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| bio | website | petdance.com |
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| location | McHenry, IL | |
| age | 45 | |
| visits | member for | 2 years, 7 months |
| seen | May 10 at 14:02 | |
| stats | profile views | 119 |
I've been a programmer for over two decades. I work in Perl and a big pile of legacy PHP.
My book Land the Tech Job You Love is available from Pragmatic Bookshelf.
My Perl news blog is Perlbuzz.
My blog about tech life, including job hunting, is petdance.com.
AIM: petdance
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Feb 18 |
awarded | Caucus |
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Nov 26 |
answered | Is the ternary operator evil? |
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Nov 26 |
comment |
Is the ternary operator evil? I suggest that it's easier for a human being to understand, for example, $foo = $is_restricted ? 'A' : 'B'. There is one target of action, and it is based on a single condition. |
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Oct 19 |
comment |
Easiest way of remembering comparision operators? @Rachel: Can't be Pac-Man. Pac-Man was still five years in the future when I learned about the alligator. |
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Oct 19 |
comment |
Easiest way of remembering comparision operators? ALLIGATOR! The alligator opens his mouth at the larger value and turns away from the smaller value, thus pointing the tip of his tail at it. The drawing in my math book looked like 15 >=====> 3 where the >=====> had legs and eyes. |
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Oct 8 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Sep 23 |
comment |
Pointers in C vs No pointers in PHP Creating websites is a very common use for PHP, but it's certainly not the only one. |
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Sep 23 |
revised |
Is a coding standard even needed any more? Fix typo in title |
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Jul 13 |
answered | My boss decided to add a “person to blame” field to every bug report. How can I convince him that it's a bad idea? |
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May 3 |
answered | Should a git commit message mention the file that was modified? |
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Apr 10 |
answered | Do enterprises use TIOBE ratings for programming languages? |
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Feb 24 |
comment |
Acceptable # Lines of Code for Projects to be Presented to Interviewer? I suggest bringing a portfolio of code with you to the interview, even if it hasn't been requested. There's no better way to show that you're actually able to write code. |
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Jan 27 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Oct 8 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Aug 24 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Jul 7 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Jul 7 |
awarded | Great Answer |
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Jul 7 |
awarded | Good Answer |
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May 22 |
answered | Using JOIN keyword or not |
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May 21 |
awarded | Mortarboard |
