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Apr 12	comment	Why do bitwise operators have lower priority than comparisons? @Dunk: I don't know about you but I remember multiplication/division/AND has priority over addition/substraction/OR, and remembering "arithmetic above logic" is exactly one bit of information. Besides, there's a chart of operator precedence hanging on the wall by me, just in case - and the only simplification the "mess" example needs to be clear is removal of the redundant parentheses. And as for "concerned with solving problem at hand" - neglecting code clarity at that phase tends to bite you in the back while maintaining the code.
Apr 12	comment	Why do bitwise operators have lower priority than comparisons? Oh. So the meaning of & changes depending on where you place it. For `a=1; b=2;` if(a & b){...}` will execute the block, while `c = a & b; if(c){...}` will consider the condition not satisfied. Big thanks to mr. Richie for fixing that.
Apr 12	comment	Why do bitwise operators have lower priority than comparisons? @Dunk: The common "by hunch" approach is `[arithmetics] [logic operator] [arithmetics]`. Most programmers don't create a mess of parentheses like `if(((x+getLowX()) < getMinX) \|\| ((x-getHighX())>getMaxX())))` - most will assume precedence of arithmetics over logics and write `if( ( x + getLowX() < getMinX ) \|\| ( x - getHighX() > getMaxX() ))` assuming precedence of `+` above `<`. Now intuitively `if( x ^ getMask() != PATTERN )` should behave the same, XOR being arithmetic operator. The fact it's interpreted as `if( x ^ ( getMask() != PATTERN ) )` is completely counter-intuitive.
Apr 11	comment	How meaningful is the Big-O time complexity of an algorithm? It is important to realize that constants can be quite important. O(n) where single iteration takes a second may be worse than O(n log n) where you get a million iterations per second.
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Apr 11	revised	Why do bitwise operators have lower priority than comparisons? the counterexample wasn't boolean.
Apr 11	comment	Why do bitwise operators have lower priority than comparisons? Wouldn't that fail if `c=2` Or did `a==b` result in `~0` and not `1`?
Apr 11	comment	Why do bitwise operators have lower priority than comparisons? @Gnat: I guess, following dan1111's comment, my answer is no longer required?
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Feb 26	comment	How can I deal with a team member who dislikes making comments in code? I'd say "give him a taste of his own medicine", task him with fixing/debugging/extending a piece of code some other non-commenting predecessor has left...