nab | null | t1_c2har6x | t1_c2ha55h | null | 1427555360 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | henk53 | null | Indeed, delegates were one of the things and the way how to call native code another. Yet another series of problems was in how MS neglected to implement certain methods in core classes, and even worse added some of its own and proprietary methods in those same core classes. | null | 0 | 1315088095 | False | 0 | c2harj5 | t3_k3ivo | null | t1_c2harj5 | t1_c2h9z1e | null | 1427555364 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | LordArgon | null | It makes sense as long as you can give variable names to constants. In C#, for example, if you declare a string const, you can use it anywhere you'd use a literal. At that point, an enum is an extra level of indirection (for better or worse, depending on your scenario). | null | 0 | 1315088134 | False | 0 | c2haro7 | t3_k3ivo | null | t1_c2haro7 | t1_c2h9mkd | null | 1427555366 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | RoastBeefOnChimp | null | Lesson number one about the Cloud: vendors can screw you anytime they like. And, until there are interoperability standards, it's going to cost you money to move. | null | 0 | 1315088311 | False | 0 | c2has9i | t3_k3bwx | null | t1_c2has9i | t3_k3bwx | null | 1427555375 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | clemenstimpler | null | Premiss 1:
>Our philosophy is about keeping things simple, minimal and usable. We believe this should become the mainstream philosophy in the IT sector.
Premiss 2
>Our project focuses on advanced and experienced computer users.
Conclusion
The mainstream philosophy of the IT sector should be focus on advanc... | null | 0 | 1315088352 | False | 0 | c2hasea | t3_k1lc2 | null | t1_c2hasea | t3_k1lc2 | null | 1427555378 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jyper | null | Mono used to have a conservative garbage collection, not sure about now. | null | 0 | 1315088388 | False | 0 | c2hasj6 | t3_k2jpn | null | t1_c2hasj6 | t1_c2h98no | null | 1427555378 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | LordArgon | null | In all seriousness, I don't know whether I should upvote this becase it's hilarious or downvote it because it's pathetic. The more I learn about Java, the less I like it; I can't believe these are the top features. | null | 0 | 1315088530 | False | 0 | c2hat1b | t3_k3ivo | null | t1_c2hat1b | t3_k3ivo | null | 1427555384 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | BrockLee | null | Yeah, a *pent* is five pints. So there're five pints of demand out there. | null | 0 | 1315088557 | False | 0 | c2hat4x | t3_k3fed | null | t1_c2hat4x | t1_c2h7kj5 | null | 1428195625 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1315088740 | False | 0 | c2hattc | t3_k3ivo | null | t1_c2hattc | t1_c2ha41r | null | 1427555397 | 17 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | henk53 | null | Interesting to know perhaps is that the closest rival of Swing, SWT, is going multi-paradigm with adding a declarative way to compose a UI in e4.
The look of this is not unlike JSF/Facelets and similar component based templating languages. | null | 0 | 1315088776 | False | 0 | c2hatxx | t3_k2xbm | null | t1_c2hatxx | t1_c2h84b2 | null | 1427555399 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | machrider | null | For those of you (like me) who had no idea what "divelog" is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dive_log
> A dive log is used by a scuba diver to record the details of their
> dives. The log may either be in a book, software, or web based. The
> log serves purposes both related to safety and personal records.
>... | null | 0 | 1315088842 | False | 0 | c2hau5h | t3_k3un1 | null | t1_c2hau5h | t3_k3un1 | null | 1427555401 | 64 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Flippeh | null | If Java gets guards and pattern matching, *then* Haskell can maybe start watching out :) | null | 0 | 1315088892 | False | 0 | c2haubh | t3_k3ivo | null | t1_c2haubh | t1_c2h8zzi | null | 1427555403 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cosmo7 | null | There are logical places for switch on string: just one example would be an XML-driven state machine that uses tag names as verbs. | null | 0 | 1315089007 | False | 0 | c2haup5 | t3_k3ivo | null | t1_c2haup5 | t1_c2h9mkd | null | 1427555413 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | henk53 | null | That's a great comparison of GWT vs pure JS.
