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In case announcing it here helps any.
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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Steve Wozniak is the only thing at Apple that isn't evil.
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Quote: It isn't the winning which matters, it is the taking part.
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I get that. I just want a mug.
Steve Wozniak is the only thing at Apple that isn't evil.
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It's normally around the middle of the month, so any day now. You should get an email, but can always check here: Best Article of December 2019[^]
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thanks
Steve Wozniak is the only thing at Apple that isn't evil.
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Sorry for the delay. And congratulations
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject
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Thanks. No worries. I'm just antsy. haha
Steve Wozniak is the only thing at Apple that isn't evil.
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Congrats on your first prize of the month!
I am not formally educated in computer science. Any good book recommendations for learning compiler technologies and language AST. I want to write a parser for my own language.
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Thanks! Didn't you win too? I thought I saw your name come up.
I am in the same boat as you - no formal training.
I taught myself to write parsers.
For a good real world treatment of ASTs you should play around with Microsoft's CodeDOM.
As kludgy as it is, that is a true AST.
For a good real world parser that parses into it, see this article:
Parse Anything, Part 3: Beyond Parsley[^]
The ParsleyHandRolledDemo is a hand built recursive descent parser that parses a subset of C# into the codedom.
If you need help understanding recursive descent parsing, just respond here and I'll give you a quick run down. It's easy.
Real programmers use butterflies
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... this talk of breakfast in the Lounge has got me hungry. And since I had three rashers in the fridge I defrosted yesterday to go with Brussel Sprouts and only used the "tails" I'm sitting here munching on a hot Bacon Sandwich.
Could life get better? I think not ...
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Yes, life could get better. It's as simple as tossing those Brussels sprouts.
Actually, I like them roasted--so long as there's lemon juice to suppress the gag reflex.
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But I Like Brussel Sprouts. What's wrong with me?
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How much time have you got?
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant Anonymous
- The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine Winston Churchill, 1944
- Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference. Mark Twain
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Very funny!
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Now get hold of yourself (not literally, this is supposedly KSS):
I have observed brussel sprouts to fall into two categories.
The common ones - often having an odd bitterness which, although I find quite tolerable could be responsible for their poor public relations.
The proper ones - notably sweeter instead of the odd bitterness.
My brother grows them every year - I suspect, since he goes through this effort quite deliberately, that the ones he gets (garden fresh) are of the "proper ones" type.
You may notice as I have that all the nay-sayers seemed to be Euro-ish or Canadian (same thing?). As a group, they tend to eat things (often called 'traditional') that I wouldn't give to pet. Pay no mind to them at all.Cp-Coder wrote: What's wrong with me? As to this part of your question? Where shall I begin?
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I've been told that Brussels sprouts are traditional.
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The cultivar changed: The Lounge[^]
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Quote: Where shall I begin? Ask Her. She will set you on the right course!
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If sprouts (and other dark green veg) taste bitter to you, and how bitter, is actually genetic. Some people have genes that make the chemicals in dark green veg taste bitter and some don't. If you have the gene from both parents it tastes very bitter, from one parent it is somewhat bitter and from neither parents it isn't bitter. Similar with asparagus and pee (both the pee smelling of asparagus and being able to smell it in the pee).
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Cp-Coder wrote: But I Like Brussel Sprouts. What's wrong with me? Agreed! I always liked them, and never understood the stories I hear about kids hating them. Maybe I had a mother who knew to properly prepare "rose cabbage" (rosenkål), as we call them in Norwegian.
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I think that's it. There were a number of things I didn't like until I had them properly prepared. Brussel Sprouts are one of them.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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I'm sure many have heard it but just in case the old half-truth 'joke'
Q. Whats the difference between brussel sprouts (or sometimes brocolli) and snot?
A. Kids don't eat brussel sprouts.
after many otherwise intelligent sounding suggestions that achieved nothing the nice folks at Technet said the only solution was to low level format my hard disk then reinstall my signature. Sadly, this still didn't fix the issue!
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If you are remembering Brussels Sprouts from when you were a kid, then yes - I'd agree with you. My mother used to boil them until the last vitamin screamed in agony and died. You rested you fork on one and it sank all the way through.
But ... in 2004 they found a new cultivar which had lost the bitterness, and improved the flavour. Pretty much every commercially produced sprout is now from the cultivar, and as a result they are pretty good.
Peel and trim them, cut them in half.
put them in a bag with a little olive oil, some black pepper and a minced clove of garlic and mix to coat well. Tip into a single layer in a baking dish, and sprinkle with finely cut bacon. Shove in the over at 180C for 25 ~ 30 minutes and serve. Try it - they are damn good!
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