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Name Greg Hewgill
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Location Christchurch, New Zealand
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What is so great about subversion?
29
Is there a function in python to split a string without ignoring the spaces?
28
Is there a function in python to split a word into a list?
27
How do you declare an object of a class before the class is created in C++?
25
In C (and C++) is it considered bad form to use comparison operators outside of conditionals?
23
C variable and constant value comparison not matching
21
Should I learn C# or Java?
18
Great programming quotes (2)
18
Replacements for switch statement in python?
18
Are Foreign Keys really necessary in a database design?
16
Inlining C++ code
16
Using OR comparisons with IF statements
15
Simple database application for Windows
14
Which loop has better performance? Why?
14
How can I find the current OS in Python?
14
In Python, how can you easily retrieve sorted items from a dictionary?
13
Is there a way to infer what image format a file is, without reading the entire file?
13
Is the host localhost always available for the own system?
13
So in ‘good’ Python do you have to type every space individually?
13
What are POD types in C++?
12
How do you compare structs for equality in C?
12
Is there replacement for cat on Windows
12
What programming books do you recommend?
11
Shift operator in C
10
How Long Does It Take To Build a StackOverflow?
10
Best Version control for lone developer
9
Is there a pretty printer for python data?
9
Is there a better Windows “Terminal” application?
9
Windows version of the Unix touch command
9
What’s a ‘null defined macro’?
8
Perl and map not working… I don’t understand
8
GNU Screen Survival Guide
8
Must have tools for an OS X switcher
8
How do I uninstall python from OSX Leopard so that I can use the MacPorts version?
7
What is the cost of using a pointer to member function vs. a switch?
7
What is the largest TCP/IP network port number allowable for IPv4?
7
Duplicate result
7
How would you generate default user profile pictures?
7
How do you re-attach a subversion local copy to a different remote?
7
What’s the best way to serialize data in a language-independent binary format?
7
Python scope
7
Combined SVN FTP system?
7
Resetting detection of source file changes
7
In Vim, what is the best way to select, delete, or comment out large portions of multi-screen text?
7
Cross-platform space remaining on volume using python
7
How do I sort a list of strings in Python?
7
CVS to SVN conversion and reorganizing branches
7
Interpreted languages - leveraging the compiled language behind the interpreter
7
Is version control (ie. Subversion) applicable in document tracking?
7
Easy/Simple online source control?
6
Best Practices for securing a REST API / web service
6
What’s the best way to duplicate fork() in windows?
6
Perl - how do I remove duplicate items from an array ?
6
Video Compression: What is discrete cosine transform?
6
How to animate the command line?
6
Guidelines to improve your code
6
A regex for version number parsing
6
Colored grep?
6
Svn ignore versioned on update
6
Is there still any reason to learn AWK ?
5
How do you recursively ftp a folder in linux
5
How to access the current Subversion build number?
5
Subversion Berkeley DB broken, recovery failed.
5
Can Regex be used for this particular string manipulation?
5
How to determine whether a drive is network mounted?
5
How do I manipulate bits in Python ?
5
for-loop mechanism efficiency tips
5
How do I add a link with end-parentheses in stackoverflow?
5
git commit text file
5
Commenting code
5
What is the regex pattern for datetime (2008-09-01 12:35:45 ) ?
5
How can I merge two Python dictionaries as a single expression?
5
Copyright question - Dictionary Application..
5
Algorithm to find a common multiplier to convert decimal numbers to whole numbers
5
Windows C++: How can I redirect stderr for calls to fprintf? (2)
5
Lightweight source control
5
How do I restore files to previous states in git?
5
Is Python good for big software projects (not web based)?
5
Unix subsystem for windows
4
How do I find the ‘temp’ directory in Linux?
4
What makes the Unix file system more superior to the Windows file system?
4
Useful Vim features
4
How can I make an exact copy of a xml node’s children with XSLT?
4
How do you discard unstaged changes in git?
4
Swapping column values in MySQL
4
Best browser for web application
4
Alignment restrictions for malloc()/free()
4
Wat gebeurt er met een vraag die niet in het engels wordt gesteld? / What happens to questions that aren’t in English?
4
What are some things that you do to make sure a project is ready to be released?
4
How can i parse a comma delimited string into a list (caveat)?
4
Tabs versus spaces in Python programming
4
Why do you not declare several variables of the same type on the same line?
