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"Comments are a code smell"
Sep 2, 2010
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Why does a computer science degree matter to a professional programmer?
Mar 17, 2011
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Why is Lisp useful?
Oct 4, 2010
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Do dynamic typed languages deserve all the criticism?
Sep 14, 2010
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What is abstraction?
Nov 1, 2010
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Would you use (a dialect of) LISP for a real-world application? Where and why?
Feb 23, 2011
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Do you sign each of your source files with your name?
Aug 17, 2011
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Is good code impossible in modern software development?
Jan 27, 2011
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Interesting or unique types in programming languages?
Jan 25, 2011
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Why are objects passed by reference?
Mar 11, 2011

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What is the difference between hg forget and hg remove?
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Cancelling upvote on comment?
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Generating a list of which files changed between hg versions
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"Wrong type argument: commandp" error when binding a lambda to a key