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Here's a little joke that cracks me up:

So, a guy walks up to me and says, "I'm a tepee. I'm a wigwam. I'm a tepee! I'm a wigwam!" I said to him, "Relax, man. You're two tents!"


Dec
20
comment Does auto make C++ code harder to understand?
@PlasmaHH: In my case, MSVC10 doesn't do range-based for loops. Since MSVC10 is my go-to C++11 testbed, I don't really have much experience with them.
Dec
20
comment Does auto make C++ code harder to understand?
@Nawaz: It's easy to come up with crazy-long template names using maps. :)
Dec
20
answered Does auto make C++ code harder to understand?
Sep
12
awarded  Autobiographer
Jun
5
comment Why are there so many string classes in the face of std::string?
I've edited the title of your post to be less subjective.
Jun
5
comment Why are there so many string classes in the face of std::string?
Re concern #1 -- C++03 21.3.6/1 guarantees that c_str() returns a pointer to contiguous storage, which provides for some C-interoperability. However you cannot modify the pointed-to data. Typical workarounds include using a vector<char>.
Sep
25
awarded  Yearling
May
31
awarded  Commentator
May
24
comment Real programmers use debuggers?
-1: "Your methods should be small/simple enough to be compiled and run by your mind" is diconnected from reality. That's like saying a function that is longer than 20 lines is too long. Nonsense.
May
17
answered How do people know the C++ Standard so well?
Jan
25
comment crash course in c++
This is what's wrong with computer science education today.
Jan
12
asked Linux Books For Windows/C++ Programmers?
Dec
22
comment C++ : Lack of Standardization at the Binary Level
Don Box is a zealot. Ignore him.
Dec
14
answered Why is it you never get as much done as you'd planned?
Dec
3
awarded  Critic
Dec
1
awarded  Student
Oct
8
awarded  Teacher
Oct
7
comment Introducing “20% time” at a workplace
I wouldn't say it was a problem, exactly. I just think they worked on the product because they were reticent to pick something off-limits. This was partly because I didn't adequately explain that the eligible problem domain was everything.
Oct
7
comment Ethics, Clients, and legal repercussions
"you're not a member of a professional society, and hence aren't bound by any specific code of ethics"
Oct
7
comment Ethics, Clients, and legal repercussions
You don't bind yourself to your own personal code of ethics? You need a watchdog group hounding you in order to know right from wrong?