mathenk2

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by mathenk2 12y ago
I must say that in all of my years, most every piece of source I've ever seen has been mostly [insert paradigm here]. OOP is "mostly" more times than not, same goes for FP. I would argue that "mostly" does work, and
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by mathenk2 12y ago
This is an out of date article that doesn't have much value any more -- many of the points seem to be bad practices anyhow. Like most languages, if you never learn it in depth, all you see are the warts. This same article could be writ
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by mathenk2 13y ago
This is why my repos reject code that doesn't explicitly use curly braces and semicolons. There is no legitimate reason for leaving them off.
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by mathenk2 13y ago
I actually think less of those working 60+ hours and being proud of it. You're being self destructive and trying to make it sound like a good thing...
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by mathenk2 13y ago
I would strongly suggest you reconsider Python and Ruby. Both of those languages are very easy to read and understand -- two very important characteristics for someone just beginning development of their own project. Once you're comfor
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by mathenk2 13y ago
tabs for indentation, spaces for alignment. We all prefer different indentation sizes, and this technique takes care of that issue. If you want an indentation size of 2 [spaces], go for it, if you want 8, no problem.
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by mathenk2 13y ago
While no system is 100% safe from viruses and malware, on my Linux machine I am guilty of not installing any AV. In the last decade or more, I have had no reason to -- although times may be changing. My web browser does not have flash, pdf