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Student of Computational Linguistics B.Sc. at the University of Potsdam, Germany

Programmer at a small backup software company (Visual C++, Python, some VB6 and PHP)


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revised Why is C++ often the first language taught in college?
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Oct
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comment Why use other number bases when programming
+1 I LOL'd ....
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comment Case insensitive keywords in a language
VB6 actually uses a kind of hybrid approach: You can write keywords and identifiers any way you want and the IDE immediately converts them to the stored way. (You can even write "endif" and it will be converted to "End If".)
Sep
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comment Grading an algorithm: Readability vs. Compactness
I actually find the second version more friendly. In the first one you have duplicate code and it is just much more to read.
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May
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accepted Working machines of developers - in what ways are they usually standardized or restricted?
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comment Working machines of developers - in what ways are they usually standardized or restricted?
@Telastyn: each department will have their own standard; until now we have only produced Windows software, but of course Macs would be different.
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asked Working machines of developers - in what ways are they usually standardized or restricted?
May
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revised Worst practices in C++, common mistakes
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revised Worst practices in C++, common mistakes
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Nov
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comment Is there a language or design pattern that allows the *removal* of object behavior or properties in a class hierarchy?
One could of course just throw a NotSupportedException from Penguin.fly().
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awarded  Nice Answer
Oct
21
comment Why is my first language in University Scheme?
@SK-logic: FC++ is surely interesting, looking into that right now. What's the criticism? …and there's also Boost::Function which can help a great deal with functional programming.
Oct
21
answered Should I reuse variables?
Oct
20
comment Why c++? Where to start?
Why –1? I was looking forward to an answer evaluating the usefulness of Python for desktop programming; is this a bad answer?