Category: Developing
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C-Hash, C-Pound, C-WHAT?
A recent discussion raised the fact that C#, often called “See Sharp” is technically incorrect because the symbol used is not the musical symbol sharp, but is the octothorpe, also known as Pound, Hash, Splat, Number Sign, etc. An example of the differences is shown here (provided your browser and current font set support it). …
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Educated Opinion .vs. Knee-Jerk Reaction
Ever make a comment regarding the performance of applications written for the .NET platform, or about Java’s performance and/or, God forbid, the current system requirements of most large-scale J2EE implementations, only to have some dumbass jump on you about how your comment is just the typical knee-jerk, “C/C++ elitist” reaction to the word “Java” (or…
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To Design or Not To Design?
One of the things I have noticed is that the ideals of design are often misused or misapplied. More often than not (in my experience), this happens more often with developers that have more academic experience than real-world experience. Nothing is worse than a recent CS graduate with a masters degree that has less than 2…