4
Debugging techniques
4
Git - is it pull or rebase when working on branches with other people
3
How can I restore svn control if the .svn folder has been damaged?
3
Checking if a directory contains files
3
Want to download a Git repository, what do I need (windows machine)?
3
How to make sure my git repo code is safe?
3
Accessing files across the windows network with near MAX_PATH length
3
What is the best replacement for Windows’ rand_s in Linux/POSIX?
3
How do I write a program that tells when my other program ends?
3
Forward an invocation of a variadic function in C
3
Is C++ actually a superset of C?
3
Maximum number of threads in a C# app?
3
Is there a decent open-source gaming console
3
How do I obtain CPU cycle count in Win32?
3
DocumentRoot in .htaccess is causing an error
3
What is the difference between <C-C> and <C-[> in vim?
3
Garbage collectors for C++
3
Source Control for Web Development
3
How can I generate a git diff of what’s changed since the last time I pulled?
3
Where is the best online Javascript language documentation?
3
What to Learn after C++?
3
Find broken symlinks with Python.
3
Best environment for Python on Windows?
3
Favorite (G)Vim plugins/scripts?
3
How to Pass Command Line Parameters in batch file
3
Why doesn’t **sort** sort the same on every machine?
3
Getting Started with Unit Testing
3
What is the best way to replicate a version control repository?
3
Software for Webserver Log Analysis?
3
Bug Repository
3
Code crash in MS Visual Studio 2005 in RELEASE configuration
3
Generic Type Conversion FROM String
2
Displaying vector graphics in a browser
2
Best way to store a database password in a startup script / config file?
2
File Uploads via Web Services
2
Best format for displaying rendered time on a webpage
2
Large Data Sets
2
Visual Studio Optimizations
2
any sample MySQL databases I can download?
2
Building Standalone Applications in JavaScript
2
Super programming editor?
2
Echo system commands to terminal in Perl
2
Best word wrap algorithm?
2
Differences between unix and windows files
2
Suitable alternative to CryptEncrypt
2
Simple password encryption
2
Compiler Error C2143 when using a struct
2
Formatting tabular data using unicode characters
2
Why are Vi and Emacs popular ?
2
What’s the best way to escape os.system() calls in Python?
2
Do you delete your own answer when it’s a duplicate?
2
How to “unversion” a file in either svn and/or git
2
C++ : Opening a file in non exclusive mode
2
How can I graph the Lines of Code history for git repo?
2
C++ IDE for linux
2
Python code generator for Visual Studio?
2
vimdiff and CVS integration
2
Switch branch names in git
2
Track your reputation
2
what is the best wiki for small project or home site?
2
Is there a list of Unix command line tools and their Windows counterparts?
2
Can I merge two Microsoft Word documents reliably with Subversion?
2
Trying to load files from github through a firewall is impossibly slow. Any suggestions for workarounds?
2
How to read values from numbers written as words?
2
What is GNU Screen?
2
light-version of a repository/branch in git
2
How to create project specific respository post-commit actions
2
Confused about dynamic loading in perl (error in build on a mac using cpan)
2
How do I implement Search Functionality in a website?
2
Comparison of Lat, Long Coordinates
2
Octal number literals: when? why? ever?
2
Is LaTeX used outside mathematics and academia?
2
Can all RPN expressions be represented such that all operators appear on the left and all operands appear on the right?
2
Very simple C++ DLL that can be called from .net
2
Do you version “derived” files?
2
Where do search engines start crawling?
2
Can USB devices directly access hardware?
2
Const Struct&
2
Best way to get started with programming other things than your computer?
2
Are multiple return points from a method good or bad?
2
Waiting on an event created on a different thread, C++ windows [invalid]
2
How often should you hit the Save button?
2
How do you test that a Python function throws an exception?
2
What’s the difference between an element and a node in XML?
2
Undoing a git rebase
2
Looking to Read Bytes from File in Python
2
How would you store and query hours of operation?
2
How can currying be done in C++?
2
assignment in condition
2
Working with latitude/longitude values in Java
2
Is there a wiki that also contains architectural diagrams?
2
How to compare files with same names in two different directories using a shell script
2
Python Regex vs PHP Regex
2
Is there anything wrong with using constructor return values?
2
What’s a good source code search engine?
2
Are units of measurement unique to F#?
