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True | artsrc | null | > Yes, Java's design decisions make sense from the perspective of Java and Sun at the time, of course.
I am not convinced.
If Java was designed with OO purity in mind, more of it would be objects, and there would not be a leakage of the primitive/object distinction.
If Java was designed from a pragmatic perspecti... | null | 0 | 1315283170 | False | 0 | c2hrxg2 | t3_k56t1 | null | t1_c2hrxg2 | t1_c2hqas4 | null | 1427563605 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | oursland | null | Damn! A one liner, even! | null | 0 | 1315283222 | False | 0 | c2hrxnl | t3_k55g9 | null | t1_c2hrxnl | t1_c2hm7m6 | null | 1427563608 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | oursland | null | Check! Do I get bonus programmer points for not showering? -_-;;
Programming mastery, here I come! | null | 0 | 1315283234 | False | 0 | c2hrxpk | t3_k55g9 | null | t1_c2hrxpk | t1_c2hn4aq | null | 1427563608 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kcin | null | One way to avoid downvotes is posting to the most relevant subreddit. In this case it would be /r/vim and maybe /r/textmate if there are people there considering a switch to VIM. | null | 0 | 1315283259 | False | 0 | c2hrxtc | t3_k5dwr | null | t1_c2hrxtc | t1_c2hplwh | null | 1427563610 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | GMNightmare | null | "Where is RSA used" is not a problem. Do you not understand what a problem is in the programming world? Or even just the world in general? Here's a hint: a question is not a problem. Oh, does your answer match the problem? Here's the problem, I DIDN'T ASK YOU FOR THE ANSWER.
Also, do you know there are different encry... | null | 0 | 1315283303 | False | 0 | c2hrxz8 | t3_k55g9 | null | t1_c2hrxz8 | t1_c2hruu8 | null | 1427563612 | -2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | hobbified | null | [Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years](http://norvig.com/21-days.html). | null | 0 | 1315283410 | False | 0 | c2hryer | t3_k55g9 | null | t1_c2hryer | t1_c2hlakr | null | 1427563618 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ksnap | null | ...and your blog post will probably be reposted here as well. | null | 0 | 1315283422 | False | 0 | c2hryh0 | t3_k55g9 | null | t1_c2hryh0 | t1_c2hrrid | null | 1427563619 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | SoPoOneO | null | I can vouch for this. If you have some skills and can show off what you've done in some way, the market around Boston is absolutely crazy right now. I assume it is likely the same in other tech centers. | null | 0 | 1315283512 | False | 0 | c2hryts | t3_k5zns | null | t1_c2hryts | t3_k5zns | null | 1427563624 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Farmergnome | null | http://www.bigblockgames.com/games/blackmarketbeta/ its almost done, check out the 1.0 stuff | null | 0 | 1315283553 | False | 0 | c2hrz04 | t3_k4395 | null | t1_c2hrz04 | t1_c2hgnvw | null | 1427563626 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dnew | null | And every time you refer to that array, you're using a pointer. :-) | null | 0 | 1315283628 | False | 0 | c2hrzb9 | t3_k56t1 | null | t1_c2hrzb9 | t1_c2hqrs1 | null | 1428195422 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | KungeRutta | null | I think that really depends on what kind of data you have, and how relational it is. I think you'd have a hard time writing complex data mining queries in NoSQL without reinventing a relational DB wrapper.
| null | 0 | 1315283681 | False | 0 | c2hrzi5 | t3_k3w0c | null | t1_c2hrzi5 | t1_c2hbnyp | null | 1427563635 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | addmoreice | null | WTF is wrong with me then? I've written software that is used in every GE factory in the world (a modular enterprise level system, took me two years working on this alone, 6 plug in's made by others. it's solid).
