(new) Theory and Practice of Programming

Comparing Big Lists in Perl - (pwhysall) - (21) - March 21, 2005, 05:04:42 AM EST

I'd probably do something like this - (broomberg) - (20) - March 21, 2005, 08:28:08 AM EST

Thanks - (pwhysall) - (14) - March 21, 2005, 08:35:29 AM EST

ROFL - (admin) - (12) - March 21, 2005, 08:47:30 AM EST

Why rofl? - (pwhysall) - (11) - March 21, 2005, 08:48:06 AM EST

That's not the issue. - (admin) - (10) - March 21, 2005, 08:50:14 AM EST

All of them. You. - (pwhysall) - (3) - March 21, 2005, 09:00:35 AM EST

So, you want EMACS in *Z*? -NT - (folkert) - (2) - March 21, 2005, 09:09:27 AM EST

*I* can't think of a single *valid* objection. -NT - (pwhysall) - March 21, 2005, 09:10:38 AM EST

No, gvim - (broomberg) - March 21, 2005, 10:26:08 AM EST

You're being too lazy - (ben_tilly) - (5) - March 21, 2005, 01:48:04 PM EST

Au contraire - (admin) - (4) - March 21, 2005, 02:44:13 PM EST

You can still leverage the effort though... - (ben_tilly) - (3) - March 21, 2005, 02:56:29 PM EST

"just"... -NT - (admin) - (2) - March 21, 2005, 03:17:53 PM EST

Compared to what you save... - (ben_tilly) - (1) - March 21, 2005, 03:22:15 PM EST

Compared to doing nothing and laughing at Peter... - (admin) - March 21, 2005, 03:25:15 PM EST

Don't forget the pretty print feature as well... - (ChrisR) - March 21, 2005, 02:37:32 PM EST

Here's the whole (working, ugly) program - (pwhysall) - (4) - March 21, 2005, 09:19:51 AM EST

Suggestion - (broomberg) - (2) - March 21, 2005, 10:20:57 AM EST

Thanks. - (pwhysall) - (1) - March 21, 2005, 10:22:34 AM EST

My pleasure - (broomberg) - March 21, 2005, 10:26:55 AM EST

sig_array global bad. - (broomberg) - March 21, 2005, 10:51:23 AM EST

And another question, this time shell - (Arkadiy) - (2) - March 18, 2005, 04:18:37 PM EST

I'd have to write a program... - (ben_tilly) - March 18, 2005, 06:27:29 PM EST

man bash - (broomberg) - March 18, 2005, 07:23:09 PM EST

Another Perl question - (Arkadiy) - (5) - March 18, 2005, 03:01:43 PM EST

There is no good way to do that - (ben_tilly) - (4) - March 18, 2005, 03:08:08 PM EST

What about IO::ALL? - (folkert) - (3) - March 18, 2005, 04:11:23 PM EST

Is that a CPAN module? Update: yes it is - (Arkadiy) - (1) - March 18, 2005, 04:14:57 PM EST

I was reading the description and there are tremendously - (folkert) - March 18, 2005, 04:32:16 PM EST

No - (ben_tilly) - March 18, 2005, 05:38:13 PM EST

Grrr! - (Arkadiy) - (1) - March 18, 2005, 02:48:22 PM EST

That one is a very common complaint - (ben_tilly) - March 18, 2005, 02:57:14 PM EST

Todd, have a question - (daemon) - (4) - March 18, 2005, 01:21:52 PM EST

I can send it this eve - (tuberculosis) - (3) - Aug. 21, 2007, 12:44:51 PM EDT

both, this is a hmm how does that work - (boxley) - (2) - March 18, 2005, 11:55:16 PM EST

I just sent you source code -NT - (tuberculosis) - (1) - Aug. 21, 2007, 12:46:34 PM EDT

thank you sir! -NT - (boxley) - March 19, 2005, 12:33:19 AM EST

Question about exceptions - (drewk) - (31) - March 16, 2005, 04:22:29 PM EST

Lots of discussions about that - (FuManChu) - (6) - March 16, 2005, 04:38:14 PM EST

That only goes for one kind of exceptions! - (CRConrad) - (1) - March 16, 2005, 04:43:24 PM EST

What does the "checked" mean to you? - (FuManChu) - March 16, 2005, 05:55:46 PM EST

But he's saying that you should use both - (drewk) - (3) - March 16, 2005, 05:18:00 PM EST