Another question is when one should choose something like GWT, and when one should choose more traditional server side web frameworks like JSF, Wicket and RoR.
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True | jyper | null | * try object dispose
* not that they are particularly important but at least they didn't fuck up binary literals like a lot of languages ( 020 == 16)
| null | 0 | 1315089188 | False | 0 | c2havb0 | t3_k3ivo | null | t1_c2havb0 | t1_c2h8l60 | null | 1427555415 | -10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | skaushik92 | null | I'm gonna resubmit this post. | null | 0 | 1315089634 | False | 0 | c2hawrj | t3_k2fk4 | null | t1_c2hawrj | t1_c2h69kh | null | 1427555434 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | webby_mc_webberson | null | yeah he should have totally just linked to StackOverflow or something. | null | 0 | 1315089666 | False | 0 | c2hawvb | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2hawvb | t1_c2h9flk | null | 1427555435 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | domlebo70 | null | C? I understand he loves C, and is awesome at it, but really Linus, you couldn't have written this in something nicer so we could port it to the web or something? | null | 0 | 1315089760 | True | 0 | c2hax73 | t3_k3un1 | null | t1_c2hax73 | t3_k3un1 | null | 1427555439 | -27 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | holeyshoe | null | After a quick google search. ***[Holy shit that's a real thing](http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Zygohistomorphic_prepromorphisms)***
I totally thought you made that up. Damn. | null | 0 | 1315089945 | False | 0 | c2haxtk | t3_k3bse | null | t1_c2haxtk | t1_c2h98fz | null | 1427555447 | 18 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | BrockLee | null | Isn't the defined behavior that if you enter a try block you're guaranteed to run the associated finally block no matter whether:
* no exception is thrown
* an exception is thrown and caught by a catch associated with that try
* an exception is thrown and not caught by a catch associated with that try
[Here's how it'... | null | 0 | 1315089984 | False | 0 | c2haxyb | t3_k3ivo | null | t1_c2haxyb | t1_c2har1l | null | 1427555449 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | skaushik92 | null | I made this program and wanted to share it to gain some feedback on the utility of it.
I would think that it may be useful for sharing small files on the internet when internet activity is being monitored or restricted, since sharing an image with hidden information will most likely be overlooked.
I can imagine that ... | null | 0 | 1315090065 | False | 0 | c2hay8i | t3_k3vg1 | null | t1_c2hay8i | t3_k3vg1 | null | 1427555453 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | One problem with enums is that it is too easy to use them in a way that is not forward-compatible. If one is using string constants, one is likely to consider the case where the variable doesn't match any of the known strings. With enums one is likely to forget that someone may add new enum values later, thus renderi... | null | 0 | 1315090145 | False | 0 | c2hayhj | t3_k3ivo | null | t1_c2hayhj | t1_c2h9mkd | null | 1427555457 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | javajunkie314 | null | But unless you know the possible strings ahead of time, switch isn't very useful there. If you do know the possible strings, why isn't it an enum? It's a small syntactic cost to pay for static, compile-time error checking. | null | 0 | 1315090182 | False | 0 | c2haym7 | t3_k3ivo | null | t1_c2haym7 | t1_c2haup5 | null | 1427555459 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Java is pretty much the only JVM language that *didn't* support strings as case values. | null | 0 | 1315090249 | False | 0 | c2haytz | t3_k3ivo | null | t1_c2haytz | t1_c2h8zzi | null | 1427555460 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dodehoekspiegel | null | He doesn't know many other languages, yet hates those with a passion. | null | 0 | 1315090371 | False | 0 | c2haz8c | t3_k3un1 | null | t1_c2haz8c | t1_c2hax73 | null | 1427555466 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | howardRoark36 | null | there are a few programs like this already (fyi) - but thanks. others i know of are in c, and i'm more likely to use a java program, so i may end up looking at your code. i've got some ideas for projects, if you're interested | null | 0 | 1315090475 | False | 0 | c2hazkn | t3_k3vg1 | null | t1_c2hazkn | t1_c2hay8i | null | 1427555474 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | moseeds | null | Brilliant article