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dan_waterworth

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Wolverhampton, England, United Kingdom

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How do functional languages handle random numbers?

answered Jun 27, 2013 at 11:27

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The Programmers Bill of Responsibilities

answered Dec 22, 2010 at 16:06

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Redis vs Zookeeper

answered Feb 10, 2012 at 9:38

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Are there concrete reasons not to use libraries and code snippets heavily?

answered Jan 6, 2011 at 8:32

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What do you wish language designers paid attention to?

answered Jan 4, 2011 at 14:10

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What does "branching is free" mean in Git?

answered Jun 23, 2013 at 5:42

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Why Was Python Written with the GIL?

answered Feb 13, 2013 at 6:37

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Recursion or while loops

answered Jan 11, 2013 at 11:06

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Can one get a solid programming foundation without going to college/university?

answered Jan 6, 2011 at 17:09

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Checklist for starting an open-source project

answered Feb 24, 2011 at 19:09

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Could JQuery and similar tools be built into the browser install?

answered Mar 14, 2012 at 13:17

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What kind of problems does MapReduce solve?

answered Apr 17, 2012 at 6:55

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What is the greatest design flaw you have faced in any programming language?

answered Mar 5, 2011 at 18:49

12 votes

What kind of innovative non-cash financial benefits do I offer to my developers to retain them along with a competitive salary?

answered Jan 14, 2011 at 7:27

11 votes

Is there a way to play the role of Javascript with any other language like C#?

answered Mar 29, 2011 at 9:16

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How do I figure out the minimum number of swaps to sort a list in-place?

answered Jan 4, 2011 at 7:33

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What is the difference between a hash and a dictionary?

answered Dec 28, 2010 at 7:39

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How important are Haskell's advanced concepts like Monads and Applicative Functors for most routine programming tasks?

answered Jan 15, 2012 at 7:30

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What is the functional-programming alternative to an interface?

answered Mar 4, 2013 at 7:02

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Why isn't SSL/TLS built into modern Operating Systems?

answered Mar 20, 2011 at 7:50

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Is Haskell's type system an obstacle to understanding functional programming?

answered Jan 2, 2011 at 22:36

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Will hand-written assembly disappear?

answered Apr 23, 2011 at 12:38

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Programming style: Reoccuring error checks

answered Apr 4, 2011 at 8:19

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Hosting own Git service?

answered Mar 9, 2011 at 7:53

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Do real-world algorithms that greatly outperform in the class below exist?

answered Oct 7, 2011 at 12:46

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How do functional languages handle a mocking situation when using Interface based design?

answered Jun 25, 2012 at 20:12

6 votes

The most mind-bending programming language?

answered Jan 7, 2011 at 21:21

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A deque based on binary trees

answered Jul 2, 2012 at 9:28

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Discussions of simplicity

answered Aug 9, 2012 at 13:51

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Difference between language virtual machine and emulating vm?

answered Jan 1, 2013 at 10:00

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