Martin Beckett

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Why is verbosity bad for a programming language?

Mar 23, 2012

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Is there an expiration date for well regarded, but old books on programming?

Dec 12, 2011

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A client wants us to screen work machines for pornography. Is it possible?

Mar 3, 2011

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Do job postings exaggerate their requirements?

Apr 3, 2011

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Isn't open source bad for developers themselves?

Mar 10, 2012

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GPL - what is distribution?

Aug 29, 2012

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Is it possible to write a generalized string reverse function that works for all localisations and string types?

Jul 26, 2011

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Cuda vs OpenCL - opinions

Mar 1, 2011

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strcpy memcpy reason for parameter order

Nov 8, 2011

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What's so bad about pointers in C++?

Sep 2, 2012

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When is it appropriate to not unit test?

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What is the purpose of including header files in the solution in Visual Studio?

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Can I safely use an open source library in an internal closed-source project?

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Are C++ templates just a kind of glorified macros?

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