mtdewcmu

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by mtdewcmu 14y ago
I noticed that, too. I guess the point was that she had an unequal shot at Harvard or Princeton. But it looks like the system worked reasonably well in her case. It could have done worse. It's also sort of heartening that the military is a
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by mtdewcmu 14y ago
I'm sure the author already knows the facts of life, and was merely sharing his lament of those facts. But for the benefit of anyone who doesn't know, especially kids: This is not a viable way to get paid. 1. Do something you enjoy 2. Col
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by mtdewcmu 14y ago
I can't speak directly to Ruby or Python, because I haven't used them. But, you can't go wrong with PHP for web programming. Look at the number of people using it.
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by mtdewcmu 14y ago
I think you may be comparing apples and oranges. From what I hear, node is not so good for large, complex projects. It has a specialized niche that it's very good at -- lightweight servers that need to either support large numbers of concur
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by mtdewcmu 14y ago
That's presumably why he/she is glad this adds a new way in C. Making c++ unreadble is child's play -- anyone can do it.
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by mtdewcmu 14y ago
Closures? It would most likely be a frustrating and unrewarding one, but sure. One thing I would like in C is a more programmable preprocessor. C++ templates are on to something useful -- metaprogramming removes some of the drudgery from wr
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by mtdewcmu 14y ago
>> "Avoid macros like death" Macros are arguably one of the most standard and simplest parts of C. They are much more dependable than, say, gcc inline functions (in my experience). Just don't try to do bizarre things with them. Stud
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by mtdewcmu 14y ago
No, I never wanted to write C that way. That looks too much like C++, with its std::for_each and things that look potentially useful, until you actually try finding a use for them. What I have wanted is closures that you can stick data insi
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by mtdewcmu 14y ago
I think Linus's asshole-ness is probably key to Linux's success. He ought to be considered the world's leading expert on running an open source project, after all. I remember running your patched kernels circa 2000. Thanks for your hard wor
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by mtdewcmu 14y ago
Are you aware of the crazy things that have been done with C++ templates? See boost spirit. It's thought-provoking, but I'm not convinced it's a good idea to use templates this way. It seems to be too hard to exercise control over the code