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by alecbenzer 15y ago
While I agree that it does seem slightly more appropriate to use something like haml that's specifically designed for this purpose, I kind of like this because it removes the somewhat annoying need to learn a new language (assuming you alre
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by alecbenzer 15y ago
This bothers me so much about C/C++ syntax. int* a, b; should clearly declare two int pointers, not one int pointer and one int. Stroustrup wrote something somewhere where he explained that int* a; is more appropriate for use in C+
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by alecbenzer 15y ago
That's an opinion, and it may have merit and be valid, but it still could be the case that people might want to experiment with OO languages, and also doesn't change the fact that people who know FP might just be better in any language beca
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by alecbenzer 15y ago
I'm also (as in, "I, too, am") wondering what grad schools look for down the line. How much do things like school reputation and prestige matter (specifically in CS)? GPA? Curriculum (eg, do honors courses help), stuff like that? GRE scores
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by alecbenzer 15y ago
"programmers well versed in functional programming are extraordinarily productive in any language" This could just be due to the fact that people who learn functional languages are interested enough in learning languages that they're produc
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by alecbenzer 15y ago
I personally wouldn't use tumblr for a less personal, more professional blog. Tumblr feels like blogging meets something like twitter or facebook, which is nice for personal blogs, but a lot of what tumblr offers (the dashboard, non-text po
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by alecbenzer 15y ago
Yeah, I tend to give college essays more care and review than I do posts on hacker news.
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by alecbenzer 15y ago
Ak - I'm bad with a lot of homonyms. Also, just curious, why were you brought up in Champaign-Urbana? Did your parents teach at UIUC or they just happened to live there?
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by alecbenzer 15y ago
The thing is, though, that I find that my own drive is often affected by what kinds of people are around me. I got into CS on my own, but I noticed my passion for and skill in it developing a lot when I was around other people who were stro
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by alecbenzer 15y ago
Well, down the line I think I might want to eventually become a CS professor, so having a degree in CS is pretty important to me. I do do some web development occasionally, and could see myself making money off of it for some time, but I th
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Ask HN: College Advice
9 points by alecbenzer 15y ago|10 comments
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by alecbenzer 15y ago
is there a standard way of dealing with negative bases? ie, I thought in base -2 our digits would be {0,-1}, not {0,1}. edit: also, I had a different idea of what "taking a step" would mean. my solution: http://pastie.org/1987386