udalov

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by udalov 8y ago
Re Iridium satellites: unfortunately, they are being replaced by a new generation of satellites which do not produce flares and thus likely won't be seen by the naked eye anymore. Source: https://heavens-above.com/Iridi
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The Java type system is broken(wouter.coekaerts.be)
2 points by udalov 8y ago|0 comments
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by udalov 11y ago
No, as I mentioned, only those 'when'-expressions, the result of which is used as a value, must be exhaustive. Those which are not, we call them 'when'-statements, correspond to an if-else chain in C-like languages and t
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by udalov 11y ago
It's an error only when the 'when'-expression is used as a value, like assigned to a property, passed as an argument or returned from a function. Otherwise it's not an error. There's also a warning for matching enum
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by udalov 11y ago
Could you please give a few examples of "all the broken, half-designed stuff they are trying to ship"?
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by udalov 11y ago
Could you please explain how the internal representation of null in the language's type system has any effect on the semantics of code written in that language?
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Renoise Redux(renoise.com)
2 points by udalov 11y ago|0 comments
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Meduza.io – Russia’s top news and reporting, in English(meduza.io)
1 points by udalov 12y ago|0 comments
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by udalov 12y ago
Could you please elaborate on running being damaging?
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State of the Specialization: Generics over primitives in Java and JVM(cr.openjdk.java.net)
83 points by udalov 12y ago|1 comments
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Google Protocol Buffers v3.0.0-alpha-1(github.com)
13 points by udalov 12y ago|1 comments
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by udalov 12y ago
The free version is also Windows-only
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by udalov 12y ago
In fact Kotlin doesn't have reified generics. This idea was planned in the beginning and was reflected in the old docs but abandoned later. I believe there's no reference to reified generics on the new web site anymore.
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by udalov 12y ago
Not sure why they conclude that "bergamot essence may induce muscle cramps" etc based on a single case. What if the man had an allergic response of some kind and 99.99% of the population would be fine drinking so much earl grey te
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by udalov 13y ago
Most of the time you can omit type arguments: val arr = Array(height) { x -> Array(width) { y -> Tile(x, y, Terrain.GRASS) } }