joelfolksy

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by joelfolksy 3y ago
At least a few of us developers don't use c/c++...
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by joelfolksy 4y ago
I'm only an amateur, but I doubt there are string players that "learn" equal temperament. I have no idea how I would find 440 * (2^(1/12) ^ n) Hz, for any n not a multiple of 12, in the way that I can find 440 * (4/
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by joelfolksy 4y ago
I hear you. People keep saying Spanish is an easier language than English, but yesterday I pulled up an article written in Spanish and I couldn't even read the first word.
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by joelfolksy 5y ago
Is there a single statement about C# in this piece that isn't a complete falsehood?
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by joelfolksy 5y ago
Why do you much prefer func changeName(p *Person) { p.firstName = "Bob" } to void changeName(ref Person p) { p.firstName = "Bob"; } ?
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by joelfolksy 5y ago
Yep. His claims about C# are so egregiously wrong that the entire piece can safely be dismissed.
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by joelfolksy 5y ago
I had the same problem with Go. For years I couldn't figure out what I was doing to offend people.
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by joelfolksy 5y ago
"( avx, Intrinsics, etc ... )" I have to give you credit for trying to apply the Rule of Three to a single criticism. Of course, I don't really understand how the fact that someone took the time to vectorize the C# submission
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by joelfolksy 5y ago
Is this a parody? Most of the Go players I've met are thoughtful and well-adjusted - they don't resemble this stereotype at all.
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by joelfolksy 5y ago
Why are you using "American milk chocolate" as a synonym for "Hershey's"?
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by joelfolksy 5y ago
""Paella" in the US (and much of non-mediterranean Europe) generally implies shellfish." Interested in how you came to that conclusion. All of the restaurants near me that serve paella offer a wide variety of protein opt
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by joelfolksy 5y ago
"The proof that JS is actually pretty good is that it has been used to build so many things." [French Narrator] 5 minutes later... "I'm not using popularity as the metric."
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by joelfolksy 5y ago
Math classes are taught by the Math department.
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by joelfolksy 5y ago
Sigh. Yes, tell us more about why the style you've written 3-4 orders of magnitude more code in is inherently simpler/clearer.
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by joelfolksy 5y ago
This argument doesn't really have any content, because people who advocate for programming with higher order functions would not agree that such code is more clever; in fact, they would probably argue the opposite. What's the po
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by joelfolksy 5y ago
True. Of course, that only scratches the surface of why it's a terrible job. In many locales, policies that cover commercial driving are prohibitively expensive, and the majority of drivers are effectively uninsured (often without real
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by joelfolksy 5y ago
Suicides decreased in 2020, btw: https://www.axios.com/suicide-decreased-in-2020-pandemmic-me... .
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by joelfolksy 5y ago
I can't help but think that if we all had that mindset, we'd still be programming in assembly. People who don't care enough to criticize the status quo don't put forth the effort needed to change it.
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by joelfolksy 5y ago
Indeed. Ironically, the only reason we're in a thread talking about Go is years of "Go is so much simpler than language X" propaganda, without which it would have never gained such a hold in the industry zeitgeist.
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by joelfolksy 5y ago
It seems like there are basically two types of programmers: those that think that programming languages are "done," and those that disagree. To the former type, any modern language is roughly as good as any other, by definition, u
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by joelfolksy 5y ago
What a great quote. Next time my wife criticizes me, I'm going to say, "Babe, there are only two kinds of men: the ones their spouses complain about and the ones that aren't married." I'll never have to take out the
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by joelfolksy 6y ago
Since simpler languages are easier to work with, let's just remove goroutines and channels from Go. Then all these problems will just go away.
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by joelfolksy 6y ago
"A simple language is easier to read." "A simple language builds simple software". It's become a cliche to bring up brainfuck here, but it really is a direct refutation of these ideas, being a maximally simple langu
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by joelfolksy 6y ago
What would you all recommend for someone who just wants to maximize the performance of his IDE (.NET in Visual Studio)? I get that going 3900X will give me the fastest compile times, which is cool. But I hit the build button relatively infr
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by joelfolksy 6y ago
Do you find it easier to read or to understand ? I find Brainfuck code incredibly easy to read (there are only eight characters/commands in the language!) but almost impossible to understand.
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by joelfolksy 6y ago
What stands out is how apologetic you are for pointing out that a language might be worse (gasp!) than another language. When did this "all languages are roughly equal, and if you say anything else you're a zealot" ideology g
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by joelfolksy 7y ago
https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/ - Headline: no.
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by joelfolksy 7y ago
"There are only two kinds of politicians: the ones people complain about and the ones who don't get elected." - Republicans
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by joelfolksy 7y ago
1: a very good 2: That's 4: question Comment: 2 1 4.
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by joelfolksy 7y ago
Not if it brings progress to a standstill.

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