2013/4/29-5/18 [Computer/SW/Languages/C_Cplusplus, Computer/SW/Compilers] UID:54665 Activity:nil | 4/29 Why were C and Java designed to require "break;" statements for a
"case" section to terminate rather than falling-through to the next
section? 99% of the time poeple want a "case" section to terminate.
In fact some compilers issue warning if there is no "break;" statement
in a "case" section. Why not just design the languages to have
termination as the default behavior, and provide a "fallthru;"
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2012/11/7-12/18 [Computer/SW/Languages] UID:54526 Activity:nil | 11/7 If I don't need to print for a few months, do I need to keep adding
new ink to inkjet printers to prevent them from drying and clogging
heads? Or will it just magically work once I add in new ink
in a few months?
\_ The nozzles will clog. Print a test sheet every couple weeks.
Or remove the cartridges and put cellophane tape over the nozzles,
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2012/4/2-6/4 [Computer/SW/Languages/Java, Computer/SW/RevisionControl] UID:54353 Activity:nil | 4/02 We use Perforce at work for revision control. It seems to work okay.
Lately, a lot of the newer developers are saying that Perforce
sucks and we should switch to Mercurial or Git. I have done some
searching on the Internet and some others have this opinion. Added
advantage is that Mercurial and Git are free. However, there would
be some work to switch for the sysadmins and the developers.
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2011/4/16-7/13 [Computer/SW/Languages/Python] UID:54086 Activity:nil | 4/16 Whoa, I just heard that MIT discontinued 6.001 (classic scheme)
to 6.01. In fact, 6.00, 6.01 and 6.02 all use Python. What the
hell? What has the world become? It's a sad sad day. SICP forever!
\_ old story, they've ditched that shitty book and lang for a while.
\_ I used to think scheme was cool, then I saw Ka Ping Yee's
"Beautiful Code" class aka 61a in python, and converted.
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