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 | Re: looping problem [QUOTE=WaltP;1616997]Yes, [B]zdep[/B] had posted badly formatted code to solve [B]aomas98[/B]'s problem. What grade do you think [B]zdep[/B] should get for his effort? What about [B]aomas98[/B]? Who should pass the class?[/QUOTE] ztdep deserves the detah penalty, aomas98 deserves life in prison, with parole. What do I win?  |
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 | That article is complete nonsense. The terms "software engineer" and "computer programmer" are interchangeable to some people, while others make a distinction and try to categorize people. There is nothing approaching a universal definition. |
| | Maybe you don't understand it because the problem is poorly worded. |
 | [QUOTE=Ancient Dragon;1547659] Depends on what YOU consider "awsome". Awsome software such as Microsoft Word or Paint, is written by a team of programmers, analysts and graphics designers. [/QUOTE] ROFL it doesn't take a Team Of Programmers to create MS Paint. [QUOTE=Ancient Dragon] And it usually takes years to design, code … |
| | [QUOTE=jay_el_em;1577736]I am an aspiring programmer/developer, and I was wondering which direction would lead to more job opportunities(Not just more money, although in this recession we could all use some extra cash) I am learning C# and have mostly done Winforms desktop applications, should I be looking more towads ASP.Net??[/quote] There … |
 | No, there is no such triangle. |
| | There is really no such notion of absolute utility of a position, there is only marginal utility. At some points on the (# developers, # designers) plane, adding a designer would give more benefit, while at others adding a developer would do so. For example, we might argue that at … |
| | You need to use server side code. Whatever processes the form should check for this. Using Javascript can save the user some time, so that's good, too, but the code on the server that processes the form shouldn't assume that it has valid input. |
 | Yes, Common Lisp is a general purpose programming language, and you can do pretty much anything with it (except things that really need to run without garbage collection). |
| | Study what you're interested in. If you're good at programming, i.e. actually capable of serious programming, you'll be in demand no matter what. And if you're not, well, I wouldn't care if my advice was bad for you.  |
| | For any N methodologies of software development, we can construct a methodology that is as good as the best of the N. Hire N teams to develop the product in parallel, each using a different methodology. When one of them finishes, stop. Your costs will differ from the best methodology's … |
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| | Look at the wikipedia articles, read them slowly and carefully, and tell us what you don't understand. |
| | [b]1.) Describe your current job / job title. [/b] Cyberpunk Analyst. Its initials are C.A. and it includes "Anal" as a substring. [b]2.) What do you like most about your job? [/b] Daydreaming about the coming dystopian police state. [b]3.) What do you dislike most about your job? [/b] LCD … |
| | == is the equality comparison operator, not =  |
| | That sounds correct (assuming you've defined a BST accordingly). If you want to be really anal you should explicitly point out that S is a binary tree. |
 | Well, since you're unwilling to think, I'm not going to do it for you. |
| | [code]printf("INK SON ROB JAC");[/code] What I don't understand is how JACK ROBINSON becomes INK SON ROB JAC. How does the K end up placed in INK?  |
 | Re: Project Xen Sadun89, don't listen to the haters. [QUOTE=Sadun89;1569286]1.What is Project Xen?[/QUOTE] Xen a code project to make better code for make the executable. [QUOTE]2.What for use it?[/QUOTE] Programs use it to put the program in your program so that your Xen program programs programs. [QUOTE]3.Is the new trend of multi OSs?[/QUOTE] …  |
| | The real purpose of classes is to allow for polymorphism using virtual methods. Classes in C++ also provide the mechanism for hiding implementation details. If polymorphism is not in play, it doesn't matter whether you say [icode]player.SitDown(table)[/icode] or [icode]table.OfferSeat(player)[/icode] or [icode]Sit(player, table)[/icode]. Or something analogous that involves Chairs. You'll want … |
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| | Re: Creating an OS Undergraduates do this all the time in their Operating Systems courses. Find some notes online.  |
| | Not to mention that his very own example is still unsafe! |
| | It's a worst case O(log(n)) operation but you can be pretty sure the expected running time is O(1) (given a heap formed from a uniformly selected permutation of an array). |
| | C or C++ for things that need to be pretty fast, Python with the NumPy library for things that you would normally use Matlab for, Fortran for things that really need to run on a supercomputer and run fast, or if you are using libraries written in Fortran, Haskell or … |
