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Paul Nathan

Member for 13 years, 3 months
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Seattle, WA

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"Comments are a code smell"

answered Sep 2, 2010 at 16:29

89 votes

Why does a computer science degree matter to a professional programmer?

answered Mar 17, 2011 at 19:04

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Why is Lisp useful?

answered Oct 4, 2010 at 15:52

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Do dynamic typed languages deserve all the criticism?

answered Sep 14, 2010 at 20:19

26 votes

What is abstraction?

answered Nov 1, 2010 at 22:48

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Would you use (a dialect of) LISP for a real-world application? Where and why?

answered Feb 23, 2011 at 20:22

18 votes

Do you sign each of your source files with your name?

answered Aug 17, 2011 at 22:02

17 votes

Is good code impossible in modern software development?

answered Jan 27, 2011 at 20:17

15 votes

Interesting or unique types in programming languages?

answered Jan 25, 2011 at 6:51

15 votes

We need a DVS. They need an SVN repo. What should we do?

answered Nov 10, 2010 at 17:14

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Why are objects passed by reference?

answered Mar 11, 2011 at 16:38

11 votes

Regulation of the software industry

answered Feb 7, 2012 at 17:18

10 votes

Are there any "enterprise ready" functional programming languages?

answered Jan 4, 2012 at 21:15

10 votes

How far has process-i-fi-cation of SW engineering come in the past 10 years?

answered Dec 15, 2011 at 23:31

10 votes

Is C++ suitable as a first language?

answered Feb 7, 2011 at 17:04

10 votes

What is proven as a good maximum length of a function?

answered Dec 18, 2010 at 17:09

8 votes

Does syntax really matter in a programming language?

answered Dec 26, 2010 at 21:11

8 votes

Should I return from a function early or use an if statement?

answered Nov 11, 2010 at 19:40

8 votes

How large non-OO code bases are managed?

answered Nov 29, 2010 at 19:03

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How to reduce the number of bugs when coding?

answered Sep 28, 2010 at 23:05

8 votes

Are there languages that make it easier to understand secure coding principles?

answered Aug 30, 2011 at 21:10

8 votes

Why do people hesitate to use Python 3?

answered Mar 31, 2011 at 16:50

7 votes

What are the most impressive tricks an IDE could pull off with the code?

answered Sep 23, 2010 at 22:13

7 votes

Which language features are considered harmful?

answered Sep 14, 2010 at 21:21

7 votes

What are useful metrics for source code?

answered Dec 18, 2010 at 4:30

6 votes

"To code quickly, you must quit coding"

answered Nov 12, 2010 at 20:44

6 votes

Why such popularity with Python?

answered Oct 23, 2010 at 0:00

6 votes

Why aren't we all doing model driven development yet?

answered Mar 7, 2011 at 21:05

5 votes

what is a phone interview?

answered Feb 21, 2011 at 21:25

5 votes

I'm graduating with a Computer Science degree but I don't feel like I know how to program

answered May 13, 2010 at 16:22

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