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by andresmanz 11y ago
That's true all too often. Meanwhile, though, I prefer long and expressive names. You can easily find functions like getNumberOfEnemiesOnSamePlatform() in my C and C++ code. I don't think it's very hard to understand what t
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by andresmanz 11y ago
> But we also have to acknowledge that we as a profession are not able to write secure code in C/C++. Then you've picked the wrong profession. You write that like it was a fact, while it's obviously nothing more than a l
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by andresmanz 11y ago
> I don't retain entire 1000 LOC programs in my head any more. > Proper nouns are especially tough to recall (famous names especially). Well, why should you retain entire 1000 LOC programs in your head? If it's not to make f
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by andresmanz 11y ago
Sorry, I didn't make it clear enough. I was primarily referring to code formatting. Spaces instead of tabs, for example, or not writing opening curly braces on separate lines. These things are a matter of taste and should be friendly r
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by andresmanz 11y ago
For me it's not really the freedom. I already said that elsewhere, but: I don't mind when the compiler yells at me. I just don't like the compiler to criticize my coding style by default. Initially, I liked Rust because it re
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Make the Magic go away(blog.cleancoder.com)
9 points by andresmanz 11y ago|0 comments
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by andresmanz 11y ago
Same here. I wouldn't even be interested in tech jobs other than programming. I don't care about the money. Two years ago I even turned down a promotion to the manager because all I wanted to do was (and is) coding. Also, the orig
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by andresmanz 11y ago
I've read the name a few times and people seemed to be happy with it, so I gave it a try. I liked it immediately, not least because of the simple but powerful customization. To be honest, I haven't tried any other TWMs yet, but I
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by andresmanz 11y ago
Exactly. Recently, I switched to i3[0] and Vimium[1] and it's just wonderful. Now I'm way faster than before and hardly ever use the mouse. [0] https://i3wm.org [1] https://chrome.google.com/webstore&#x
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by andresmanz 11y ago
What people like him don't get is that const is not only about security. It also documents the intents behind the code and thus makes writing new code around it easier. Const really helped me thinking about better designs when I starte
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by andresmanz 11y ago
That must be annoying. Why can't you switch to C++11/14?
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by andresmanz 11y ago
It's too expensive. In regards of programming jobs, sometimes it's like living 40 years ago. Racism is annoying, but normal here. And you must be proud of being Swiss. Switzerland is tiny. Finding (and keeping) friends here can be
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by andresmanz 11y ago
Living in Switzerland ruined me for America, too. Depending on where you grow up, it's like being put in a box full of old, silly stuff, whirring through a giant universe of interesting things. Breaking out of it can be very hard.
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Using C++ to Connect to Web Services(isocpp.org)
3 points by andresmanz 11y ago|0 comments
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by andresmanz 11y ago
> success speaks for itself Our experience as developers should tell us that this isn't true. Success often implies popularity, and popularity is not a very good indicator for quality.
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by andresmanz 11y ago
> An example of this is Sovereign who bought the rights to a shopping cart. If anyone wants to google them and can't find anything (like me), that's because the name is Soverain , not Sovereign .
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by andresmanz 11y ago
That's a very important point. As an unexperienced developer, you can learn C in a few weeks. Then spend another few weeks on learning how to write clean, maintainable code. I wouldn't want to work with people who don't even
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by andresmanz 11y ago
I'm sorry, I assumed you're not allowed to organize. You're right, of course, at least if everyone in the group is reliable.
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by andresmanz 11y ago
> I’ve been giving it to students since 2008, and only one class has successfully mastered the challenge. That's a real surprise. The 2 points option is the safe one, so everyone should go with that. Sure, I could assume that all (o
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by andresmanz 11y ago
It's version 43.0.2357.93. I don't think it's your fault, though. Chrome loves crashing and throwing away all of my research tabs. That wasn't the first time. It's only the first time I could reproduce it with a spe
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by andresmanz 11y ago
I don't know what it is with this site, but it made Chrome (Android) crash four times already. Which means that, thanks to that wonderful browser, my two billion research tabs are gone since the first crash. Anyway, I can't imagin
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by andresmanz 11y ago
Finally I get to read something like that. I'm not even a native English speaker, but non-sexism would be reading 'man-hours' and implying that men and women are meant, not differentiating both. After all, 'man-hour&#x27
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by andresmanz 11y ago
I wasn't interested in studying at a university, so I have plenty of things to learn. I usually work from home and I learn a ton every day. That's primarily because I always have a book or two around and read about new stuff on HN
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by andresmanz 11y ago
Maybe it's because of that attitude of forcing JavaScript upon everything, instead of simply using the appropriate tools. That's what I expect from people like this comment writer, and that's what causes that digging in the c
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by andresmanz 11y ago
Back then at school, I held a presentation about a simple calculator I wrote. I explained them my code in the hope to make programming more interesting. They _were_ interested, but it turned out that, in the end, I was the only one to take
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by andresmanz 11y ago
I think that would be "nya" or "nyan", then.
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by andresmanz 11y ago
Yes, you're right, of course. Maybe I could at least try, yes. I mean... It's kind of silly, I know, but that would already change the way I look at Rust.
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Fun with Lambdas: C++14 Style (Part 4)(cpptruths.blogspot.com)
2 points by andresmanz 11y ago|0 comments
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by andresmanz 11y ago
> I must admit, I'm still quite enamored with them, if only for development time and maintainability. That's a very good reason for many developers. My UI code is usually rather small, with the C++ code being the biggest part.
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by andresmanz 11y ago
I thought that would make sense, too. But I found them to be working OK in Chrome on Android, so I thought I could give it a try. I should have said that I wouldn't create any hybrid mobile apps anymore, not just Cordova. That's n

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