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True | littledan | null | More like, it's an internal and recent optimization that JS implementations use more advanced techniques than an AST interpreter. It's an implementation detail how a VM executes code.
What's recent is that people have started referring to JS implementations as 'VMs'. That's just a result of the use of techniques that ... | null | 0 | 1315687060 | False | 0 | c2ix0nz | t3_kawp5 | null | t1_c2ix0nz | t1_c2itm5b | null | 1427583588 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1315687100 | False | 0 | c2ix0tq | t3_kbdgw | null | t1_c2ix0tq | t1_c2iwy5t | null | 1427583591 | -5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | GambitDash | null | Awesome trolling. | null | 0 | 1315687141 | False | 0 | c2ix0ze | t3_kbdgw | null | t1_c2ix0ze | t3_kbdgw | null | 1427583593 | 30 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mcguire | null | Why do I have this strange urge to make a Canadian rabbi joke? | null | 0 | 1315687295 | False | 0 | c2ix1kf | t3_kajta | null | t1_c2ix1kf | t1_c2iscwa | null | 1428194646 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ondra | null | > I blame Microsoft.
Why? Your arrays can start wherever you want them to in Visual Basic :-p. | null | 0 | 1315687396 | False | 0 | c2ix1z3 | t3_kbdgw | null | t1_c2ix1z3 | t1_c2ix0tq | null | 1427583611 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mdipierro | null | I did not think about the ipad.... This makes me want to add the adding the ability to grab and move a ball with the finger. | null | 0 | 1315687409 | False | 0 | c2ix20w | t3_k8trx | null | t1_c2ix20w | t1_c2iwvw9 | null | 1427583611 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1315687421 | False | 0 | c2ix22s | t3_kbdgw | null | t1_c2ix22s | t1_c2iwoxi | null | 1427583611 | -2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dpoon | null | Every recent browser at least pretends to support the W3C DOM, and higher-level frameworks bridge the remaining differences reasonably well. You can write the code once and tweak it for various browsers in a few spots. In the early days, though, it was worse: Netscape had document.layers and IE had document.all. You... | null | 0 | 1315687468 | False | 0 | c2ix28q | t3_kajta | null | t1_c2ix28q | t1_c2iw0g2 | null | 1427583613 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | uriel | null | > LDC and GDC are.
As far as I know LDC and GDC are not really usable, specially for D2 development.
But then AFAIK DMD doesn't even implement all of D2 either. | null | 0 | 1315687613 | False | 0 | c2ix2te | t3_kaxjq | null | t1_c2ix2te | t1_c2ivtn8 | null | 1427583618 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | JohnDoe365 | null | It is meant to be used by humans. Probably by Joe Average. | null | 0 | 1315687679 | False | 0 | c2ix327 | t3_k9ud6 | null | t1_c2ix327 | t1_c2iu1l6 | null | 1427583620 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | last_useful_man | null | Individual processors 1000x, or, 100 processors (100 layers) 10x faster?
edit: original IBM press release: http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/35358.wss | null | 0 | 1315687739 | True | 0 | c2ix3b0 | t3_kba91 | null | t1_c2ix3b0 | t3_kba91 | null | 1427583622 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | DrupalDev | null | I love you, friend. | null | 0 | 1315687758 | False | 0 | c2ix3e1 | t3_kbbbu | null | t1_c2ix3e1 | t3_kbbbu | null | 1427583624 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | a_redditor | null | A lot of people have that theory. They're called [Luddites](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddites). | null | 0 | 1315687771 | False | 0 | c2ix3fr | t3_kbbbu | null | t1_c2ix3fr | t1_c2iwkqp | null | 1427583625 | 25 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | iamapizza | null | I don't usually upvote things, but I enjoyed this post and so I gave it 0 upvotes. | null | 0 | 1315687847 | False | 0 | c2ix3qq | t3_kbdgw | null | t1_c2ix3qq | t3_kbdgw | null | 1427583629 | 30 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mcguire | null | > And then people decided they wanted to get Javascript standardised. And they wanted to get this done quickly, without too much untoward interference from ~~corrupt~~ US company lobbyists.
