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Right? I will never not
while is_cool():
#...
else: #nobreak
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and
try:
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except:
pass
else: #noraise
#...
Sure, anyone experienced will know what's going on, but I'm guaranteed to forget the next time I come to it.
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I don't mind that kind of comment if it's in DoxyGen tags, or similar, because otherwise the HTML documentation would be blank for that function, but in-line like that it's a waste of time to both write and read.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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BillWoodruff wrote: This library does everything but walk the dogs
No good to me then!
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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I completely agree. I used this library couple of years back and was delighted to see it work straightaway along with a very good code quality and equally good comments.
All are born right-handed. Only gifted few overcome it.
There's NO excuse for not commenting your code.
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If one person on this thread ignores the static (mine and others), and gives the author of this incredible library the credit he's due ...
I think I'll go on living: no matter that enthusiasm, here, often requires the bearer to suffer the "slings and arrows of outrageous fortune" 
cheers, Bill
«The truth is a snare: you cannot have it, without being caught. You cannot have the truth in such a way that you catch it, but only in such a way that it catches you.» Soren Kierkegaard
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I couldn't agree more I doing some work involving RabbitMQ and Protocol Buffers developed in Java using intelliJ (which is bloody amazing by the way and I've always been a Visual Studio chap) and everything so far has been free, gratis, zilch cost! How are people making money I wonder.
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Quote: recursive is an option, among many options
I like how this sounds.
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People who don't like to write comments figure comments are useless unless they rival Shakespeare sonnets in beauty and depth. People who do write comments know that commenting the code helps both the author and any readers to understand intent. Further, while a particular comment may be somewhat obvious, the effort made over the whole program to review and summarize its pieces is a mental discipline that generally pays off in better code.
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SeattleC++ wrote: a mental discipline that generally pays off in better code.
A very eloquent comment, and a very solid finish !
I believe there are some very interesting developments in annotating code ... thinking of writing comments in the code as one form of annotation ... still to come, though I don't claim to know what they will be.
People I've encountered who don't like to write comments have been either just unaware/uninformed of their future value, or ... lazy. However, there are rare people with phenomenal mnemonic skills; I met a fellow at a Mac software company in the late 1980's whose co-workers called him "Mr. Rom," because he knew, from memory, all the op codes for every ROM function call.
cheers, Bill
«The truth is a snare: you cannot have it, without being caught. You cannot have the truth in such a way that you catch it, but only in such a way that it catches you.» Soren Kierkegaard
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Well, when a Mommy Chocolate Parrot and a Daddy Bee want to have babies, they get together under a Gooseberry Bush and Summon The Stork, who delivers them a load of Chocolate Eggs, which they take turns in hatching.
These days, the Stork's job has been outsourced, the Chocolate Parrot died of Avian Flu, and the Chocolate Bee was downsized - so Tesco fills all three roles and loads its shelves with Chocolate Eggs for all to take home and hatch. The Easter Bunny drives the truck.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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This is one of your best, Griff 
«The truth is a snare: you cannot have it, without being caught. You cannot have the truth in such a way that you catch it, but only in such a way that it catches you.» Soren Kierkegaard
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Anti human control freaks Monsanto are killing all the bees intentionally so you are forced to buy their centric ally engineered plants. And keep buying them year after year 
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You're so damn ignorant and wrong it's almost not KSS in and of itself.
You do know that when farmers by non-Mansanto hybrid seeds that the seeds they get from their crop will not breed true (as in the case of all hybrids) - and so the difference is moot. Why aren't you complaining about hybrid seed, as well?
No one buy's Monsanto's seed, unless they get a financial advantage from it. Just remember, corn that kills corn-borers (with the same pesticide, internally, as organic farmers use) and requires no spraying toxins into the environment is really a big plus. Even a third-world farmer would benefit as he gets a larger crop and doesn't have to put out money for sprays and doesn't have to poison him/her self and family in the process.
