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YAY the bad old days!
Real programmers use butterflies
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it seems many other people aren't, hence the idea for the article.
than it's just a matter of time. just do it!
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I think I would agree that pointers are quite intuitive, but I still prefer the way Java, for example, takes away the need to deal with them directly, though one still ought to understand what is happening under the hood. Constructing a linked list in Java takes away the need to think about pointers at all (so be careful those who use this as an interview Q). I like languages which allow me to spend more cognition on the business logic rather than its implementation. Also, modern compilers can implement code better than most (if not all) of us humans can. That said, there is something aesthetic about pointers, more so when you deal with memory management in assembly langauge. I quite like the fact that C lets you get to grips with these lower level devices, though in my work it's more of an aesthetic curiosity than a necessity to know these things.
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I tend to agree ... until I don't. That is to say, I appreciate not having to deal with them until I'm given occasion to miss them. Sometimes - and I find quite often in C and C++, there's a much more elegant and/or efficient solution to be had using pointers than working without them.
I tend to like the STL because it takes away the need for pointers, but doesn't prevent you from using them.
Real programmers use butterflies
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I'm in two minds on that: it is certainly nice when coding to have options and 'power' to operate at a lower level when it seems like a good idea, but historically the misuse of pointers by programmers caused absolute havoc.
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24 hours ahead of schedule (and a year behind at the same time): The Grand Tour: A Massive Hunt[^] is finally out on Prime.
Yay!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I would watch it nob, but I'm at work. I suppose I'll spend some time this weekend catchin' up with those three.
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Rats! I thought you were referring to The Expanse, but then I remembered I already watched episode 1 of season 5!
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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You do realize they dropped S05E01...S05E03 incl. yesterday?
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Yes, but Herself rationed my time to watch one episode a day. We are taking care of the grandkids during the day, then I am not allowed to watch TE due to the violence and bad language.
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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There is no violence and bad language in The Expanse.
There is a lot of violence and appropriate language!
I was watching a dashcam video on Youtube a week or so ago, and a car on the other carriageway just dived up a bank, fell over, and rolled across the road in front of the camera car.
The drivers voice just went "F*******ck!"
And a little voice chimed in from the back: "What does that mean Mommy?"
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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My kid and I watched it last night. Started out good, then became disappointing.
I did like that the boys were getting along better.
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std::brexit(0); // does this really terminate the process?
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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No, it enters an infinite loop.
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Maybe if you change the parameter to €5,000,000,000.
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Process exit status 0 means success. Looks too much optimistic.
Definitions of optimistic
hopeful and confident about the future.
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11917640 Member wrote: the future Surely it could not be worse than than the present?
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Well, we could have flagellants walking the streets...
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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It will kick your dog, steal your girlfriend and finally, give you a BSOD
Cheers,
विक्रम
"We have already been through this, I am not going to repeat myself." - fat_boy, in a global warming thread
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I collect BSODs like trophies. My computer is a wasteland of core dumps, broken updates and failure.
It's probably time I just buy a new one.
Real programmers use butterflies
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Apparently it's not a standard function - with different compilers having different ways of trying to execute it.
In most systems, it has been shown to just hang the program.
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The great adventure is only just about to begin!
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It just makes your program hang.
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update to yesterday's snow thread...
not 8-14 inches, but 22+ inches.
been snowing since 9pm last night and will stop around 1pm today.
Light fluffy snow. should make for easier removal.
I guess it is winter time now. Tis the season to be jolly...or something like that.
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Way down here, a barrier island south of Long Island (NY), we seem to have about 3" (7-8 cm). Wind, however, was pretty fierce all night and still is.
I haven't opened the door yet - the price for the lucky showing (neither the 8" nor 12" previously predicted until it was almost upon us) is that it is likely to be very wet - the snow broke for rain for a while, then resumed. It may even have a frozen layer (hopefully only on top).
The wind still sounds nice.
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