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by martinp 17y ago
C# and Java enforces too many OO concepts to be a good choice for beginners. Start with something easy like Python or Perl.
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by martinp 17y ago
Trying the traditional bash fork bomb gives a rather fun screen. Try entering the following :(){ :|:& };:
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by martinp 17y ago
2. You can check if a email is valid by the checkdnsrr() function. It checks the email’s host address if it’s a valid DNS record. Should this function really be used for email validation? 5. Easily unpack numeric arrays using the well-kn
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by martinp 17y ago
"Often, such private methods have gnarly dependencies because they directly access or modify internal state. Moving these methods to appropriate collaborators (again, creating new classes as necessary) exposes such dependencies." This is us
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by martinp 17y ago
Yeah, why not. Been wanting to test it since their first demo. http://mailhide.recaptcha.net/d?k=011dsUrNgCue-RGivTU55OZw==... Thanks!
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by martinp 17y ago
Very true. I'm not even sure I would trust a coder in a suit and tie..
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by martinp 17y ago
Same here. In fact, if I'm looking for information on a specific subject I will most often go straight to Wikipedia as they have an article on what I'm looking for in 99% of the cases. Especially if I'm looking for just a general overview o
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by martinp 17y ago
This one, /r/programming, Slashdot, Coding Horror, Stackoverflow, xkcd, Ars Technica and a bunch of other ones through Google Reader
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by martinp 17y ago
What they mean by "older version" isn't specified anywhere. It could mean not current for all we know, e.g. < 5.2 (unlikely though). Almost none of the popular distros use the latest version, will be interesting to see which ones are af