My rule of thumb is, - (Arkadiy) - March 16, 2005, 05:40:27 PM EST

Pick one and stick with it. - (admin) - March 16, 2005, 06:04:02 PM EST

You can do both (or more accurately: either) with or without - (FuManChu) - March 16, 2005, 06:05:51 PM EST

Re: Question about exceptions - (JimWeirich) - (23) - March 16, 2005, 07:35:00 PM EST

Nice point about responsibility, but grey areas abound - (FuManChu) - (11) - March 16, 2005, 07:46:02 PM EST

Re: Nice point about responsibility, but grey areas abound - (JimWeirich) - (10) - March 17, 2005, 03:30:15 PM EST

No, we don't - (drewk) - (9) - March 17, 2005, 05:25:32 PM EST

The difference is simple - (ben_tilly) - (8) - March 17, 2005, 05:57:25 PM EST

Problem with that - (drewk) - (4) - March 17, 2005, 06:13:50 PM EST

See? Whether it is an error IS ambiguous! -NT - (ben_tilly) - (2) - March 17, 2005, 06:19:06 PM EST

I think I know what to do then - (drewk) - (1) - March 17, 2005, 06:28:16 PM EST

Exactly -NT - (ben_tilly) - March 17, 2005, 06:59:56 PM EST

Re: Problem with that - (JimWeirich) - March 17, 2005, 11:59:18 PM EST

Thats the sort of logic that makes me wary of exceptions. - (static) - (2) - March 17, 2005, 08:18:40 PM EST

Exceptions are one form of Continuation - (ChrisR) - (1) - March 17, 2005, 10:33:45 PM EST

Icon's generators rely on the failure model. - (static) - March 18, 2005, 01:24:49 AM EST

Disabling assertions - (ChrisR) - (3) - March 16, 2005, 07:52:17 PM EST

That's one of the points he raised - (drewk) - (2) - March 16, 2005, 08:59:04 PM EST

Expense is relative - (ChrisR) - March 16, 2005, 11:52:33 PM EST

Re: That's one of the points he raised - (JayMehaffey) - March 17, 2005, 08:31:12 AM EST

DbC? -NT - (drewk) - (6) - March 16, 2005, 09:32:24 PM EST

Design by Contract - (Yendor) - (5) - March 16, 2005, 10:05:14 PM EST

Not the same thing. - (admin) - (4) - March 16, 2005, 10:31:01 PM EST

That's not strictly Eiffel; - (jake123) - (3) - March 17, 2005, 05:31:51 PM EST

It's built into Eiffel - (admin) - March 17, 2005, 06:01:57 PM EST

It is DESIGN by Contract after all - (JimWeirich) - (1) - March 17, 2005, 11:48:41 PM EST

As you say - (jake123) - March 19, 2005, 03:09:19 AM EST

AJAX programming - (admin) - (21) - March 16, 2005, 09:06:39 AM EST

Its the wave of the future - (tuberculosis) - (13) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:39:34 AM EDT

If that's the case... - (admin) - (10) - March 16, 2005, 11:42:11 AM EST

FOSS? - (tuberculosis) - (8) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:41:05 AM EDT

Thanks. -NT - (admin) - March 16, 2005, 02:19:34 PM EST

Just started using the calendar widget - very nice -NT - (SpiceWare) - (6) - Oct. 16, 2005, 09:40:47 PM EDT

Lots of new JS toolkits have come out - (tuberculosis) - (5) - Oct. 19, 2005, 12:38:21 PM EDT

Sheesh. - (admin) - (2) - Oct. 18, 2005, 07:05:41 PM EDT

Go to demos - (broomberg) - (1) - Oct. 18, 2005, 10:47:38 PM EDT

Didn't see that link anywhere... -NT - (admin) - Oct. 18, 2005, 11:03:20 PM EDT

Seems it's "script.aculo.us", not "script.acul.ous". HTH! -NT - (CRConrad) - (1) - Oct. 19, 2005, 03:45:01 AM EDT

Thx - Fixed -NT - (tuberculosis) - Oct. 19, 2005, 12:39:01 PM EDT

Re: If that's the case... - (johnu) - March 16, 2005, 01:30:39 PM EST

Holy-- You-- Son of a Blanchard - (FuManChu) - (1) - March 16, 2005, 11:46:24 AM EST

I have plenty of dull projects too - (tuberculosis) - Aug. 21, 2007, 12:39:47 PM EDT

Too bad Ajah isn't a Greek hero - (FuManChu) - (3) - March 16, 2005, 11:44:45 AM EST

Same question to you then: - (admin) - (2) - March 16, 2005, 11:46:43 AM EST

Yes, but I haven't used any so can't recommend one - (FuManChu) - (1) - March 16, 2005, 11:51:45 AM EST

