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Mar 15 |
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Are operators clearer to read than keywords or functions? As a long time Pascal and Delphi programmer, I can confirm that I read x := x + 1 as "x is assigned to x + 1". I have heard others say "x becomes x + 1" as well. One thing is sure: x CANNOT equal x + 1. |
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Sep 23 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Aug 9 |
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How is Delphi XE2 going to work across platforms? It will be native - see this report from the Auckland session. On windows it uses Direct2D or Direct3D. On OSX and iOS, it uses OpenGL See Embarcadero blog |
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Aug 4 |
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Was in it Turbo Pascal 4 that Unit were introduced? Do you know if the concept was "borrowed" from Modula? |
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Aug 2 |
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What features contributed to the evolution of Pascal? IIRC there was a small amount of special handling for packed array[1..n] of char;, e.g. in Read(ln) and Write(ln) |
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Aug 2 |
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What features contributed to the evolution of Pascal? Units where introduced in Turbo Pascal (v4 IIRC). These compiled to .tpu (turbo pascal unit) files, which were the predecessor of the current dcu files. I believe they were based on concepts from Wirth's Modula-2 language. |
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Jul 6 |
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Are there drawbacks to taking a job where I will be using a unique programming language? If it's Wasabi (blog.fogcreek.com/the-origin-of-wasabi) - take it! |
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Jul 6 |
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Why is + so bad for concatenation? Using + for concatenation is OK. Using dynamic typing is OK. Using both in the same language is bad^H^H^H leads to ambiguity. |
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Jul 1 |
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Does over-reliance on tools imply that you are lazy? The term accidental complexity comes from a essay by Fred Brooks (author of the Mythical Man Month) - link here virtualschool.edu/mon/SoftwareEngineering/… |
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Jun 28 |
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Understanding Backtracking in C++ The first recursive code I wrote (in 1984 using Pascal) for an assignment was a maze solving algorithm. |
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Jun 28 |
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Are there any valid reasons for disallowing characters and limiting the length of passwords? @Jon - I did say technical people, and I don't know of any windows browsers that don't implement at least first character matching, as it is standard Windows behaviour - can't speak for Mac and *nix |
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Jun 28 |
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Are there any valid reasons for disallowing characters and limiting the length of passwords? Surely (technical) people would just key in the letter anyway? |
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Jun 28 |
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Are there any valid reasons for disallowing characters and limiting the length of passwords? I think my (and many people) would find accurately typing (not just remembering) 25 characters without seeing the output almost impossible. I have so far fixed 5 typos while typing this! |
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Jun 13 |
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What happened to Borland Delphi? @Antonio - I know, I don't know what they were thinking, really only allows for hobbyist programmers. |
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Jun 13 |
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What happened to Borland Delphi? I used D2006 for several years and found it tolerable - as long as I turned error insight off. With it enabled there are significant memory leaks. |
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Jun 13 |
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What happened to Borland Delphi? @el fuser - how cheap is really cheap? There is now a USD$150 starter edition (embarcadero.com/products/delphi/starter). Allowing for inflation, this is similar to the original Turbo Pascal pricing |
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Jun 2 |
awarded | Editor |
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Jun 2 |
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Programming languages with these features Added bonus features |
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May 31 |
answered | Programming languages with these features |
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May 12 |
answered | Correct pronunciation of `:=` |
