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| bio | website | monkey-robot.com |
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| location | San Francisco, CA | |
| age | 27 | |
| visits | member for | 2 years, 8 months |
| seen | May 18 at 20:30 | |
| stats | profile views | 205 |
By day, I'm senior software developer at NeonMob. By night, I do other stuff.
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Feb 25 |
awarded | Constituent |
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Feb 18 |
awarded | Caucus |
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Dec 5 |
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When should one use “out” parameters? The method does have a value to flag failure— nil—but the NSError object provides more specific information on why an error occurred. |
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Dec 5 |
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When should one use “out” parameters? @rmaddy: It's worth noting that the decision to use error objects over exceptions dates back to the NeXTSTEP days, when exception handling wasn't standard and was fairly expensive. |
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Dec 4 |
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Why was Objective-C popularity so sudden on TIOBE index? Generics aren't really that necessary for Objective-C, since it's dynamically typed. I guess one's like or dislike of Objective-C stems from one's background; Objective-C was one of the first languages I learned, and I love it—I think the marriage of C and Smalltalk is lovely. |
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Dec 4 |
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Why was Objective-C popularity so sudden on TIOBE index? @James: The frameworks on which OS X (and, to a degree, iOS) are based come from NeXTSTEP, which used Objective-C. Language choice was not as cut and dried back in the 80s. (And on a personal note, I'm glad; Objective-C is much nicer than Java or C++. :) ) |
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Nov 24 |
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Is “Computer Science != Software Engineering” an excuse to teach programming poorly? @alan2here: I'm not being snotty, just pointing out that in college, it's important for students to spend time learning on their own (not just in classes). Students aren't going to get such a block of time (and the easy access to resources to do so) at other times in life. |
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Nov 15 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Nov 14 |
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Objective C style nil in java? @user470365: In such cases, the equivalent of "0" for that primitive type is returned (i.e., "NO", "0", "0.0", etc.). |
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Nov 9 |
answered | Is Objective-C dealloc badly named? |
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Oct 29 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Oct 10 |
awarded | Guru |
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Sep 21 |
awarded | Custodian |
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Sep 9 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Sep 8 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Aug 29 |
awarded | Good Answer |
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Aug 20 |
awarded | Good Answer |
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Jul 6 |
awarded | Good Answer |
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Jun 29 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Jun 8 |
awarded | Caucus |
