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John Siracusa

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Web developer, Ars Technica columnist.
101 reputation
 bio website arstechnica.com/author/… visits member for 2 years, 9 months
15 badges
 location Newton, MA seen 17 hours ago
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Where did the notion of “one return only” come from?

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I'm a Subversion geek, why should I consider or not consider Mercurial or Git or any other DVCS?

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How can a code editor effectively hint at code nesting level - without using indentation?

code xml indentation editor
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Why was Tanenbaum wrong in the Tanenbaum-Torvalds debates?

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How can I teach a bright person, with no programming experience, how to program? [closed]

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