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by ___1___ 13y ago
I am C++ programmer. As you may be too. C++ has one big flaw the way I see it, and that is, it is incredibly difficult to learn well and it's very easy to teach badly. I have been programming C++ for many years now, I still look back o
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by ___1___ 13y ago
Because XP probably does everything they need and the upgrade will be reluctant.
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by ___1___ 13y ago
I prefer Kevin Mitnicks: https://secure.flickr.com/photos/ranh/106709219/
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by ___1___ 13y ago
If you want/need to learn C++, learn C++. Learning C to learn C++ is a really poor idea. There are plenty of people in my office who are like that and they can't see the wood for the tree. Writing out their own for loops instead o
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by ___1___ 13y ago
I echo your list of books. I would add Accelerated C++, at least when they get round to making a C++11/14 version.
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by ___1___ 13y ago
Hmmmm. why do you teach arrays before containers? And why is so little if any time spent on the std:: containers (ctrl + f deque returns nothing). The word template is mentioned 3 times, and never once on how to write your own basic templat
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by ___1___ 13y ago
Reaper is a fantastic piece of software!
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by ___1___ 13y ago
> Windows 7 Found the issue.
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by ___1___ 13y ago
The much prefer the Model M to any other keyboard I've used including Apple keyboards. I do like the old Transparent Apple keyboards (G4 era?) with the nice slab of metal in it to keep them heavy.
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by ___1___ 13y ago
I voted C++, but regretfully the truth is probably closer to LaTeX :/
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by ___1___ 13y ago
This is pretty much why I don't watch TV or films anymore really. I invest time and all to often it's utter crap.
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by ___1___ 13y ago
I don't know what decade you last tried a linux desktop but every distro I have used supports playing from multiple programs concurrently fine.
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by ___1___ 13y ago
Having just returned from the USA, I must admit, whilst I strongly dislike like the "car culture" the street were incredibly well sign posted. A pet hate of mine here in the UK are missing signs.
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by ___1___ 14y ago
100% this is my opinion, I learnt C++ using VS and eclipse; I can't remember when or why but I fairly quickly picked up Vim + compiler and it just felt better suited to native development. Further more the skills feel more real, I can apply
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by ___1___ 14y ago
I don't get what it is and don't want to make a twitter account to find out. Could someone explain what is and why it needs a twitter account.
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by ___1___ 14y ago
I found it rather creepy (yet cool) that I could easily read a number plate miles away.
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by ___1___ 14y ago
> Now, understand that being average is OK, and pretty awesome too. I disagree, anyone who has the balls to start something new, whether they succeed or not, is far from average.
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by ___1___ 14y ago
I don't have firefox and a pdf view won't change that. Your description of Safari matches that of Chromium on Arch Linux.
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by ___1___ 14y ago
C++ is a multiparadigm language, all of the styles you mention are extreme bastardisations of the style laid out in books like Accelerated C++, Effective C++, Exceptional C++. Modern C++ Design and so on. That style tends to be similar to t

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