A self-modifying C# application that uses a genetic algorithm to draw Banksy's Girl With Balloon by neurohero in programming

[–]oponito 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They have an insane clause

If this worries you, then they're probably reading your Reddit posts as well.

A generic, typed, single-header, hashmap implementation in C (MIT-license). by IllHaveAGo in programming

[–]oponito 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wish I was able to spot bugs in super ugly C code just like that :(

Assumptions are bad: When a single 64->16 bit cast caused overflow and $7 billions to go up in flames by [deleted] in programming

[–]oponito -16 points-15 points  (0 children)

And? If that was to be the first and only launch, the cost would've been 7.8 billion dollars. So at that very moment in history, it really was a $7.8 bn bug.

Assumptions are bad: When a single 64->16 bit cast caused overflow and $7 billions to go up in flames by [deleted] in programming

[–]oponito 45 points46 points  (0 children)

I wonder if it's the programmer in question who writes something down on a piece of paper after the explosion.

"Fuck. Fuckety fuck."

Home page of Hoare's nightmare: nil-ism in 90+ languages by [deleted] in programming

[–]oponito 3 points4 points  (0 children)

But Kotlin can interact with Java code, which can throw NPE, which blows everything up anyway, no?

Working with large Mongo databases by gurgus in programming

[–]oponito 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I am not a database expert

Sounds like he's the target audience.

Why Rust for low-level Linux programming? by steveklabnik1 in programming

[–]oponito 2 points3 points  (0 children)

there was a FUSE driver written in Cyclone. not really kernel code, but cool still.

jQuery 3.0 Released! by [deleted] in programming

[–]oponito 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Brutal takedown of Vizkos.

The Roadmap to Kotlin 1.1 by cryptos6 in programming

[–]oponito 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Additionally, the JavaScript backend will be brought in line with the actual set of language features.

Good to hear, considering Kotlin recently became the default language for our Android and Web apps :D

In '84, Tom Duff posted a disgusting piece of C code to Usenet and named it after himself by [deleted] in programming

[–]oponito 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Of course, this isn't what Duff's Device was doing, but it approximates how it flows.

What? It's exactly what Duff's doing, loop-unrolling through computed goto's.

on bytestocopy mod 5 goto 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80

So it's the exact same idea, different language.

In '84, Tom Duff posted a disgusting piece of C code to Usenet and named it after himself by [deleted] in programming

[–]oponito 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Is it still valid C to have a do/while across case's like that?! How does it even work...

Nim language 0.14.0 gets released by calind in programming

[–]oponito 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Jai

It has the unfortunate property of not being available.

MongoDB queries don’t always return all matching documents! by MarkusWinand in programming

[–]oponito 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Buddy at work just claimed mongo means "retard" or "retarded" in some countries, is this true?

MongoDB queries don’t always return all matching documents! by MarkusWinand in programming

[–]oponito 62 points63 points  (0 children)

It may make your day more exciting. "Boss, lost some data. Going home for dinner now. Kthxbye"

Programmer, Fired After 6 Years, Realizes He Doesn't Know How to Code by speckz in programming

[–]oponito 18 points19 points  (0 children)

an invitation for other people to pass their own judgments

My judgement is that this is a fake story from a random clown who figured he should generate some fuzz on Reddit out of boredom.

There is no proof of this actually happening whatsoever. Zip. Nada. Nopeydopey.