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by rgoddard 18y ago
A good example of an idempotent function is the absolute value function. abs(-1) = abs(abs(-1) since both equal 1
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by rgoddard 18y ago
He mentioned in the comments that the reason why he has not made a multiplayer game is because he is only a so-so programmer and lacks the skills to do so.
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by rgoddard 18y ago
Themselves? I am not sure what the ideal ownership is now. But CNBC is mostly owned by G.E. whose main interest in this property is making money. The desire to maximizing profits is in partial conflict with strong news reporting. The burden
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by rgoddard 18y ago
And that is part of the problem. This news agencies are owned by large corporations, whose motivation is profit and not the telling of news. The news media are no longer a strong force in helping to shape this country. It is not in their in
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by rgoddard 18y ago
I did enjoy seeing the articles on Erlang. If I want to see more stories like that, then I just need to take the time to either find similar articles or upvote the ones which I am interested in. The top list of stories is a reflection of th
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by rgoddard 18y ago
From what I can tell, correct me if I am wrong, part of the purpose of this site is to operate as a testing grounds for Arc. The focus is on making the language better. So rather then improving performance by providing better hardware, it b
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by rgoddard 18y ago
If I am making a change to long method I can understand what this method is doing. I am more likely to take care in making changes because I can see the potential problems and I have a visual indication of the complexity of the code. Also I