I've written one off, rush job solutions using ancient tech for databases which don't exist anymore. I've ... | null | 0 | 1315283753 | False | 0 | c2hrzsx | t3_k5zns | null | t1_c2hrzsx | t3_k5zns | null | 1427563638 | 18 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Enjay | null | I'm a developer at HubSpot and I can vouch for it being a crazy talent grab in Boston. HubSpot has created a pretty awesome work environment for devs, especially for an east coast software shop. So the real question is, who needs a job??? :) | null | 0 | 1315283954 | False | 0 | c2hs0kv | t3_k5zns | null | t1_c2hs0kv | t3_k5zns | null | 1427563647 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | MONDARIZ | null | Most people can learn to program, what you need is good developers. The ability to deliver exactly the software a customer needs is paramount to system development. When I studies the teachers rarely evaluated code (for project work), but judged the work by how close it followed customer specification/needs and how wel... | null | 0 | 1315283968 | False | 0 | c2hs0mt | t3_k55g9 | null | t1_c2hs0mt | t3_k55g9 | null | 1427563647 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | __j_random_hacker | null | Building a beautiful statue? Maybe *you* concern yourself with such drudgery, but not I.
For I realise that programming is *so much more* than that. Programming, ultimately, is what binds us together, and what tears us apart. It is love and hate. It is struggle. It is the sum total of human aspiration: all that w... | null | 0 | 1315284098 | False | 0 | c2hs153 | t3_k42i7 | null | t1_c2hs153 | t3_k42i7 | null | 1427563661 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dnew | null | > the object-oriented model isn’t in and of itself antithetical to basic functional programming
I might disagree with this. The OO model is based on mutable state of instances with identity. The functional model is based on stateless data structures without identity. At a theoretical level, they're pretty much oppo... | null | 0 | 1315284124 | False | 0 | c2hs18x | t3_k56t1 | null | t1_c2hs18x | t1_c2ho6lq | null | 1427563653 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | xiongchiamiov | null | Some of the people hiring do; those are the places you want to work. I'm fortunate to work at [one of those places](http://www.ifixit.com/Info/Jobs). | null | 0 | 1315284327 | False | 0 | c2hs221 | t3_k55g9 | null | t1_c2hs221 | t1_c2hq8gz | null | 1427563664 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mangodrunk | null | You sound like a great developer. Maybe it's your resume or Portland has a much lower cost of living. | null | 0 | 1315284412 | False | 0 | c2hs2f0 | t3_k5zns | null | t1_c2hs2f0 | t1_c2hrzsx | null | 1427563669 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | MONDARIZ | null | I think the idea is that LISP gives you a deeper understanding of programming (as compared to JAVA or C#). I learned to program in JAVA and I’m certain that LISP students will have a an advantage in many areas (although I can make a fully fledged GUI/DB application in a couple of hours, while they might spend a few day... | null | 0 | 1315284456 | False | 0 | c2hs2lw | t3_k55g9 | null | t1_c2hs2lw | t1_c2hp9sm | null | 1427563671 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | abyssomega | null | Yeah, but you'd have to live in Boston. . . . | null | 0 | 1315284526 | False | 0 | c2hs2w5 | t3_k5zns | null | t1_c2hs2w5 | t3_k5zns | null | 1427563677 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | line10gotoline10 | null | Newb here. When I see the common thread of concepts across a language, I like to encapsulate that model in my head so it's easier for me to draw parallels between ideas.
I know that when, for instance, I see a "controller" and a "view" in both WXPython tutorials and Objective C/iOS coding tutorials, both of them are ... | null | 0 | 1315284574 | False | 0 | c2hs32n | t3_k5geu | null | t1_c2hs32n | t3_k5geu | null | 1427563678 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | IsTowel | null | Beep beep beep dash ;) | null | 0 | 1315284700 | False | 0 | c2hs3kl | t3_k55g9 | null | t1_c2hs3kl | t1_c2hrmxn | null | 1427563683 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | tyfighter | null | I mean there are arguable merits and downsides to both RISC and CISC, and of course trying to write a software parser of the instruction set is complicated. The hardware implementation is even more complex especially when you're attempting to translate more than one instruction at once (on current implementations 3 or... | null | 0 | 1315284742 | False | 0 | c2hs3q5 | t3_k5f5h | null | t1_c2hs3q5 | t1_c2hrtyd | null | 1427563686 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | xiongchiamiov | null | Don't wait until it's done to stick it on GitHub; many a time I've found someone's partially-done project a useful starting point for mine.