which makes a complicated subject very accessible. Love the LINQ. | null | 0 | 1315090496 | False | 0 | c2hazn6 | t3_k3pyu | null | t1_c2hazn6 | t3_k3pyu | null | 1427555474 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | roneau2005 | null | Also, comments in [lwn.net](http://lwn.net/Articles/457439/#Comments) | null | 0 | 1315090634 | False | 0 | c2hb03p | t3_k3vo0 | null | t1_c2hb03p | t3_k3vo0 | null | 1427555479 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | sigzero | null | Use what you are good at. | null | 0 | 1315090728 | False | 0 | c2hb0es | t3_k3un1 | null | t1_c2hb0es | t1_c2hax73 | null | 1427555490 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cosmo7 | null | Well if you're parsing XML you're not going to magically get an enumerated value from a tag. | null | 0 | 1315090760 | False | 0 | c2hb0it | t3_k3ivo | null | t1_c2hb0it | t1_c2haym7 | null | 1427555483 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | javajunkie314 | null | Those are octal literals, and I believe Java has them. At least it did, and I don't think Java 7 removed them. | null | 0 | 1315091011 | False | 0 | c2hb1dq | t3_k3ivo | null | t1_c2hb1dq | t1_c2havb0 | null | 1427555494 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Linus Torvalds writes shitty C code and should probably be euthanised along with all his fans because out with the old and in with the new. C++ is a better C and should now be used instead of C as recommended by Bjarne Stroustrup. There are now no compilers worth mentioning that are written in C as GCC is being ported ... | null | 0 | 1315091159 | True | 0 | c2hb1w7 | t3_k3un1 | null | t1_c2hb1w7 | t3_k3un1 | null | 1427555502 | -76 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | criticismguy | null | Maybe not, but you shouldn't be surprised when I choose to hire somebody who can show me actual work they've done.
Also, it's not like programmers (at least in America) are paid poorly. Last time I switched jobs, I took a few weeks off, during which I spent a lot of time writing code. At my next interview, I could s... | null | 0 | 1315091169 | False | 0 | c2hb1xx | t3_k3nab | null | t1_c2hb1xx | t1_c2h96wg | null | 1427555503 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | yogsototh | null | I knew I would be downvoted but I couldn't resist. But now, in order to give a constructive argument, here are my 2 cents.
I had worked using Java, it is not the worst language I ever used. But once you get used to functional programming typing or modern dynamic typing languages such as Ruby and Python, it is very har... | null | 0 | 1315091206 | False | 0 | c2hb22a | t3_k3ivo | null | t1_c2hb22a | t1_c2hak8a | null | 1427555505 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | rmxz | null | Why does JSR-107 describe things in terms of [hardware implementation details] instead of desired behavior.
(http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/jsr/cacheFS.pdf):
>
>Spool to disk, A memory object should be stored on disk rather than being lost when the cache system removes it from memory to regain space. ... | null | 0 | 1315091235 | False | 0 | c2hb25u | t3_k3fed | null | t1_c2hb25u | t3_k3fed | null | 1427555507 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | quotemstr | null | > You couldn't have written this in something nicer so we could port it to the web ?
[I cannot rightly apprehend the confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question](http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_Babbage). You do you realize that a program written in any language can serve HTML, yes? | null | 0 | 1315091243 | False | 0 | c2hb26t | t3_k3un1 | null | t1_c2hb26t | t1_c2hax73 | null | 1428195624 | 20 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | easteuropetroll | null | > GCC is being ported to C++.
> The kernel will soon be ported to C++.
By who? And, more importantly, how can you convince everyone developing drivers and features to switch? Or are you just planning to single-handedly port every new line of code after the initial port is complete.
Either way, good luck, I'l... | null | 0 | 1315091410 | False | 0 | c2hb2rh | t3_k3un1 | null | t1_c2hb2rh | t1_c2hb1w7 | null | 1427555512 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | flussence | null | Trolling usually works better when you aren't such an obvious frothing-at-the-mouth retard with over 1000 downvotes in 20 days. | null | 0 | 1315091480 | False | 0 | c2hb2zp | t3_k3un1 | null | t1_c2hb2zp | t1_c2hb1w7 | null | 1428195623 | 31 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | skaushik92 | null | I am definitely interested!