From what I can tell, one ~~corrupt~~ US company decided to standardize Javascript *their way*, as a club to smack on another ... | null | 0 | 1315687868 | False | 0 | c2ix3ts | t3_kajta | null | t1_c2ix3ts | t1_c2ishq5 | null | 1427583630 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | powercow | null | The spelling rules of english have made people into worse spellers.
Where the hell is the 'r' in colonel?
Anyways on your point, the brain has the amazing capacity for deciding what it no longer has to expend energy on. And it is more than spelling. Calculators have made us worse at math, cellphones have made us worse... | null | 0 | 1315687879 | True | 0 | c2ix3v1 | t3_kbbbu | null | t1_c2ix3v1 | t1_c2iwkqp | null | 1427583630 | 15 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | poo_22 | null | I admit i still use 2.7 because that's what i'm used to. What are some reasons to upgrade though? | null | 0 | 1315687928 | False | 0 | c2ix419 | t3_kbdgw | null | t1_c2ix419 | t1_c2iwpo1 | null | 1427583631 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | shevegen | null | A shame this is a joke ...
... because from logic it would follow that the FIRST (english word "first") element member of an array would be 1 [1] array[1]
Right?
What is wrong with this perception?
I think it is a very sound and logical one from this perception alone.
So what are the real reasons that it is not do... | null | 0 | 1315688371 | False | 0 | c2ix5pf | t3_kbdgw | null | t1_c2ix5pf | t3_kbdgw | null | 1427583656 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | UnpopularStatment | null | >using Creative Commons for code
NOPE
>using a non-commercial clause
DOUBLE NOPE
Your license is [GPL-incompatible](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#OtherLicenses) (even CC-BY is!) and [not open source](http://www.opensource.org/licenses/category). Please remove your code from Github as it is **p... | null | 0 | 1315688475 | True | 0 | c2ix633 | t3_kbbbu | null | t1_c2ix633 | t3_kbbbu | null | 1427583660 | 27 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | varikin | null | Oh that sounds cool. Maybe I should try D out one of these days. | null | 0 | 1315688504 | False | 0 | c2ix66v | t3_kaxjq | null | t1_c2ix66v | t1_c2iv619 | null | 1427583663 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ais523 | null | The website itself was working fine all along, but there was a DNS hiccup at the esolangs.org name. It should be fixed by now. | null | 0 | 1315688563 | False | 0 | c2ix6fb | t3_k9cbj | null | t1_c2ix6fb | t1_c2ingfg | null | 1427583665 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | earthboundkid | null | You completely missed the point. By PC, I mean OEMs besides Apple and by Apple I mean Apple Corp. I was not talking about Windows vs. Mac OS X.
Yes, you can plug any keyboard into any computer, but what gets sold with what? You cannot honestly deny that 90%+ of PCs come with keyboards that have goofy keys like scroll... | null | 0 | 1315688590 | False | 0 | c2ix6j0 | t3_k8w37 | null | t1_c2ix6j0 | t1_c2iurjk | null | 1427583666 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cunningjames | null | D’oh. I wondered if you’d mistaken me for someone else. | null | 0 | 1315688665 | False | 0 | c2ix6s4 | t3_k9rqy | null | t1_c2ix6s4 | t1_c2iv6xv | null | 1427583667 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | twotime | null | Just for the record: going through any standards body at this stage would be totally stupid.
Publish your design, do the first implementation first, get the main players (Firefox/Safari/Opera/MS) adopt it...Then you *might* want to standardize. | null | 0 | 1315688792 | False | 0 | c2ix7ac | t3_kawp5 | null | t1_c2ix7ac | t1_c2iwg32 | null | 1427583670 | 13 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Terr_ | null | Slight correction: There's no string "pool". OK, there is, but it is a very limited optimization that mainly applies to literals embedded in the source code, not all strings created at runtime. | null | 0 | 1315688934 | False | 0 | c2ix7u8 | t3_ka4h8 | null | t1_c2ix7u8 | t1_c2ircp0 | null | 1427583676 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | rikthevik | null | Here's how arrays work in C (which is basically just a glorified assembler).
x[10] is the same thing as *(x+10).