It's also a good way to get feedback from friends who have you in their dashboard. | null | 0 | 1315284749 | False | 0 | c2hs3rd | t3_k55g9 | null | t1_c2hs3rd | t1_c2hn0ne | null | 1427563686 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1315284914 | True | 0 | c2hs4f7 | t3_k55g9 | null | t1_c2hs4f7 | t1_c2hrxz8 | null | 1427563695 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | synthetikmind | null | Programming isn't for me. I couldn't even get past reading the 2nd step before I closed the tab. | null | 0 | 1315285247 | False | 0 | c2hs5rr | t3_k55g9 | null | t1_c2hs5rr | t3_k55g9 | null | 1427563713 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | sien | null | The Australian software engineering market is pretty strong.
Where are you in Oz? The ACT and Sydney seem to have quite a few jobs. | null | 0 | 1315285445 | False | 0 | c2hs6ku | t3_k5zns | null | t1_c2hs6ku | t1_c2hrvpx | null | 1427563723 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | anonymous-coward | null | > There's no way that FORTRAN is actually faster at numerical computation than C or C++
Array aliasing? ie, in C pointers A,B might overlap, but in Fortran arrays A,B generally may not, simplifying code generation in a lot of cases.
| null | 0 | 1315285859 | False | 0 | c2hs861 | t3_k58pi | null | t1_c2hs861 | t1_c2hrpqv | null | 1427563747 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | stoph | null | That is exactly what the FuelPHP framework has in its [coding standards](http://fuelphp.com/docs/general/coding_standards.html) guide. | null | 0 | 1315285887 | False | 0 | c2hs89x | t3_k5kxq | null | t1_c2hs89x | t1_c2hrsuj | null | 1428195417 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | artsrc | null | Good point. If you are not using char *'s you are not using most of the string library, and if you are not using double * then you probably are not doing much math.
| null | 0 | 1315285957 | False | 0 | c2hs8k6 | t3_k56t1 | null | t1_c2hs8k6 | t1_c2hrzb9 | null | 1427563753 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | artsrc | null | Or you can use Scala and the compiler puts the rest in for you. Or you can just type in the byte code and have nothing do anything for you.
A language is a way of expressing your intent.
The difference between these expressions is pretty stark.
The fact that an IDE can put in the boiler plate *is* the point. | null | 0 | 1315286147 | False | 0 | c2hs9ah | t3_k56t1 | null | t1_c2hs9ah | t1_c2hpsko | null | 1427563764 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | restrict
While not technically in C++ every major compiler has an extension for it. | null | 0 | 1315286311 | True | 0 | c2hs9vp | t3_k58pi | null | t1_c2hs9vp | t1_c2hs861 | null | 1427563767 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | French_lesson | null | Have you considered using C++ the way you did before, but using libraries whose implementors carefully use those C++11 features? `noexcept` is in fact one of those features. | null | 0 | 1315286375 | False | 0 | c2hsa4b | t3_k4a5c | null | t1_c2hsa4b | t1_c2hfwy4 | null | 1427563769 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | drhugs | null | The subtle difference is that it's actually satire, as we discover.
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True | Camarade_Tux | null | Being limited in memory really doesn't sound like a lot of fun. I was hoping that was a thing of the past.
2GB or 4GB is not a huge amount anymore and while this ABI gives better performance, is it really worth it?
To get 5 to 10% of performance in _some_ applications, you introduce a new ABI with old limitations. An... | null | 0 | 1315286605 | False | 0 | c2hsayc | t3_k5z3o | null | t1_c2hsayc | t3_k5z3o | null | 1427563785 | 16 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | line10gotoline10 | null | I love this idea and want to actually institute it in some way. Unfortunately I don't have cats.. | null | 0 | 1315286678 | False | 0 | c2hsb82 | t3_k55g9 | null | t1_c2hsb82 | t1_c2hp2m9 | null | 1427563787 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | anonymous-coward | null | I still use call classic netlib Fortran code (but from Lisp). I respect Fortran, though I would not not code in f77.
However, would not something like Ada be a better choice for a modern computational language, over an improved Fortran?