Are you working on open source software as of now? If so, please PM a link to it! it would be very interesting to work on some open source software! | null | 0 | 1315091641 | False | 0 | c2hb3jf | t3_k3vg1 | null | t1_c2hb3jf | t1_c2hazkn | null | 1427555523 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | reddit_clone | null | That was just knee jerk trolling. I guess they used to get up voted for trash like that.
It is good that automatic C++ hating is not in vogue anymore.
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True | [deleted] | null | Ad hominem, much? | null | 0 | 1315091752 | False | 0 | c2hb3x7 | t3_k3un1 | null | t1_c2hb3x7 | t1_c2hb2zp | null | 1427555527 | -14 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | vplatt | null | If multicore and the emergence of multiple languages on the JVM are spurious to you, then I don't know why you would use Java at all. After all, it's language features relative to C++ would be spurious too. Hell, why even use C++? Coulda just stuck with C or even assembler. Surely the capabilities those features br... | null | 0 | 1315092004 | True | 0 | c2hb4sd | t3_k3bse | null | t1_c2hb4sd | t1_c2h88o5 | null | 1427555539 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | reddit_clone | null | Boost is pretty good in fact.
If you want to write modern C++ code which is portable across major OS's and compilers, boost is the only game in town.
Performance is always a concern with boost people. They don't make random or autocratic choices. There is some pretty involved review process for everything that goes ... | null | 0 | 1315092070 | False | 0 | c2hb500 | t3_k3l0g | null | t1_c2hb500 | t1_c2h9d1o | null | 1427555541 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | tommy72 | null | LINQ is brilliant. Not mush more to say. | null | 0 | 1315092072 | False | 0 | c2hb50b | t3_k3pyu | null | t1_c2hb50b | t3_k3pyu | null | 1427555541 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | reddit_clone | null | This! There are no deeply nested class hierarchies here.
It enables/encourages functional programming. (Which is about as modern as you can get)
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True | [deleted] | null | Couldn't agree more. Everytime I look at the offerings I think to myself. Do I really want to be held victim to their pricing schemes that change on a whim? I also don't like the idea of my product/code being hosted by Google or Amazon who could use it for their own benefits. The likelihood that they would take my code... | null | 0 | 1315092328 | False | 0 | c2hb5u6 | t3_k3bwx | null | t1_c2hb5u6 | t1_c2has9i | null | 1427555552 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | nirs | null | You can create a list of cells (not reference counted, since they are owned by the list, and nobody knows about them). You can store a reference counted object in each cell, shared by multiple other objects. To keep the objects alive, the list must increment the refcount when you add an object and decrement it when you... | null | 0 | 1315092545 | False | 0 | c2hb6jc | t3_k2jpn | null | t1_c2hb6jc | t1_c2h5k3h | null | 1427555569 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Timmmmbob | null | Best IDE ever. Possibly second to visual studio, but it's debatable. It eclipses the other popular IDEs anyway. | null | 0 | 1315092647 | False | 0 | c2hb6w6 | t3_k1k9b | null | t1_c2hb6w6 | t3_k1k9b | null | 1427555567 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | chocolate_stars | null | i remember writing a similar program for a university project. was a fun learning exercise. | null | 0 | 1315092653 | False | 0 | c2hb6wq | t3_k3un1 | null | t1_c2hb6wq | t3_k3un1 | null | 1427555567 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | s73v3r | null | The Scrum Master isn't the one that's supposed to be making those decisions. The Manager is. | null | 0 | 1315092706 | False | 0 | c2hb72v | t3_k2ctj | null | t1_c2hb72v | t1_c2h505b | null | 1427555569 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jotux | null | LOL | null | 0 | 1315092753 | False | 0 | c2hb78k | t3_k3un1 | null | t1_c2hb78k | t1_c2hb1w7 | null | 1427555570 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | s73v3r | null | So because someone doesn't use your preferred task managing package and chat client, then they're stupid? | null | 0 | 1315092791 | False | 0 | c2hb7cz | t3_k2ctj | null | t1_c2hb7cz | t1_c2h5hay | null | 1427555572 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | wdr1 | null | No, this was a long, long time ago & honestly not that hard or clever. There were early versons of what became libpurple for IM interaction & the Perl/Emacslib was pretty simply to write the IMs to files, poll them & interact with the IM client or Emacs instance of eliza as needed. Not very pretty & v... | null | 0 | 1315092810 | False | 0 | c2hb7fb | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2hb7fb | t1_c2hami6 | null | 1427555577 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mahlzeit | null | Strangely enough it affects my cursor - it gets drawn to the box that says "Enable JavaScript" and turns it off. | null | 0 | 1315093031 | False | 0 | c2hb85x | t3_k3ivo | null | t1_c2hb85x | t1_c2har6l | null | 1427555584 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | nirs | null | You don't have to pay anything when you exit with reference counting. There is no point in decreasing refcounts or freeing memory when exiting.