Thanks. -NT - (admin) - March 16, 2005, 11:57:29 AM EST

The quirksmode guy has an interesting take on it. - (static) - March 16, 2005, 09:55:48 PM EST

Another article on AJAX. - (mmoffitt) - (1) - March 17, 2005, 09:20:27 AM EST

Microsoft misses the boat. Again. - (ben_tilly) - March 17, 2005, 11:47:55 AM EST

JSON - (admin) - (19) - March 16, 2005, 08:58:05 AM EST

That language is included in the first paragraph. - (folkert) - (10) - March 16, 2005, 11:26:50 AM EST

Not the one *I'm* thinking of... -NT - (admin) - (9) - March 16, 2005, 11:41:21 AM EST

Hmmm... - (folkert) - (8) - March 16, 2005, 11:47:01 AM EST

Re: Hmmm... - (admin) - (7) - March 16, 2005, 11:47:22 AM EST

migosh. - (folkert) - (1) - March 16, 2005, 11:53:02 AM EST

Re: migosh. - (admin) - March 16, 2005, 11:59:27 AM EST

Its not plists though - (tuberculosis) - (4) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:41:10 AM EDT

Re: Its not plists though - (admin) - (3) - March 16, 2005, 02:18:31 PM EST

Re: Its not plists though - (tuberculosis) - (2) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:41:22 AM EDT

If that's the only change it's easy enough to make. -NT - (admin) - (1) - March 16, 2005, 04:04:27 PM EST

Not sure that's the only one - (tuberculosis) - Aug. 21, 2007, 12:37:46 PM EDT

I give up. - (FuManChu) - (4) - March 16, 2005, 11:48:09 AM EST

? - (admin) - (3) - March 16, 2005, 11:50:22 AM EST

It's a data format that has to be parsed by code. - (FuManChu) - (2) - March 16, 2005, 11:53:46 AM EST

Every data format has to be parsed. - (admin) - (1) - March 16, 2005, 11:58:37 AM EST

I'm misleading myself - (FuManChu) - March 16, 2005, 01:15:40 PM EST

I may be missing something - (drewk) - (2) - March 16, 2005, 11:57:01 AM EST

Re: I may be missing something - (admin) - (1) - March 16, 2005, 11:59:31 AM EST

We just did this today - (drewk) - March 16, 2005, 12:07:57 PM EST

repository versioning software - (folkert) - (5) - March 14, 2005, 08:05:15 AM EST

It's cheaper at Bookpool. ;-) Can you elaborate? - (Another Scott) - (1) - March 13, 2005, 07:35:03 PM EST

It isn't perfect. - (folkert) - March 13, 2005, 11:25:14 PM EST

"1.4GB array"? Maybe you meant 1.4 *T* B...? HTH! -NT - (CRConrad) - (2) - March 14, 2005, 04:17:54 AM EST

Ooops, yeah. 1.4TB array. - (folkert) - March 14, 2005, 08:04:36 AM EST

At least he didn't say 1.4Mb. -NT - (static) - March 14, 2005, 09:19:33 PM EST

What the heck is text? - (systems) - (56) - March 12, 2005, 11:48:38 AM EST

It depends on the context. - (Another Scott) - (2) - March 12, 2005, 12:23:39 PM EST

Unicode and ASCII - (StevenYap) - (1) - March 12, 2005, 06:54:00 PM EST

Re: Unicode and ASCII - Nitpick II - (jb4) - March 25, 2005, 01:40:46 PM EST

you are confusing text with display - (boxley) - (12) - March 12, 2005, 06:53:13 PM EST

Uhhh..Not quite, Bill - (jb4) - (11) - March 25, 2005, 01:50:46 PM EST

And that is one thing that sucks about Unicode - (ben_tilly) - (9) - March 25, 2005, 03:09:44 PM EST

At least they're consistent - (jb4) - (8) - March 25, 2005, 06:02:42 PM EST

But it is a problem - (ben_tilly) - March 25, 2005, 06:13:17 PM EST

Except for that full width/half width ascii thing - (tuberculosis) - (5) - March 27, 2005, 09:40:24 PM EST

I dunno... - (jb4) - March 28, 2005, 12:11:15 PM EST

My personal take on it - (jake123) - (3) - March 28, 2005, 12:15:20 PM EST

Perhaps, but it makes searching tricky - (tuberculosis) - (2) - March 28, 2005, 02:49:36 PM EST