Ada has lots of safety features and compile time checking (for safety in aerospa... | null | 0 | 1315286746 | False | 0 | c2hsbgr | t3_k58pi | null | t1_c2hsbgr | t3_k58pi | null | 1427563791 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | redderritter | null | >Operators && and & are mixed up. It's a very common error. I come across it virtually in every project where bits or file attributes are being handled.
Is it just me or is he wrong on this one? The code in question is
if ((c & locale::all) == 0 || // ...
which makes sense if c is a bitmask a... | null | 0 | 1315286916 | False | 0 | c2hsc4r | t3_k5kxq | null | t1_c2hsc4r | t3_k5kxq | null | 1427563798 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | MechaBlue | null | It sounds like software testing meets Mechanical Turk. | null | 0 | 1315287258 | False | 0 | c2hsday | t3_k5czl | null | t1_c2hsday | t3_k5czl | null | 1427563815 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | UniversalOutlet | null | I couldn't say. For everything I've read about him I just don't know how much of a true coder/software engineer the guy was. As far as Facebook I agree initially there wasn't much there. But I will say this, I've been around since the days of the Usenet in its prime. I was with Quantum link before it more or less b... | null | 0 | 1315287797 | False | 0 | c2hsf4u | t3_k55g9 | null | t1_c2hsf4u | t1_c2hngfn | null | 1427563834 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Prcrstntr | null | *go on...* | null | 0 | 1315287826 | False | 0 | c2hsf7t | t3_k55g9 | null | t1_c2hsf7t | t1_c2hs3kl | null | 1427563835 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ChesFTC | null | I've been the 'technical guy' sitting in on interviews before, and even just asking something like:
>How would you approach finding duplicate integers in an array / list? - either describe it or there's pen and paper or a whiteboard if you'd like.
Gave far more of an insight into their actual skill level than an... | null | 0 | 1315288003 | False | 0 | c2hsft4 | t3_k3nab | null | t1_c2hsft4 | t1_c2hbcn3 | null | 1427563843 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Game_Ender | null | His point was that while this is the ideal, it's hard to get people to actually edit that way consistently, so you just end up with a mess. | null | 0 | 1315288053 | False | 0 | c2hsfzl | t3_k5kxq | null | t1_c2hsfzl | t1_c2hrsuj | null | 1427563845 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | vplatt | null | Location, location, location. :) Looks like it's Corvallis. A quick check on Monster showed very little opportunity there for 'software engineer' as opposed to other areas. I grant you that Monster isn't even close to the last word on the subject but, as a quick litmus test, that is telling. | null | 0 | 1315288135 | False | 0 | c2hsg9s | t3_k5zns | null | t1_c2hsg9s | t1_c2hrzsx | null | 1427563850 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | bdunderscore | null | I imagine there are some scientific computing applications that could really use the additional registers and 64-bit math ops, but would prefer not to take the cache hit implied by 64-bit pointers. Sure, it's not the kind of thing you'll run on your desktop, but Linux has lots of features of that category. | null | 0 | 1315288239 | False | 0 | c2hsgma | t3_k5z3o | null | t1_c2hsgma | t1_c2hsayc | null | 1427563853 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | wonglik | null | But whats even worse is Java developer who never use other tools. Recently I was trying to convince my team mates to use Groovy for some part of our project. When I was trying to explain why closures rocks one guy just said he can do same with interfaces and inheritance. | null | 0 | 1315288252 | False | 0 | c2hsgo0 | t3_k56t1 | null | t1_c2hsgo0 | t3_k56t1 | null | 1427563854 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | oSand | null | Canvas can use scene graphs. I'm using one I wrote myself right now. | null | 0 | 1315288505 | False | 0 | c2hshim | t3_k5geu | null | t1_c2hshim | t1_c2hnamd | null | 1427563865 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1315288652 | False | 0 | c2hshz2 | t3_k55g9 | null | t1_c2hshz2 | t1_c2hsf7t | null | 1427563871 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | masklinn | null | > Oh come on. C#'s object system does not "suck balls"
It does.
> academic [...] point of view
Contrary to what you seem to think, "academic" does not mean "I don't get it".
