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| bio | website | all-are-wonders.blogspot.com |
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| location | Detroit, MI | |
| age | 45 | |
| visits | member for | 2 years, 7 months |
| seen | Mar 12 at 14:12 | |
| stats | profile views | 195 |
I currently work as a database developer/DBA in the metro Detroit area.
My favorite programming languages are Haskell and Lisp.
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Nov 23 |
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How should I start with Lisp? Thanks for the IDE recommendation. Slime is all borked up on my Mac mini. Now I may not have to fix it. |
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Nov 23 |
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Is big-O really that relevant when working in industry? +1: The worst way to find out your process doesn't scale is to have a bunch of screaming customers show up all at once. |
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Nov 22 |
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Code formatting SQL queries +1, and I'd also consider making the query into a stored procedure |
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Nov 22 |
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Code formatting SQL queries +1 for mention of heredoc |
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Nov 22 |
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Code formatting SQL queries edited tags |
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Nov 22 |
answered | When being a technical genius is not enough to be a successful developer? |
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Nov 22 |
answered | How should I start with Lisp? |
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Nov 21 |
answered | Will high reputation in Stack Overflow help to get a good job? |
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Nov 20 |
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Would you re-design completely under .Net? The other downside of the re-write from scratch is that the users don't get anything until you're done. At least with replacing one module at a time, they have a chance to see some improvements soon. |
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Nov 20 |
answered | Is it correct to fix bugs without adding new features when releasing software for system testing? |
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Nov 20 |
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Name for user facing operational frontend of a data management system? +1 for keeping it simple |
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Nov 20 |
answered | Would you re-design completely under .Net? |
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Nov 19 |
answered | How can I quickly weed out “copy & paste” coders? |
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Nov 19 |
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For what common problems is functional programming not a good fit? @Jonas: The Haskell community is still working out the best way to fit GUI's into their paradigm. There are a few projects being actively worked on. I'd check back in another year or so. |
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Nov 19 |
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For what common problems is functional programming not a good fit? @Jonas: that depends on your definition of useful. The wikibook example uses wxHaskell, while Real World Haskell uses gtk2hs. I haven't tried either as my Haskell app is command line-based. |
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Nov 19 |
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For what common problems is functional programming not a good fit? @Jonas: in Haskell, you would use either the IO monad, the State monad, or a combination. |
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Nov 19 |
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For what common problems is functional programming not a good fit? I think it's more accurate to say that side-effects are isolated (in Haskell anyway) than avoided. Monads do allow for state changes, and one is even named "State". |
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Nov 19 |
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Should a software company have a dedicated team for research and/or utility libraries? +1. You can always refactor the framework, but designing it up front can also lead to things being used because they're there even if not the right tool for the job. |
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Nov 19 |
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Are programmers inclined towards order or chaos? Your point was clear enough, I was just saying that it has a more general application. |
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Nov 19 |
answered | Have you ever hated a framework/programming language/platform but you eventually became curious in learning? |
