While I appreciated the article, another one of his caught my eye and I thoroughly enjoyed it: http://www.jefftk.com/p/teach-yourself-any-instrument
Readit Newshsmyers commented on Is Unicode Safe? jefftk.com/p/is-unicode-s... · Posted by u/nsmalch
This header would be much more useful if it suggested safe alternatives for each of the functions it poisions
Has GCC got the necessary pragma foo to implement this?
hsmyers commented on Take a peek at the world's most exquisite libraries edition.cnn.com/2013/11/2... · Posted by u/kseven
It is usually against the rules to drool in libraries...
hsmyers commented on The strict Pragma is a Cultural Marker modernperlbooks.com/mt/20... · Posted by u/Mithaldu
> Rule of thumb, if you haven't touched your own code for a long time, think of it as being written by someone else. You are not the same person you were when you wrote it.
This is really insightful, most especially the part I italicized.
I can think of a few particularly embarrassing moments when I've dug through old code of mine and immediately thought "What kind of idiot wrote this crap?" followed by a brief moment of horror when the realization sets in that the idiot was me. :)
I think it would also make a fantastic addendum to this [1] discussion (and the article to which it is attached), especially since many new programmers often don't think much of code maintenance. Usually it's comprised of "I (or someone else) will eventually rewrite this." Then it enters production.
Can't step in the same river twice is true in all domains, not just software. Admittedly with some languages it is worse than others, assembler and APL come to mind but same truth still applies.
hsmyers commented on Modern computing: A short history and a shorter rant dpk.io/moderncomputers... · Posted by u/dpkendal
I am a programmer, writer and musician, but I don’t find any of them easy.
Programming is unique, though, because the tools you use to do it can also be used to make the task in general much easier.
One of my favorite differences between my painting and my programming is that it is much easier to clean up my work space after programming---no brushes to clean :)
hsmyers commented on Sputnik – Simple and practical RSS reader sputnik.szwacz.com/... · Posted by u/hepha1979
Need to import from feedly, any suggestions?
hsmyers commented on Simple 8-bit Assembler Simulator schweigi.github.io/assemb... · Posted by u/benjamta
As a long time low level bit twiddler, I would have killed for this in the '70s, '80s, and '90s. It would have been my killer app :)
63. C Users Group Extended Precision package. Written on an 8 bit S-100 machine in BDS C (Brain Damage Software, Leor Zolman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BDS_C). Late 70's early 80's.
Good start but a little shallow. Try 'Tolkien' or 'Lord of the Rings'...