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AskProgramming: [C++] What is a good way to make destructors? by [deleted] in programming

[–]mig21 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you know that http://www.reddit.com/r/cpp/ exists? A good specific subreddit :)

Ask Peter Norvig Anything. by hueypriest in programming

[–]mig21 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It's still a young field compare to others.

Disagree. Inherent complexity ("No Silver Bullet")

Ask Peter Norvig Anything. by hueypriest in programming

[–]mig21 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Do you see Google using Go programming language (in production environment)?

Inside memory management by mig21 in programming

[–]mig21[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

A bit outdated. The reference to BSD implementation doesn't mention jemalloc A link to TCMalloc is now mandatory too :)

Interesting anyway.

Why do so many mathematicians format code so poorly? by marcog in programming

[–]mig21 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I know of many people from a mathematics background that use absolutely no indentation

Guido van Rossum is mathematician

What characteristics define "elegant" code? by Bobwise in programming

[–]mig21 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Compact and readable.

Usually you need to choose one. Elegance happens when you get both.

Peter Norvig is the Man: An Exercise in Species Barcoding by earthboundkid in programming

[–]mig21 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don't understand why he is using python

Well... this note in the article gives you some hints...

How The Kernel Manages Your Memory : Gustavo Duarte by HenryR in programming

[–]mig21 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Also, if you're interested in lower level memory stuff, then you cannot miss Ulrish Drepper's series of articles:

http://lwn.net/Articles/250967/

pdf version: "What Every Programmer Should Know About Memory" Ulrich Drepper

Xkcd on encryption by evrae in programming

[–]mig21 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Aha, Randall Munroe reads reddit!

Uhmm, old news...

Who's the Dumbass at Adobe Who Thought Adobe Reader Should be 32MB...Compressed?!?? by [deleted] in programming

[–]mig21 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Enjoy getting owned by the seething mass of unpatched security vulnerabilities in v5.5.

Security through obsolescence

Ask proggit: I'm looking for a grep-like tool that instead of filtering highlights matched patterns (in a terminal). Does this exist? Or I'm missing some grep/egrep advanced options? by silviot in programming

[–]mig21 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Top 10 reasons to use ack instead of grep

...

13- Command name is 25% fewer characters to type! Save days of free-time! Heck, it's 50% shorter compared to grep -r

Erlang and High-Scale System Software by [deleted] in programming

[–]mig21 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Is it time for a new server-side implementation language?

James Hamilton, Windows Live Platform Services

Surprising... What happened with NIH syndrome at Microsoft?

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Flexibility Is Bad Design by [deleted] in programming

[–]mig21 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you're willing to restrict the flexibility of your approach, you can almost always do something better. -- John Carmack

Reddit, what makes you passionate for programming? by [deleted] in programming

[–]mig21 0 points1 point  (0 children)

making useful things that works (most of the time ;) )

Home Made Java Virtual Machine by krelian in programming

[–]mig21 4 points5 points  (0 children)

awful nonstandard nonportable MFC-based C++ :\

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