All assemblers use base+offset. Just remember base+offset. | null | 0 | 1315688983 | False | 0 | c2ix80n | t3_kbdgw | null | t1_c2ix80n | t1_c2ix5pf | null | 1427583678 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1315689028 | False | 0 | c2ix875 | t3_kbe88 | null | t1_c2ix875 | t1_c2ix07v | null | 1427583680 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | JamesM_ | null | What you commonly refer to as the first element is actually the zero'th element, as any good mathematician would tell you ;)
Seriously though, often when dealing with arrays you need to calculate *offsets from the start*, as opposed to direct indexing.
Phrased another way, when dealing with "closer to the metal" lang... | null | 0 | 1315689123 | False | 0 | c2ix8kz | t3_kbdgw | null | t1_c2ix8kz | t1_c2ix5pf | null | 1427583685 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | wretcheddawn | null | No. Most new computers are coming with 4-6 GB (or 3GB in windows 32-bit; 6GB for triple-channel x64 systems). With that much RAM, it's unnecessary to worry about the small space savings from having slightly bigger memory footprint in 64-bit apps.
I've had a 4GB system for 4 years, with Vista on it...haven't rebooted... | null | 0 | 1315689142 | False | 0 | c2ix8ni | t3_k5z3o | null | t1_c2ix8ni | t1_c2iw6hx | null | 1427583686 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | AlSweigart | null | Whoa, did not realize that. I'll make the change right now. Simplified BSD License it is. (Slapping a CC license is just a kneejerk reaction, I forgot this was software.) | null | 0 | 1315689156 | True | 0 | c2ix8p7 | t3_kbbbu | null | t1_c2ix8p7 | t1_c2ix633 | null | 1427583687 | 53 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | __konrad | null | > The 0-based/1-based debate is not limited to just programming languages. For example, the elevator button for the ground-floor of a building is labeled "0" in France and many other countries, but "1" in the USA.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Array_data_type | null | 0 | 1315689211 | False | 0 | c2ix8x4 | t3_kbdgw | null | t1_c2ix8x4 | t3_kbdgw | null | 1427583690 | 29 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | 0xFF0000 | null | Wow, this is great stuff! I don't have much else to add, haven't tested yet (will hopefully do), but noticing a lack of comments I had to say something (:
Great job, really; and very nice demo games, and tutorial, and and.. this is quite outstanding! | null | 0 | 1315689246 | False | 0 | c2ix91q | t3_kbbbu | null | t1_c2ix91q | t3_kbbbu | null | 1427583691 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | JamesM_ | null | > The 0-based/1-based debate is not limited to just programming languages. For example, the elevator button for the ground-floor of a building is labeled "0" in France and many other countries, but "1" in the USA.
... does that mean in the USA the first floor is labelled "2"? | null | 0 | 1315689291 | False | 0 | c2ix98g | t3_kbdgw | null | t1_c2ix98g | t1_c2ix8x4 | null | 1427583695 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | derleth | null | > These can be done in more verbose ways ... but are provided to make the language more readable and therefore more maintainable.
Anything you can do in any language can be done in ad-hoc machine code, but it is more readable and therefore more maintainable in some other language.