| | The problem with recognizing counter-clockwise or clockwise motion of the mouse pointer is that it takes time to recognize, which means that the UI will lag severely behind the user input. You'll find this to be unacceptable. To be more specific, you'll need to look at the mouse pointer at … |
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| | > I'm currently saying False because if f(n) = 100n and g(n) = n so f(n) is O(n) then no constant multiple C * 2^n will produce an upper bound for 2^(100n) Why do you say no constant multiple C * 2^n will produce an upper bound for 2^(100n)? So … |
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| | Lol, "especially if you include some advanced functions," that's a good one AndreRet. Just make some awesome code that does something interesting. Write an MP3 player, write a web crawler, write a proxy that merges RSS feeds... write something you find interesting. They just want to see that you don't … |
 | Re: Why I Hate Linux [QUOTE=Ancient Dragon;1499255]Care to elaborate? What more can you do the Linux that you can't do with MS-Windows?[/QUOTE] Patch the kernel. That's not a theoretical advantage. |
 | People make up bureaucratic nonsense like this because the real problems in programming are too deep for them.  |
| | [QUOTE=freebanana;1309561]If you got a programming job in the Army, what are your chance of getting a programming job that pays about 30k? 40k? 50k? or more?[/quote] Huh? Ask the Army how much they pay. If you got a programming job for 50k you'd be getting ripped off, at 30k you'd …  |
| | What. Base64 is not a cryptography algorithm. |
| | [QUOTE=sunnypalsingh][B]System Command[/B]- Non-Portable,Very Expensive[/QUOTE] Are you thinking of the same system() I'm thinking of? Are you thinking? system("PAUSE") is not expensive. The amount of time spent waiting for user input is about 3000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 times (give or take a few dozen powers of ten) as long as the amount of overhead … |
| | If you haven't entered college then you don't really know what career you want, but if you like making software then maybe you should major in CS, or maybe math or computer engineering if you're into that too. |
 | > How exactly are you expecting to talk to the system or any peripherals without making a call to the OS? On some operating systems and some devices, you can do just that.  |
| | ASP.NET is superior to PHP because PHP is a horrible language, but you can use good languages with ASP.NET, and there are Mono implementations, and if they're good then Windows licenses are not a problem. You don't need to worry about "web hosting companies" because why wouldn't you get a …  |
| | Specialization is for insects, and instead of thinking which platform you want to learn facts about, you should be making things. You would have no problem choosing a platform (or simply not caring) if you just did some coding for fun. Salary is a function of how smart you are … |
| | .NET and Ruby are the best right now. PHP will never be the best (unless the language and platform undergo a radical revolution) but a future version of Java could catch up to .NET. Ruby has the problem that Ruby library developers are bad at writing correct code, but it's … |
| | If you're in the U.S. right now and you can actually code, you can find a job. People aren't unemployed because of outsourcing, they're unemployed because they can't code, or because they're not looking very hard, or because they're choosy. |
 | Real answer: Use valgrind. Another plausible answer: Do something like this: [code] // your global variable, or a thread local variable when appropriate. std::map<key, value> *my_var = NULL; template <class T> class dynamic_bind { T saved_; T *var_; public: dynamic_bind(T *var, const T& value) : saved_(*var), var_(var) { *var_ = … |
| | Basically the cabal packaging system, or possibly the Hackage package repository, is crap. You can get around problems by installing the required dependencies directly. For some reason, this works. It is a mystery. |
| | [QUOTE=jon.kiparsky;1457417]More explicitly, an algorithm is a comprehensive, language-independent description of a procedure for solving a problem, in a finite time. I think that about covers it.[/QUOTE] That's one definition. I would argue for these differences: 1. An algorithm does not have to take finite time. For example, it could be … |
 | Did you seriously just pee your pants with joy because of a minor upgrade to a computer? For the sake of giving you the benefit of the doubt, we should assume this entire article was sarcastic. Also, how in the world could anybody think that 1200x800 is inferior to 1366x768? … |
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 | Basically anything would be faster. |
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