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GeneralRe: Developer Runs Windows 7 on a 5 MHz CPU with 128MB of RAM Pin
Nelek28-Dec-22 3:52
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NewsDanish physicists give the gift of world’s smallest Christmas record—in stereo Pin
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NewsYou can now make Windows 11 look like Windows 95. Here's how. Pin
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NewsThe cargo cult of good code Pin
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obermd26-Dec-22 11:00
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GeneralRe: The cargo cult of good code Pin
Greg Utas27-Dec-22 3:39
professionalGreg Utas27-Dec-22 3:39 
He also says, rephrasing a book about plain writing:
Quote:
Rewriting is the essence of programming.
So true, but many fail to do it once the code works. Rewriting will probably break something, and the thought of having to debug it again is oh so painful.
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GeneralRe: The cargo cult of good code Pin
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NewsPatch now: Serious Linux kernel security hole uncovered Pin
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NewsDonald Knuth’s 2022 ‘Christmas Tree’ lecture is about trees Pin
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GeneralRe: Donald Knuth’s 2022 ‘Christmas Tree’ lecture is about trees Pin
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NewsC++ 23 standard won’t have a key parallelism feature Pin
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NewsMicrosoft employee accidentally announces Notepad is getting tabs in Windows 11 Pin
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NewsMicrosoft and Activision Blizzard respond to FTC's acquisition lawsuit Pin
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NewsLastPass users: Your info and password vault data are now in hackers’ hands Pin
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GeneralRe: LastPass users: Your info and password vault data are now in hackers’ hands Pin
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GeneralRe: LastPass users: Your info and password vault data are now in hackers’ hands Pin
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GeneralRe: LastPass users: Your info and password vault data are now in hackers’ hands Pin
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NewsDon't get scammed by fake job postings on sites like LinkedIn and Indeed Pin
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