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by punch_card 11y ago
s/see my add/see my ad/
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by punch_card 11y ago
blogs are a good idea. thanks.
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Ask HN: Using Google adwords to snag consulting work
6 points by punch_card 11y ago|4 comments
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by punch_card 11y ago
programming is a blue collar job, no degree required. Try climbing the ladder in a technical company (not a startup). You won't have the skills and understanding to assume the responsibilities of higher positions. It's been this
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by punch_card 11y ago
Silly. Stop going to Reddit. The problem will fix itself.
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by punch_card 11y ago
CMake. Making easy things easy and hard things impossible. Provided most cases are easy, an acceptable solution.
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by punch_card 11y ago
This is the worse advice I have ever seen. This kind of 'doctoring' ends up with "take this pill, if it doesn't work come back'. (lets change that for loop to start with 1 instead of 0. problem still there ? hmm c
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by punch_card 11y ago
Wow. This is spot on.
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Tymserve 2100 ntp clock says 1995
1 points by punch_card 11y ago|1 comments
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by punch_card 11y ago
I can run Fortran IV code on a modern compiler without change. 2015-1966=48 years. And counting. Ada95 was a very easy transition from Ada83. Pay attention to users ! Backwards compatibility is MANDATORY for a language.
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by punch_card 11y ago
vi fortran gdb why even look at anything else other than the 'holy trinity'?
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by punch_card 11y ago
You greatly overvalue the specifics of your CS courses. The concepts, at a high level of abstraction, should be identifiable to you from memory. The details are recovered by using some ancient technology known as a book.
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by punch_card 11y ago
Rubbish. LOC is a measure of size. How well it is put together is entirely something else. Seeing that it is done in ada, at least it shows the system architects have a clue about large software systems.
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by punch_card 11y ago
stupid pet trick.
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by punch_card 11y ago
unpossible. DO 100 I=1,10 100 SUM = SUM + X(I) No longer supported ? hWhat ? And don't get me started about COMMON and EQUIVALENCE. To be blunt, FORTRAN 77 was probably the most practical language ever devised. What is