> High level languages are als... | null | 0 | 1315689294 | False | 0 | c2ix98w | t3_ka4h8 | null | t1_c2ix98w | t1_c2iwz1d | null | 1427583695 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | iLiekCaeks | null | Implicitly executing arbitrary code? Sounds like a good way to write reliable and readable code! | null | 0 | 1315689495 | False | 0 | c2ixa03 | t3_k8gr4 | null | t1_c2ixa03 | t1_c2ikq4a | null | 1427583704 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Nonsense. Many languages have 1-indexed arrays, and the machine code they generated is indistinguishable from those that use zero-indexed ones. That's what compilers (not "pre-processors") do!
| null | 0 | 1315689624 | False | 0 | c2ixaht | t3_kbdgw | null | t1_c2ixaht | t1_c2ix22s | null | 1427583711 | 13 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | phaker | null | This is mentioned in the *first sentence* of TFA and you'll need two passes to draw wireframes over a normal rendering. | null | 0 | 1315689636 | False | 0 | c2ixajh | t3_kb6uu | null | t1_c2ixajh | t1_c2iwjt1 | null | 1427583712 | 16 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | WalterBright | null | D has functional purity that is checkable at compile time; Scala does not. | null | 0 | 1315689820 | False | 0 | c2ixbac | t3_kaxjq | null | t1_c2ixbac | t1_c2iwq2h | null | 1427583721 | 12 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | masklinn | null | > gcc devs know their shit. People think that just because llvm has a more recent codebase, and is not GPL, that it will beat the gcc.
There's also this to note:
> The above said about compilation speed is true when GCC front-end is
used for LLVM. LLVM has another C-language family front-end called
CLANG which... | null | 0 | 1315689838 | False | 0 | c2ixbch | t3_k7q0a | null | t1_c2ixbch | t1_c2i5wq3 | null | 1427583722 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | gc3 | null | Lua starts at 1. Positive indexes in an array are normal indexes. Negative indexes are indexes from the far end. [0] is actually in the hash table part of a table, not in the linear part, as is ["foo"] or ["geronimo"].
i.e. ugh[1] = first entry in table, ugh[2] = second, ugh[-1] = last entry in table. ugh[0] = not in... | null | 0 | 1315689840 | False | 0 | c2ixbcm | t3_kbdgw | null | t1_c2ixbcm | t1_c2ix22s | null | 1427583722 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | flambasted | null | What? I've known of D for years, but never heard of Tiobe.
Also, who is using Pascal outside of a classroom? And, which classroom is using Pascal outside of the 1990s? | null | 0 | 1315689858 | False | 0 | c2ixbf0 | t3_kaxjq | null | t1_c2ixbf0 | t3_kaxjq | null | 1427583723 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | JW_00000 | null | What is the first hour in the day? The one from 0:00 to 1:00.
What's the first second in a minute? :00.
The kilometers on the motorway are labeled 0.0, 0.1, ..., 1.0, ... So the first kilometer is labeled '0.x'
Numbers just work this way. On an axis:
0 1 2 3 4 5
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True | palordrolap | null | It's not that hard in C (as long as you remember you've done it):
int *foo = malloc(5*sizeof(int));
foo--;
foo is now a 1-indexed array. | null | 0 | 1315689923 | False | 0 | c2ixbni | t3_kbdgw | null | t1_c2ixbni | t1_c2ix22s | null | 1428194642 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | calrogman | null | Simplified BSD, nice choice. | null | 0 | 1315689982 | False | 0 | c2ixbvl | t3_kbbbu | null | t1_c2ixbvl | t1_c2ix8p7 | null | 1427583730 | 23 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | gc3 | null | But I have a problem with most languages, that array[12] is followed by array[13]. Doesn't anyone realize that array[13] is unlucky, and causes program bugs? We need to make sure that array[12] is followed by array[14] and array [13] causes an exception! | null | 0 | 1315689999 | False | 0 | c2ixbyb | t3_kbdgw | null | t1_c2ixbyb | t1_c2iwq8w | null | 1427583742 | 103 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | gc3 | null | Sometimes it's labeled G. | null | 0 | 1315690030 | False | 0 | c2ixc3e | t3_kbdgw | null | t1_c2ixc3e | t1_c2ix98g | null | 1427583736 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1315690150 | False | 0 | c2ixck3 | t3_kbdgw | null | t1_c2ixck3 | t1_c2iwujs | null | 1427583741 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mkantor | null | Javascript (1.7) has block-scope variables, with [let](https://developer.mozilla.org/en/New_in_JavaScript_1.7#Block_scope_with_let_%28Merge_into_let_Statement%29).