> is used by hundreds of thousands of developers writing OO code.
Billions of flies can't be wrong, let's eat shit. | null | 0 | 1315288698 | False | 0 | c2hsi4t | t3_k56t1 | null | t1_c2hsi4t | t1_c2hpig6 | null | 1427563874 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | simpleuser | null | absolutely !
it's just a different name to express the encoding difference:
if some code is using 'SHL', it's standard. if it's using 'SAL', it's dodgy (likely a malware, packer...) | null | 0 | 1315289097 | False | 0 | c2hsjer | t3_k5f5h | null | t1_c2hsjer | t1_c2hr3nu | null | 1427563891 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | xon_xoff | null | I agree that adding yet another ABI sounds crazy, but the benchmarks on the x32-abi page show cases where x32 can attain the performance of x64 (+30%) without the size penalty (+15%). That's compelling enough at least for small/embedded platforms, especially ones with tiny storage and that can afford to have everything... | null | 0 | 1315289109 | False | 0 | c2hsjgh | t3_k5z3o | null | t1_c2hsjgh | t1_c2hsayc | null | 1427563891 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | stillalone | null | Is this just a 64bit application that uses 32bit pointers (addresses are stored and retrieved as 32bits) or is it some fancy mode that the AMD64 architecture supports?
I remember Pentiums, back in the day, having performance issues when 32bit applications would use 16bit registers and when 16bit applications used 32bi... | null | 0 | 1315289288 | False | 0 | c2hsk1p | t3_k5z3o | null | t1_c2hsk1p | t3_k5z3o | null | 1427563899 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Porges | null | You've got it around the wrong way. The commentary is for the code below.
The commentary for that code is "Here you are another misprint of one character. This time it's incorrect comparison of two names" - referring to:
strcmp(name1, name1)
The comment you quoted is referring to:
(This->options &&am... | null | 0 | 1315289302 | False | 0 | c2hsk32 | t3_k5kxq | null | t1_c2hsk32 | t1_c2hsc4r | null | 1427563899 | 14 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | masterblastercaster | null | Easy, you're in Portland. Get the fuck out of Portland. | null | 0 | 1315289340 | False | 0 | c2hsk7i | t3_k5zns | null | t1_c2hsk7i | t1_c2hrzsx | null | 1427563901 | 24 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | GMNightmare | null | Archimedes by today's standards is a moron. Most young aspiring mathematicians can actually figure out solutions to problems, I know you have a hard time understanding this concept because the same concept is in programming.
It's not just this, but familiarity of a concept improves reaction time as well.
You aren't t... | null | 0 | 1315289359 | False | 0 | c2hsk9r | t3_k55g9 | null | t1_c2hsk9r | t1_c2hs4f7 | null | 1427563903 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ElCapitanMarklar | null | Unfortunately if you are in a position where your dealing with recruiters 10x more often than dealing directly with people who know what they're talking a bout, you won't be doing yourself many favours.
Edit- but by all means if you think something will be of benefit to you, learn it. | null | 0 | 1315289398 | False | 0 | c2hskev | t3_k55g9 | null | t1_c2hskev | t1_c2hrn4w | null | 1427563905 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | nullc | null | Even worse, those few same applications which perform poorly in 64-bit mode could just be compiled with the current 32bit API.
As far as I can tell no one has been able to find an application (real, or a pre-existing constructed benchmark) which BOTH has enough register pressure to work faster with the extended regist... | null | 0 | 1315289437 | False | 0 | c2hskii | t3_k5z3o | null | t1_c2hskii | t1_c2hsayc | null | 1427563912 | 15 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cybercobra | null | Or in other words, Java lacks proper metaclasses. | null | 0 | 1315289453 | False | 0 | c2hskkf | t3_k56t1 | null | t1_c2hskkf | t1_c2hnph6 | null | 1428195414 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | fjord_piner | null | This is a very naive interpretation of modern programming. Either that or you are surrounded with very junior or unskilled software engineers.