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True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1315093415 | False | 0 | c2hb9e6 | t3_k3un1 | null | t1_c2hb9e6 | t1_c2hb1w7 | null | 1427555598 | 12 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1315093476 | False | 0 | c2hb9lw | t3_k3un1 | null | t1_c2hb9lw | t1_c2hau5h | null | 1427555602 | -5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | berlinbrown | null | Hmm, he doesn't like comments. | null | 0 | 1315093631 | False | 0 | c2hba4n | t3_k3un1 | null | t1_c2hba4n | t3_k3un1 | null | 1428195620 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | petdance | null | > Not to mention you can verify they actually DID write the code on your whiteboard.
See the article where it says
> I’ll say “Tell me about your choice to write your own Perl function here instead of using a module from CPAN“, or “I see your variables seem to be named using a certain convention; why did you us... | null | 0 | 1315093972 | False | 0 | c2hbbc5 | t3_k3nab | null | t1_c2hbbc5 | t1_c2ha9xb | null | 1427555629 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | MarshallBanana | null | Before throwing around fancy words like "ad hominem", please learn what they actually mean.
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True | [deleted] | null | I know what it means, it means "to the person". | null | 0 | 1315094171 | False | 0 | c2hbc0h | t3_k3un1 | null | t1_c2hbc0h | t1_c2hbbgt | null | 1427555635 | -8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | petdance | null | > I would know where to look fairly fast:
You do, but not everyone is you. Not everyone may know what github is.
> Ack has 500+ watchers and 50+ forks
And ack is not what I would provide in a portfolio as an example of my best work, either. Ack has 500+ watchers and 50+ forks because of its popularity, not b... | null | 0 | 1315094197 | False | 0 | c2hbc3t | t3_k3nab | null | t1_c2hbc3t | t1_c2haaw5 | null | 1427555635 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | petdance | null | I have a standard response to incredulous readers/listeners who say things like "So I should spend my time at work coding for my current employer and my time at home coding for my future employer?"