It might be related to my coding style, but honestly I've never actually run into a case where I've needed let, since I tend to use anonymous functions to ... | null | 0 | 1315690203 | True | 0 | c2ixcqw | t3_kajta | null | t1_c2ixcqw | t1_c2iue2v | null | 1427583752 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | JamesM_ | null | Why would you label the first floor "G"? | null | 0 | 1315690215 | False | 0 | c2ixcsl | t3_kbdgw | null | t1_c2ixcsl | t1_c2ixc3e | null | 1427583743 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ropers | null | Well, just for starters, Vim is made in a country (or in two countries, considering Bram's work in Zürich now) where A4 is ubiquitous and US letter is virtually unknown...
PS: Of course, it's much harder to estimate where more Vim users are located, but you could always ask Bram or try to work your way through [this l... | null | 0 | 1315690277 | True | 0 | c2ixd1o | t3_k9akm | null | t1_c2ixd1o | t1_c2iwzmq | null | 1427583747 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | addininja | null | Yeah but that's two-pass. Or am i misunderstanding? | null | 0 | 1315690305 | False | 0 | c2ixd5t | t3_kb6uu | null | t1_c2ixd5t | t1_c2iwjt1 | null | 1427583754 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | calrogman | null | *G*round. | null | 0 | 1315690377 | False | 0 | c2ixdg4 | t3_kbdgw | null | t1_c2ixdg4 | t1_c2ixcsl | null | 1427583754 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | gc3 | null | "Ground". Sometimes it's instead labeled "L", for lobby. And sometimes you'll see both L and P. P is for Parking, typically underground. Sometimes you'll see L, P1, P2, P3 for multiple parking levels. Sometimes you'll see B for "Basement" instead.
| null | 0 | 1315690444 | False | 0 | c2ixdp3 | t3_kbdgw | null | t1_c2ixdp3 | t1_c2ixcsl | null | 1427583757 | 15 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | __konrad | null | It's more complicated than programming ;)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storey | null | 0 | 1315690451 | False | 0 | c2ixdq0 | t3_kbdgw | null | t1_c2ixdq0 | t1_c2ix98g | null | 1427583757 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | JamesM_ | null | I was taking the piss. I'm not retarded! ;) | null | 0 | 1315690471 | False | 0 | c2ixdsq | t3_kbdgw | null | t1_c2ixdsq | t1_c2ixdp3 | null | 1427583757 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | calrogman | null | <sarcasm>Where were your sarcasm tags?</sarcasm> | null | 0 | 1315690552 | False | 0 | c2ixe3o | t3_kbdgw | null | t1_c2ixe3o | t1_c2ixdsq | null | 1427583759 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | eternauta3k | null | So you can claw your eyes out at having to use parentheses in **print** | null | 0 | 1315690581 | False | 0 | c2ixe84 | t3_kbdgw | null | t1_c2ixe84 | t1_c2ix419 | null | 1427583760 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mcandre | null | The developer community needs more people like you! | null | 0 | 1315690595 | False | 0 | c2ixeac | t3_kbbbu | null | t1_c2ixeac | t3_kbbbu | null | 1427583761 | 12 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | therapy | null | I get what you are saying about standardization, however, building an implementation in secret and dumping it over the wall when finished is **not** going to get other browser vendors to adopt it.
You need to work **with** them, not go your own way and tell them to fall in line.