Change job, make sure that the people who interview you are good (e.g. they ask you hard and interesting questions). That's the people you want to work with, and you will find ... | null | 0 | 1315289496 | False | 0 | c2hskpp | t3_k42if | null | t1_c2hskpp | t1_c2hlmuc | null | 1427563908 | -5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1315289522 | True | 0 | c2hskst | t3_k55g9 | null | t1_c2hskst | t1_c2hsk9r | null | 1427563916 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | _argoplix | null | I forget who said it, but when all you have is a HammerFactoryImpl, every problem looks like an INailIter. | null | 0 | 1315289647 | False | 0 | c2hsl76 | t3_k56t1 | null | t1_c2hsl76 | t3_k56t1 | null | 1427563917 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Marzhall | null | As a journalism major, I got what ended up being a successful internship programming at a mid-sized company by asking smart questions of a job fair recruiter, who ended up being my manager - specifically, by asking if they used Mono when he said they were porting .NET to Linux.
You'd be surprised how many favours you ... | null | 0 | 1315289784 | False | 0 | c2hsln2 | t3_k55g9 | null | t1_c2hsln2 | t1_c2hskev | null | 1427563921 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | But you suck at Z. | null | 0 | 1315289819 | False | 0 | c2hslre | t3_k55g9 | null | t1_c2hslre | t1_c2holqn | null | 1427563923 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jyper | null | What about [C1X](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C1X)'s(next c standard) _Generic. I don't thing its implemented anywhere yet but I think you can use \__builtin_types_compatible_p and __builtin_choose_expr from gcc to accomplish the same thing. | null | 0 | 1315289930 | False | 0 | c2hsm3i | t3_k58pi | null | t1_c2hsm3i | t1_c2hpbol | null | 1427563927 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | It builds a web presence so when they go interviewing for a job the interviewer can google them and up pops their programming blog.
Author is probably shopping around for a new job. Thus the reason for writing the piece. | null | 0 | 1315289961 | False | 0 | c2hsm6w | t3_k55g9 | null | t1_c2hsm6w | t1_c2hmin7 | null | 1427563931 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | atrn | null | I agree. And it may not be necessary but if you're inquisitive, as well as good, you'll create one anyway.
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True | railmaniac | null | Nope, I'm pretty sure I'm good at the Z's. | null | 0 | 1315290002 | False | 0 | c2hsmbt | t3_k55g9 | null | t1_c2hsmbt | t1_c2hslre | null | 1427563938 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jyper | null | I think its extremely useful(type overloading for the win) | null | 0 | 1315290015 | False | 0 | c2hsmdd | t3_k58pi | null | t1_c2hsmdd | t1_c2hlysw | null | 1427563933 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | wvenable | null | > 4GB is not a huge amount anymore and while this ABI gives better performance, is it really worth it?
4GB *per process* is still pretty big. Very few individual processes really need that much RAM.
But I agree with the rest of your assessment; it seems like a lot of mess for very little gain especially when pr... | null | 0 | 1315290125 | False | 0 | c2hsmor | t3_k5z3o | null | t1_c2hsmor | t1_c2hsayc | null | 1427563936 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Pornhub_dev | null | Well, if it was easier to get a working VISA may be the shortage wouldn't be that bad... I know countries where the IT market is crap and with tons of qualified developers. | null | 0 | 1315290147 | False | 0 | c2hsmqw | t3_k5zns | null | t1_c2hsmqw | t3_k5zns | null | 1427563936 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ReinH | null | > Logged hours can help realistically plan out what you want to get done in a week or a month
Not as efficiently as an agile-style point system. In fact, time-based estimation is notoriously inaccurate. You might enjoy [Agile Estimating and Planning](http://www.amazon.com/Agile-Estimating-Planning-Mike-Cohn/dp/0131... | null | 0 | 1315290202 | False | 0 | c2hsmx6 | t3_k55g9 | null | t1_c2hsmx6 | t1_c2honx5 | null | 1427563938 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | I honestly don't think writing "beautiful" code matters that much. I think what matters far more is domain experience and collaboration. When your manager is writing your yearly review, he's not going to give a rat's ass how well you can write efficient code. He's going to care about how deeply you know the business, t... | null | 0 | 1315290281 | False | 0 | c2hsn55 | t3_k55g9 | null | t1_c2hsn55 | t1_c2hn9nq | null | 1427563940 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | holofernes | null | ^^ Sydney is going well -- though obviously due to our size there are always booms and busts within certain niches.