That response is "I dunno, how bad do you want the job?" | null | 0 | 1315094290 | False | 0 | c2hbcev | t3_k3nab | null | t1_c2hbcev | t1_c2h96wg | null | 1427555646 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | MarshallBanana | null | It means a bit more than that, no? | null | 0 | 1315094300 | False | 0 | c2hbcfv | t3_k3un1 | null | t1_c2hbcfv | t1_c2hbc0h | null | 1427555641 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ParadigmShift013 | null | Hmmmm... I don't see **"NOT SUCK"** anywhere in that article. | null | 0 | 1315094360 | False | 0 | c2hbcmo | t3_k3ivo | null | t1_c2hbcmo | t3_k3ivo | null | 1427555647 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | petdance | null | I suggest that "go write this on the whiteboard" is a false impression of how people code on the job. | null | 0 | 1315094363 | False | 0 | c2hbcn3 | t3_k3nab | null | t1_c2hbcn3 | t1_c2h9z6s | null | 1427555647 | 17 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | sisyphus | null | What, you mean you haven't needed both semi-mutual recursion and history and to repeatedly apply a natural transformation as you get deeper into the functor before? | null | 0 | 1315094708 | False | 0 | c2hbdqt | t3_k3bse | null | t1_c2hbdqt | t1_c2haxtk | null | 1427555656 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Poltras | null | Wasn't it the whole mess around the COM bridge and putting Windows-only code while Sun wanted cross-platform api only? | null | 0 | 1315094768 | False | 0 | c2hbdxl | t3_k3ivo | null | t1_c2hbdxl | t1_c2h9z1e | null | 1427555658 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | zokier | null | Is there anything remarkable or noteworthy about this project? I think /r/diving might be more interested about this than /r/programming | null | 0 | 1315094801 | False | 0 | c2hbe1e | t3_k3un1 | null | t1_c2hbe1e | t3_k3un1 | null | 1427555660 | 27 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | domlebo70 | null | Well played :P I realise C can serve HTML, but it's much more a pain in the butt. And besides the technical argument, I was more making fun at Linus' language choices (or lack thereof). | null | 0 | 1315094835 | False | 0 | c2hbe5o | t3_k3un1 | null | t1_c2hbe5o | t1_c2hb26t | null | 1427555661 | -6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | "Short for *argumentum ad hominem*, it is an attempt to negate the truth of a claim by pointing out a negative characteristic or belief of the person advocating it. The ad hominem is normally described as a logical fallacy, but it is not always fallacious; in some instances, questions of personal conduct, character, mo... | null | 0 | 1315094836 | False | 0 | c2hbe5v | t3_k3un1 | null | t1_c2hbe5v | t1_c2hbcfv | null | 1427555661 | -2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | MarshallBanana | null | Indeed. Now explain how it apples to that comment. | null | 0 | 1315094967 | False | 0 | c2hbels | t3_k3un1 | null | t1_c2hbels | t1_c2hbe5v | null | 1427555667 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | toddffw | null | A lot of people in this thread saying C# is better, have not used C#. | null | 0 | 1315094986 | False | 0 | c2hbeo4 | t3_k3ivo | null | t1_c2hbeo4 | t1_c2haqey | null | 1427555667 | -3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | joelangeway | null | I more proper way to do it in C or C++ might be to include an inline assembly block that reads the stack pointer register when you create the GC and when you collect.
EDIT: Also, I went "aww that's sweet" when I saw how he did it. I've read a lot about GC's in the context of dynamic language run times and had no clue... | null | 0 | 1315095033 | True | 0 | c2hbetk | t3_k2jpn | null | t1_c2hbetk | t1_c2h1zry | null | 1427555670 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kingkilr | null | You don't have to, but as a person who's hiring I'm looking for a way to know if someone can *write fucking code*, the guy with a pile of it that I can review has a leg up there. You need to find some other way to demonstrate it to me. | null | 0 | 1315095091 | False | 0 | c2hbf0m | t3_k3nab | null | t1_c2hbf0m | t1_c2h96wg | null | 1427555672 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | frumious | null | What a slog. This kid needs to learn Python. | null | 0 | 1315095110 | False | 0 | c2hbf2v | t3_k3un1 | null | t1_c2hbf2v | t3_k3un1 | null | 1427555673 | 35 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | javajunkie314 | null | You can, because Enum has the static method valueOf. | null | 0 | 1315095123 | False | 0 | c2hbf4w | t3_k3ivo | null | t1_c2hbf4w | t1_c2hb0it | null | 1427555676 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cran | null | Go see how Ruby handles open files with closures. | null | 0 | 1315095219 | False | 0 | c2hbfh7 | t3_k3ivo | null | t1_c2hbfh7 | t1_c2h9y72 | null | 1427555679 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | comment-dwim | null | To me, being able to look at the whole picture tells me more about yourself than being able to look at those projects you want me to see.
When I see Ack and Ack2 I think: Okay, maybe he screwed up, or he thinks there are things that need changes, yet Ack1 is useful to people and there it is, so they can use it without... | null | 0 | 1315095456 | False | 0 | c2hbg94 | t3_k3nab | null | t1_c2hbg94 | t1_c2hbc3t | null | 1427555688 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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