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True | [deleted] | null | butthurt? :( | null | 0 | 1315690650 | False | 0 | c2ixei7 | t3_kajta | null | t1_c2ixei7 | t1_c2ivql8 | null | 1427583763 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | JamesM_ | null | I'm British. It goes with the territory. | null | 0 | 1315690662 | False | 0 | c2ixek4 | t3_kbdgw | null | t1_c2ixek4 | t1_c2ixe3o | null | 1427583764 | 12 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | yogthos | null | Wouldn't it be up to developers of other browsers to implement support in them? As long as there's a clear and open spec I fail to see the problem. | null | 0 | 1315690667 | False | 0 | c2ixeku | t3_kawp5 | null | t1_c2ixeku | t1_c2iwg32 | null | 1427583764 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | lethalman | null | In particular, libreoffice shows 0^0 = 0. This is broken for e.g. GAMMADIST. While pow(0,0)==1 in C. | null | 0 | 1315690690 | False | 0 | c2ixeny | t3_kbgvc | null | t1_c2ixeny | t3_kbgvc | null | 1427583765 | 14 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1315690783 | False | 0 | c2ixezj | t3_kajta | null | t1_c2ixezj | t1_c2ivjpb | null | 1427583776 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ethraax | null | > When you buy a Mac laptop you get a keyboard without scroll locks but with a key setting for the keyboard backlight brightness. Does it require a "special" driver for that? Well, it depends on what you mean by "special." It doesn't require you to download and install software. Yeah, sure, Apple must have done some... | null | 0 | 1315690792 | False | 0 | c2ixf0y | t3_k8w37 | null | t1_c2ixf0y | t1_c2ix6j0 | null | 1427583770 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1315690940 | False | 0 | c2ixfl0 | t3_kbbbu | null | t1_c2ixfl0 | t3_kbbbu | null | 1427583779 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | phosglue | null | I just tried to say "colonel" at normal speaking speed without an R. It is the most southern (US) I have ever sounded. | null | 0 | 1315691041 | False | 0 | c2ixfyy | t3_kbbbu | null | t1_c2ixfyy | t1_c2ix3v1 | null | 1427583783 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | calrogman | null | I just heard an American commentator on Radio 5 Live call Andy Murray English. As a Scotsman (who considers himself Scottish and European, but not British (no offence, I just don't like Tories)), I feel you "Brits" have a lot to answer for... | null | 0 | 1315691128 | True | 0 | c2ixgal | t3_kbdgw | null | t1_c2ixgal | t1_c2ixek4 | null | 1427583790 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Phantom_Hoover | null | As an eminent and world-respected hater of Brainfuck derivatives, I give you my fullest contempt. | null | 0 | 1315691174 | False | 0 | c2ixghd | t3_k9cbj | null | t1_c2ixghd | t3_k9cbj | null | 1427583797 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | joeshlub | null | Fair enough, I suppose I was just thrown by "Java's **still out there**", which makes it sound like Java is on the fringes and JavaScript is the big thing. For all intensive purposes JavaScript exists in the browser, and every other application where Java/Javascript 'compete' is dominated by Java. I would argue that Ja... | null | 0 | 1315691439 | False | 0 | c2ixhi4 | t3_kajta | null | t1_c2ixhi4 | t1_c2ixezj | null | 1427583803 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | shinryuu21 | null | I was expecting some efficient linux commands but then I realised I didn't knew I could do this in a windows cli so you get my upvote. | null | 0 | 1315691500 | False | 0 | c2ixhqh | t3_kbe88 | null | t1_c2ixhqh | t3_kbe88 | null | 1427583806 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | JamesM_ | null | It's spelled "offence" ;)
*drinks tea* | null | 0 | 1315691517 | False | 0 | c2ixhtn | t3_kbdgw | null | t1_c2ixhtn | t1_c2ixgal | null | 1427583807 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | EstebanVelour | null | Andy Murray is one of the few people in this world who's able to change nationalities in relation to his fortunes, when he wins, he's British but when he loses he's Scottish. Scottish most of the time it seems. | null | 0 | 1315691546 | False | 0 | c2ixhxi | t3_kbdgw | null | t1_c2ixhxi | t1_c2ixgal | null | 1427583808 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cognitivesudo | null | Adjunct Prof at UCLA :) Hope he lectures in my CS seminar this year. | null | 0 | 1315691606 | False | 0 | c2ixi5t | t3_kb0bx | null | t1_c2ixi5t | t3_kb0bx | null | 1427583811 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | calrogman | null | Oh bother. en_US spell-checker be damned! | null | 0 | 1315691636 | False | 0 | c2ixi9m | t3_kbdgw | null | t1_c2ixi9m | t1_c2ixhtn | null | 1427583812 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Taladar | null | To clarify, what I mean is that e.g. if you know one unit (for whatever definition of unit you want to use, e.g. a subarray, a dimension,...) is k array index values long you can not simple calculate the m'th element in unit n by doing (n\*k)+m anymore with 1-indexed arrays, instead you have to do (if the storage array... | null | 0 | 1315691656 | False | 0 | c2ixick | t3_kbdgw | null | t1_c2ixick | t1_c2ix22s | null | 1427583813 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Taladar | null | > Most business targeted languages
You mean like COBOL? That is about the only language I can think of that is explicitly targeted at businesses.