1
Weather web service for Europe?
1
How best to draw in the console?
1
ssh-agent with passwords without spawning too many processes
1
Is there a way to check if there are symbolic links pointing to a directory?
1
Removing manual processes from localization process.
1
How do I set the desktop background on Windows from a script?
1
Multiple services from the same executable
1
gsub partial replace
1
How well does Python’s whitespace dependency interact with source control with regards to merging?
1
Locking binary files using git version control system
1
Do you use special comments on bug fixes in your code?
1
C++ handling very large integers
1
Hash-algorithm
1
Learning how to use Subversion
1
How to work in untestable legacy code- in bug fixing
1
Server side virus scanning
1
What is the worst ‘gotcha’ you’ve experienced?
1
Checking if array is multidimensional or not?
1
Python v. Perl
1
How to order headers in .NET C++ projects
1
Page working in FF, not in IE, where to start
1
Don’t wait for the process to exit
1
Is there a one-liner to read in a file to a string in C++?
1
How to programatically unplug & replug an arbitrary USB device?
1
batch scripting iterating over files in a directory
1
Can you (and should you) straddle both worlds (Linux and Windows)
1
Null vs. False vs. 0
1
Free Install Wizard software
1
Tracking changes in Windows registry
1
Learn C from Open Source code
1
Can the C preprocessor be used to tell if a file exists?
1
Any free Text To Speech for browsers?
1
Integrating External Sources in a Build
1
Preferred Operating System for web programmers - client or server
1
In C# how can you find the mime type of a file based on the file signature not the extension.
1
Alternatives to XCopy for copying lots of files?
1
How do you stop IIS SMTP Server from sending bounce emails?
1
Best way to migrate from VSS to Subversion?
1
Reset screen point to the top of screen in Windows & Linux console
1
Suggestions for free diff tools for Windows
1
What’t the best solution for creating subsets of a set of characters?
1
Unit tests in Python
1
How to prevent Write Ahead Logging on just one table in PostgreSQL?
1
partial commits with subversion
1
Git pack file entry format
1
Print variable type in C++
1
Understanding how Ada serializes a record
1
Find all drive letters in Java
1
What’s the best way to protect a Windows application from piracy?
1
Tabs and spaces in vim
1
How do you find your way around a new codebase
1
ARMV4i (Windows Mobile 6) Native Code disassembler
1
MySQL vs PostgreSQL for Web Applications
1
What is the Difference Between Mercurial and Git?
1
nmake, visualstudio, and .mak files
1
Writing cross-platform apps in C
1
Parsing, where can I learn about it.
1
Tag/Mark a Window
1
IE6 - can’t load a normal JPG
1
How do you handle white space in your HTML
1
Python Regular Expressions
1
Of Memory Management, Heap Corruption, and C++
1
Test serialization encoding
1
Python version of PHP’s stripslashes
0
What’s the “condition” in C interview question?
0
Process ID in Java
0
Using git to grep through a file’s previous versions?
0
In Python, how do I get the path and name of the file that is currently executing?
0
How do I install the D programming language into C:\Program Files?
0
Read the rgb value of a given pixel in Python, Programaticly
0
Pulling both the text and attribute of a given node using Xpath
0
newline character(s)
0
Where can I find tools for learning assembler on OS X?
0
Is it feasible to compile Python to object code?
0
Best way for a dll to get configuration information?
0
What does the “private” modifier do?
0
Why is my parameter passed by reference not modified within the function ?
0
Is HTML considered a programming language?
0
In what ways can you get your freeware project some exposure?
0
Multiple repositories, single setup
0
How to approach something complex?
0
When should I use __forceinline instead of inline?
0
Whats a good naming convention for large scope function variables?
0
compression library for c and php
0
How to send email from qmail to gmail when your IP is unauthorized
0
How would you organize a timezone dropdown?
0
What is the biggest drawback of <your favorite database>?
0
I am losing periods in an email sent using Java Mail
0
How to use one object’s method to update another object’s attribute?
0
How to search cvs comment history
0
SOAP or REST based Geotargetting service?
0
How do I connect online with other PDC attendees with similar interests before the conference so we can plan to get together
0
How do you determine the size of a file (in C) for files that are larger than 4GB?
0
Why isn’t there more interest in Oberon?
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What’s safecall?
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How do I generate an array of pairwise distances in Ruby?

 

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