As for the bees, they're suffering for several reasons. Not just a parasitic disease going around. There are vast areas where there's only a single crop. When they're in bloom, the bees can feast - but then they're all out of bloom for the rest of the summer - and starvation is the rule for the hive. Unfortunately, farming at the level of many small fields of diverse crops would so reduce the food supply as to initiate world-wide starvation as the production of food drops.
Basically, like it or not, GMO's are the only way to improve productivity without requiring more land (such as chopping down the rain forests). Another alternative would be for you to give up your animal-burgers so the food isn't wasted fattening them up. Other (more traditional) options are war and pestilence. Myself? I opt for the science that will feed the planet with more and better food.
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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W∴ Balboos wrote: GMO's are the only way to improve productivity
Monsanto's got you hooked too. You should do some research first. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Not really - and I looked into this quite a bit. Genetically modifying plants is essential for survival of the human race. This is the state of affairs because the last big breakthrough, which would have been in time to mitigate this need: easy and effective birth control - didn't really catch on where it was needed most. So, a couple or three billion additional humans later, the planet is seriously elephanted.
I've been against burning carbonaceous fossil fuels even when oil was US$3/barrel. It's to valuable a raw material to burn (then and now). I'm not particularly on board with any group. For example, I'm a vegetarian for 45 years - but consider PETA a bunch of a$$hole$.
The question I always ask - and never receive a valid response for - is an alternative to GMO.
Perhaps, just perhaps, it's a lot of fear-mongering that has put unfounded fears and conspiracies into the justifications. Now, prove them wrong. But even if you do, those espousing them will simply call it a cover-up.
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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W∴ Balboos wrote: Genetically modifying plants is essential for survival of the human race.
Not sure why you believe that.
W∴ Balboos wrote: and never receive a valid response for - is an alternative to GMO.
Never had this discussion with you, but the easy answer is to leave it alone.
GMO is not the evil part of all this, it's Monsanto. They are the devil. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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No you listen to me. Of course Monsanto corn is financially advantageous when the natural ecosystem is destroyed to grow real corn. They are using drones to catch farmers saving and replanting their own god damn seeds. Monsanto corn allows farmers to spray round up and kill Everyting except the Frankenstein corn so in a generation proper farming techniques will be forgotten.
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There's no one so self-righteous and assured as an igroramous.
You'll figure it out if you ever manage to remove the aluminum foil hat you're so fond of.*
* In the mean time, look into BASF's vast and well trained nematode army, unleashed to bring the agricultural world to its knees.
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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I think you even know WHAT call EVERYTHING a conspiracy thing you are missing YOU DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHO THIS CAME FROM when it wasn't even propaganda yesterday had didn't even have an example you have no idea
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No, you listen to me. It's actually aliens who are manipulating our minds to plant the wrong kinds of seeds that don't grow enough food and when we all die of starvation then they will move in a plant their GM seeds to repopulate the earth with healthy crops that they can then sell for profit on the galactic markets! Yeah, that's it.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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W∴ Balboos wrote: I opt for the science that will feed the planet with more and better food.
Let me preface this comment with: I agree with you.
However, I also understand the concern of all the 'doomcriers' out there, screaming about how GMOs are going to kill us all. They're probably screaming a bit too loudly, but we certainly haven't been using GMOs for long enough to say for certain that they won't cause any long term damage to the human race.
Personally, I doubt that they will. There really isn't that much difference between GMOs manufactured in a lab, and those created traditionally through selective breeding. I just hope the scientists haven't overlooked something important about GMOs that nature already takes care of...
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Easter celebrates Christ's rising from the dead. Not only was he not dead but he wasn't on the cross either.
Just sayin' 's all...
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F-ES Sitecore wrote: was he not dead
F-ES Sitecore wrote: Christ's rising from the dead
Wait, what? 
Ok, so I guess that was two days ago. On the good Friday (although most Fridays are pretty good to me)
I guess having a dead man on a stick makes every day just that little bit better 
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Sander Rossel wrote: probably something morbid again
How can eggs represent anything morbid? It's about new life, innit! That and the fact that Lent's over and you can actually have an egg for brekkie again! Nom, nom!
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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