Other languages do realize that despite the overinflated ego of some business people most math done in business is merely a (usually) rather trivial special case of gene... | null | 0 | 1315691819 | False | 0 | c2ixj0f | t3_kbdgw | null | t1_c2ixj0f | t1_c2iwujs | null | 1427583822 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1315691935 | False | 0 | c2ixjgo | t3_kbgvc | null | t1_c2ixjgo | t3_kbgvc | null | 1427583830 | -16 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Taladar | null | To be honest if there is anything worse than picking the wrong option in whatever syntactical or minor semantical decision it is to pick the "you can do both" option. That just makes the life of everyone who has to parse the language so much harder, including people who have to read it, tools meant to do syntax highlig... | null | 0 | 1315691947 | False | 0 | c2ixji1 | t3_kbdgw | null | t1_c2ixji1 | t1_c2iwy5t | null | 1427583830 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Rotten194 | null | Some really amazing emergent behavior here. A white boss swarm came out and was kicking ass, but started getting harassed by groups of kamikaze purples until it got chewed down. | null | 0 | 1315691966 | False | 0 | c2ixjko | t3_k7ewc | null | t1_c2ixjko | t3_k7ewc | null | 1428194637 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1315691966 | False | 0 | c2ixjks | t3_kajta | null | t1_c2ixjks | t1_c2ixhi4 | null | 1428194637 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | geodebug | null | Sorry to hear that. Buck up. | null | 0 | 1315691980 | False | 0 | c2ixjmf | t3_kajta | null | t1_c2ixjmf | t1_c2ixei7 | null | 1428194637 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | BraveSirRobin | null | I still disagree, as a Brit the phrase "with sugar on top" is a well known idiom to me. It doesn't mean anything other than "a small addition". See also "a spoon full of sugar".
It's an additive to make things sweeter, not the whole thing. Unless we are talking candy floss... ;-) | null | 0 | 1315692336 | False | 0 | c2ixl0r | t3_ka4h8 | null | t1_c2ixl0r | t1_c2ix98w | null | 1427583857 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | I was saying I'd prefer it if the engine could handle generic types directly, without the compiler trick. I realize that compatibility was important in the decision to use erasure - my point is that we probably need to start with a new engine.
OTOH, that dynamic languages, which don't use generic types, seem to be the... | null | 0 | 1315692343 | False | 0 | c2ixl1q | t3_ka4h8 | null | t1_c2ixl1q | t1_c2iu1p9 | null | 1427583860 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Esteth | null | They're doing it in a friendly way. Dash compiles to javascript, so everyone has full support for everything dash is capable of. | null | 0 | 1315692420 | False | 0 | c2ixlbx | t3_kawp5 | null | t1_c2ixlbx | t1_c2iwg32 | null | 1427583860 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | TheSisko972 | null | No offense, but I don't think you understand what karma whoring means. At least, you're not doing it very well, if that was your goal. | null | 0 | 1315692486 | False | 0 | c2ixlkm | t3_kaytk | null | t1_c2ixlkm | t1_c2iujl0 | null | 1427583862 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1315692563 | False | 0 | c2ixlv9 | t3_kbdgw | null | t1_c2ixlv9 | t1_c2iwq8w | null | 1427583865 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | simonask | null | You're reasoning the wrong way around here. Raising to the power of zero has nothing to do with number of representable values in a bit field.