If all else fails there is always the E3 visa =) | null | 0 | 1315290442 | False | 0 | c2hsnnf | t3_k5zns | null | t1_c2hsnnf | t1_c2hs6ku | null | 1427563947 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1315290537 | False | 0 | c2hsnxl | t3_k5zns | null | t1_c2hsnxl | t1_c2hs6ku | null | 1427563950 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Unless English is a foreign language. | null | 0 | 1315290654 | False | 0 | c2hso9r | t3_k5d4v | null | t1_c2hso9r | t1_c2hrqro | null | 1427563956 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | sidneyc | null | I am not disputing that, on the contrary -- I am merely offering a different perspective. | null | 0 | 1315290665 | False | 0 | c2hsoaw | t3_k56t1 | null | t1_c2hsoaw | t1_c2hrkwy | null | 1427563956 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | isuckatguitar | null | the 10k referral bonus is insane! My company gives out 1.5k bonuses which I thought were pretty good. | null | 0 | 1315290809 | False | 0 | c2hsoq7 | t3_k5zns | null | t1_c2hsoq7 | t1_c2hs0kv | null | 1427563960 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | vplatt | null | So, then isn't Fortran just an example of a very successful DSL? Surely none of us are going to go off and create a new web startup with Fortran (at least not at the user interface tier), but then we surely are probably not going to go start a scientific computation venture using Ruby On Rails either. Perhaps we coul... | null | 0 | 1315291171 | False | 0 | c2hspqj | t3_k58pi | null | t1_c2hspqj | t1_c2hrpqv | null | 1427563977 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kamatsu | null | >Robert C Martin
Is a colossal douche who couldn't program his way out of a paper bag. | null | 0 | 1315291253 | False | 0 | c2hspzr | t3_k56t1 | null | t1_c2hspzr | t1_c2hmoy6 | null | 1427563978 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | vplatt | null | Oh.. the memories all right. I must refresh this glass of brandy now. | null | 0 | 1315291279 | False | 0 | c2hsq28 | t3_k58pi | null | t1_c2hsq28 | t1_c2hqgjp | null | 1427563979 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | wvenable | null | What if my tab-stops are different from your tab-stops -- the further alignment will be all wrong for one of us. | null | 0 | 1315291382 | False | 0 | c2hsqck | t3_k5kxq | null | t1_c2hsqck | t1_c2hrsuj | null | 1427563981 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jotaroh | null | Oh great another dotcom bubble | null | 0 | 1315291426 | False | 0 | c2hsqgz | t3_k5zns | null | t1_c2hsqgz | t3_k5zns | null | 1427563983 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jotaroh | null | have you done smartphone dev?
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True | menno | null | Young? ReactOS's first release was in '98. | null | 0 | 1315291500 | False | 0 | c2hsqof | t3_k5kxq | null | t1_c2hsqof | t1_c2hrhri | null | 1427563986 | 18 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jyper | null | but github is proprietary so Stallman would probably dislike it. | null | 0 | 1315291534 | False | 0 | c2hsqry | t3_k4uxf | null | t1_c2hsqry | t1_c2hl45u | null | 1427563987 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | zztraider | null | I think you were probably closer the first time...
First you have requirements, when you're about 80% done with the project the customer informs you that the requirements they gave you have absolutely nothing to do with what they actually need the software to do.
So you do whatever you need to do to make it work -- s... | null | 0 | 1315291550 | False | 0 | c2hsqtj | t3_k55g9 | null | t1_c2hsqtj | t1_c2hm05x | null | 1427563989 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | vplatt | null | > I agree that a spiritual successor would be great.
Wouldn't ML, Caml, OCaml/F#, or even Haskell fit that bill? When it comes to numerical programming, I've heard the most hype about it moving to FP and specialty DSLs like NumPy for Python.