Well, if it was an easy problem - (jake123) - March 28, 2005, 03:29:43 PM EST

ICLRPD (new thread) - (jb4) - March 29, 2005, 07:57:14 PM EST

Have you all seen the HUGE unicode poster? - (FuManChu) - March 28, 2005, 04:33:12 PM EST

close enough to debug a table entry :-) - (boxley) - March 26, 2005, 09:26:51 AM EST

Text is not as simple as it seems - (ben_tilly) - March 12, 2005, 11:00:34 PM EST

This is one thing that Java handles pretty well - (bluke) - March 13, 2005, 11:35:09 AM EST

Rule #1 - Everything you think you know is wrong - (tuberculosis) - (29) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:28:08 AM EDT

Why xenophobic? - (drewk) - (28) - March 14, 2005, 10:44:16 AM EST

Because they didn't think... - (pwhysall) - March 14, 2005, 11:24:31 AM EST

Because if they had spent any time at all - (tuberculosis) - (25) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:30:01 AM EDT

Now how about addressing my example - (drewk) - (17) - March 14, 2005, 12:13:47 PM EST

The best explanation that I've seen of why 2 digits... - (ben_tilly) - March 14, 2005, 12:46:32 PM EST

No, but they were xenophobic etc - (jake123) - (15) - March 14, 2005, 02:50:01 PM EST

xenophobic's probably the wrong word - (SpiceWare) - (14) - March 14, 2005, 04:12:18 PM EST

Yeah, you're right - (jake123) - (13) - March 14, 2005, 05:02:32 PM EST

How about "escessively humble"? - (drewk) - (4) - March 14, 2005, 05:35:25 PM EST

Look, the point about the two digits for a year is well - (jake123) - (1) - March 14, 2005, 06:09:09 PM EST

Disagree - (jb4) - March 25, 2005, 02:15:41 PM EST

Maybe... - (tuberculosis) - (1) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:31:43 AM EDT

How about simply "provincial". - (a6l6e6x) - March 14, 2005, 08:02:42 PM EST

The people who coded for teletypes and green terminals - (Arkadiy) - (7) - March 14, 2005, 05:37:55 PM EST

Yes, a typographer - (jake123) - (3) - March 14, 2005, 06:10:49 PM EST

Internationalization would not have been so easy - (ben_tilly) - March 14, 2005, 07:23:05 PM EST

Text layout in 80 by 24 grid of monspaced font? - (Arkadiy) - (1) - March 14, 2005, 07:59:49 PM EST

Phone books back then - (jake123) - March 15, 2005, 11:18:10 AM EST

Please don't use the letter "e" in your code. - (pwhysall) - (2) - March 14, 2005, 06:20:45 PM EST

I certainly used to do without "e" - (Arkadiy) - March 14, 2005, 08:01:39 PM EST

I couldn't use "e" either ... - (JimWeirich) - March 15, 2005, 05:52:09 PM EST

Oh, come ON already - (jb4) - (6) - March 25, 2005, 02:20:51 PM EST

The C++ standard i18n library is awful - (tuberculosis) - (5) - March 27, 2005, 09:56:44 PM EST

Dont know ICU - (jb4) - (4) - March 28, 2005, 12:13:20 PM EST

ICLRPD (new thread) - (drewk) - March 28, 2005, 12:33:42 PM EST

You can find it here - (tuberculosis) - (2) - March 28, 2005, 02:44:08 PM EST

Time line? - (jb4) - (1) - March 29, 2005, 07:59:43 PM EST

Released in 1988 - (tuberculosis) - March 29, 2005, 08:07:25 PM EST

Actually, Algol 68 was designed from the ground up - (Arkadiy) - March 14, 2005, 12:16:18 PM EST

Re: What the heck is text? - (JayMehaffey) - (3) - March 14, 2005, 10:51:50 AM EST

I must correct you - ASCII is a 7-bit encoding - (tuberculosis) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:30:04 AM EDT

Whoa, there. - (ubernostrum) - (1) - March 14, 2005, 01:31:43 PM EST

Your right mostly - (JayMehaffey) - March 14, 2005, 02:36:05 PM EST

Using a pencil, it's unambiguous. -NT - (mmoffitt) - (3) - March 28, 2005, 01:14:03 PM EST

You haven't seen my handwriting.... -NT - (Another Scott) - (2) - March 28, 2005, 02:04:44 PM EST

Uh-oh. I wouldn't confess that ;0) - (mmoffitt) - (1) - March 28, 2005, 02:56:59 PM EST

My father's handwriting was so bad... - (broomberg) - March 28, 2005, 09:21:00 PM EST

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