The reason that 2^0 = 1 is because it's the only way that exponentials can be consistently reasoned about. If 2^3 = 2^2 * 2^1, and 2^2 = 2^1 * 2^1, then 2^1 = 2^0 * 2^1. If you... | null | 0 | 1315692579 | True | 0 | c2ixlxh | t3_kbgvc | null | t1_c2ixlxh | t1_c2ixjgo | null | 1427583865 | 29 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1315692652 | False | 0 | c2ixm6g | t3_kbdgw | null | t1_c2ixm6g | t1_c2ix98g | null | 1427583867 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | JamesM_ | null | It's only possible when the array index is a constant. If it's a variable, there would need to be an extra decrement inserted which would harm performance. | null | 0 | 1315692758 | False | 0 | c2ixmk9 | t3_kbdgw | null | t1_c2ixmk9 | t1_c2ixaht | null | 1427583872 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | JamesM_ | null | That was an absolutely fucking stupid idea. | null | 0 | 1315692838 | False | 0 | c2ixmv5 | t3_kbdgw | null | t1_c2ixmv5 | t1_c2ixe84 | null | 1427583876 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | JamesM_ | null | > (which is basically just a glorified assembler).
As a maintainer of a C compiler, I wish this were the case ;) | null | 0 | 1315692869 | False | 0 | c2ixmzb | t3_kbdgw | null | t1_c2ixmzb | t1_c2ix80n | null | 1427583878 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Vincent133 | null | No bits actually gives you one value. That value is 'nothing'. | null | 0 | 1315692912 | False | 0 | c2ixn4h | t3_kbgvc | null | t1_c2ixn4h | t1_c2ixjgo | null | 1427583881 | 25 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | JamesM_ | null | Ah right, so they call the ground floor the first floor and start from there?
Fair enough, TIL. | null | 0 | 1315692944 | False | 0 | c2ixn8q | t3_kbdgw | null | t1_c2ixn8q | t1_c2ixm6g | null | 1428194631 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | leberwurst | null | Mathematica does this and it sucks balls | null | 0 | 1315692967 | False | 0 | c2ixnbu | t3_kbdgw | null | t1_c2ixnbu | t3_kbdgw | null | 1427583884 | 29 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | miah_ | null | Al. I must say. YOU ARE FUCKING AMAZING. | null | 0 | 1315693017 | False | 0 | c2ixnhv | t3_kbbbu | null | t1_c2ixnhv | t3_kbbbu | null | 1427583888 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | This week? Pygame starts in 2 hours! I bet nobody would argue too much, seeing as we all got access to it at the same time... | null | 0 | 1315693098 | False | 0 | c2ixnt8 | t3_kbbbu | null | t1_c2ixnt8 | t1_c2iwf7s | null | 1427583903 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | bastawhiz | null | Despite being a complete troll, the completely non-serious argument for 1-indexed arrays in Python is that there is no traditional "for" syntax. Rather, the range() and xrange() functions are used. This means that the use of the <= operator is eliminated when iterating 1-indexed arrays, and thus one of the biggest "... | null | 0 | 1315693230 | False | 0 | c2ixoah | t3_kbdgw | null | t1_c2ixoah | t1_c2iwoxi | null | 1427583898 | 16 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | slime73 | null | -1 is the top of the stack, not the last entry in a table. Completely different things. | null | 0 | 1315693241 | False | 0 | c2ixobw | t3_kbdgw | null | t1_c2ixobw | t1_c2ixbcm | null | 1427583898 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1315693356 | False | 0 | c2ixore | t3_kb5hm | null | t1_c2ixore | t3_kb5hm | null | 1427583908 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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