RE: Chapel - That is nice! Not much to say on it since I only just read... | null | 0 | 1315291623 | True | 0 | c2hsr0g | t3_k58pi | null | t1_c2hsr0g | t1_c2hmkgx | null | 1427563991 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dual-moon | null | It's all so interesting, I just wish I understood any of it. No matter how many times I try to learn assembly and figure out how talking to the CPU actually works, I fall flat. Is there no easy to understand material out there? | null | 0 | 1315291663 | False | 0 | c2hsr4f | t3_k5f5h | null | t1_c2hsr4f | t3_k5f5h | null | 1427563992 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | malkarouri | null | Where there is a "will" there is a way ;) | null | 0 | 1315291725 | False | 0 | c2hsrap | t3_k3w0c | null | t1_c2hsrap | t1_c2hbylw | null | 1427563994 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ApochPiQ | null | Quite happy with my current job, actually.
I wrote this in response to a chain of PMs from a handful of various members on GameDev.Net, and in response to a proliferation of threads asking the question that opens the article. | null | 0 | 1315291813 | False | 0 | c2hsrjp | t3_k55g9 | null | t1_c2hsrjp | t1_c2hsm6w | null | 1427563997 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ApochPiQ | null | Maybe that motivates other writers on the subject, but I personally wrote this because I personally get asked the question fairly frequently. Apparently someone already considers me a good programmer ;-) | null | 0 | 1315291862 | False | 0 | c2hsrpf | t3_k55g9 | null | t1_c2hsrpf | t1_c2hmin7 | null | 1427564000 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Bipolarruledout | null | I still consider it "young" based on it's significant ambition. This isn't *just* a kernel. | null | 0 | 1315291950 | False | 0 | c2hsrxv | t3_k5kxq | null | t1_c2hsrxv | t1_c2hrhri | null | 1427564002 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ApochPiQ | null | It's only obvious if you already know it.
I never claimed it was original material; hell, I outright admit to stealing from Peter Norvig's (much better) list of bullet points. My goal isn't to be the first to say something about the subject; despite the internet's fascination with "firstness", it actually interests me... | null | 0 | 1315292006 | False | 0 | c2hss3f | t3_k55g9 | null | t1_c2hss3f | t1_c2hrm4b | null | 1427564004 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | olsner | null | No, that's exactly what it is, 64bit programs that use 32bit pointers.
But AMD64 should be well suited for this kind of abuse: as opposed to the 16/32 switch where 32-bit became the default operand size and 16-bit operations got a penalty, 32-bit is still the default in 64-bit mode and to use the extra bits or registe... | null | 0 | 1315292019 | False | 0 | c2hss4m | t3_k5z3o | null | t1_c2hss4m | t1_c2hsk1p | null | 1427564005 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | malkarouri | null | I personally have a theory that application development is converging towards a variant of Excel. Development will oscillate between relational databases, custom applications, web interfaces, and what not, and will always come back to a pretty useful spreadsheet. | null | 0 | 1315292043 | False | 0 | c2hss6u | t3_k3w0c | null | t1_c2hss6u | t1_c2hcs1s | null | 1427564005 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | exscape | null | Sure, but 4GB per process is just an address space. It's not like a system with 4GB physical RAM can run multiple apps that use >2 GB each just thanks to virtual memory. | null | 0 | 1315292110 | False | 0 | c2hssdh | t3_k5z3o | null | t1_c2hssdh | t1_c2hsmor | null | 1427564008 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ApochPiQ | null | I'm more focused on people who want to program for the love of it, than people who program for business reasons.
Yes, getting stuff done is important, but IMHO enjoying your life is moreso.
If you enjoy programming _well_, you'll enjoy getting things done, and accomplishment will naturally fall out of it. (Obviously ... | null | 0 | 1315292190 | False | 0 | c2hssl6 | t3_k55g9 | null | t1_c2hssl6 | t1_c2hlcay | null | 1427564010 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | hotoatmeal | null | The ABI is a set of specifications for how applications interact with the ~~OS~~ kernel via system calls, the compiler, the linker, etc, so this is just a software abstraction, and not something new in hardware. | null | 0 | 1315292217 | True | 0 | c2hssns | t3_k5z3o | null | t1_c2hssns | t1_c2hsk1p | null | 1427564012 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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