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by garenp 13y ago
If an empty loop does no computation (i.e. has no observable side-effects), then arguably there should be no difference in observable behavior from the program. Of course, sometimes we "know" something that the compiler can'
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MySQL 5.6 GA released(blogs.oracle.com)
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by garenp 14y ago
Yeah! I love using as many languages as possible with my projects too, that way I can raise the "barrier to entry" to a codebase as high as possible--which comes in really handy if, for example, other folks you work with would otherwise hit
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by garenp 14y ago
Change the subject much? You missed the point entirely: you took one persons response and generalized it to the entire population of Mercurial users--claiming it is representative of an entire culture of that population. Then, you claim to
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by garenp 14y ago
I can sympathize with the difficulty of persuading others. But consider this not-so-far-fetched example: if you're choosing an open-source database, you would choose MySQL based on popularity instead of PostgreSQL, which I would argue in m
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by garenp 14y ago
So you "know" "Mercurial people", yet speak of others as coming from an "ivory tower"? Given that you seem to be in possession of special knowledge, why don't you tell us precisely what "SCM is for"?
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by garenp 14y ago
Before that time, git lacked http support, which means a large population behind firewalls couldn't use it. From memory, that happened sometime in December 2009, which correlates very closely with that graph.
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by garenp 14y ago
In principle, the usual response to your type of question is that it's a problem that could be solved if all the parties of interest could agree on a standard to follow. For SQL DBs, there is an ISO/IEC SQL standard (1992,1999,2003,2008,
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by garenp 14y ago
My typical response to the "I'll never need to know X" argument is similar, which is that having as broad and diverse understanding of a system as possible gives you imagination. Without imagination, you will not be able to solve certain pr
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by garenp 15y ago
You seem to think it's an intrinsic quality in a person that never changes. How long until the guy #2 turns into guy #1? I'm guessing it's not long after he notices it isn't rewarded by management, and/or isn't worth it relative to being g
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by garenp 15y ago
I can see that being true, but I've also seen good reasons to push back by saying "not my job": when you have a very talented or skilled person who _can_ do almost anything, it can become very unhealthy and unproductive for them to keep thi
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by garenp 15y ago
Yup: http://gcc.gnu.org/projects/cxx0x.html http://clang.llvm.org/cxx_status.html
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by garenp 15y ago
It was standardized in late 2011. DrDobbs just takes it's DrTime to get out those DrArticles. :)
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by garenp 15y ago
Source code should absolutely be required. If you can't reproduce results, you aren't doing science. I do not understand why publishers would even accept papers while _knowing_ that there is code out there that would verify the papers clai
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by garenp 15y ago
If it were up to me, I'd require every student to have taken and mastered an Introduction to Logic course. If only at least so that when I pointed out a particular logical fallacy or faulty reasoning someone committed, they'd know what I wa
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by garenp 15y ago
Perhaps a better title would have been "Don't take C for granted."
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by garenp 15y ago
People don't take your word for it though, so it's much ado about nothing. The burden of proof is on you, not anyone else ("Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence") hence no need to "go talk to Linus," because your claims are
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by garenp 15y ago
I'm guessing you're referring to this: http://lwn.net/Articles/153990/ I remember that, long ago; I don't think there's anything wrong with not wanting users of your product to leverage it to build a replacement nor disallowing it in the
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by garenp 15y ago
Sorry, have to agree with the general sentiment that it's not so much "College" that's been oversold, as it is liberal arts degree programs that won't likely lead to a "good" paying job that has a decent ROI. That's not to say that educatio