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NewsWindows 10 has over 50 percent market share, according to Microsoft -- wait, what? Pin
Kent Sharkey29-Aug-16 10:52
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CDP180229-Aug-16 18:11
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GeneralRe: Windows 10 has over 50 percent market share, according to Microsoft -- wait, what? Pin
Dan Neely30-Aug-16 2:44
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GeneralRe: Windows 10 has over 50 percent market share, according to Microsoft -- wait, what? Pin
Beginner Luck30-Aug-16 16:27
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NewsMeet USBee, the malware that uses USB drives to covertly jump airgaps Pin
Kent Sharkey29-Aug-16 10:51
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NewsNew challenger joins Rust to upend C language Pin
Kent Sharkey29-Aug-16 7:48
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Duncan Edwards Jones29-Aug-16 8:14
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Is there any problem that a new programming language can't solve?
(This one has some good ideas on variable access, but I think if you are going down that road a functional language might be a better fit than a procedural one anyway?)

What we should attempt to do with programming languages is have the safest path use the fewest keywords. For example if you have to use a keyword to make a variable mutable after class initiation you end up with safer by-products of any developer laziness. Make all variable initiation mandatory (so if you want something to be initialised to null you have to type that) and so on.
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harold aptroot29-Aug-16 9:03
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NewsSETI has observed a “strong” signal that may originate from a Sun-like star Pin
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NewsLaptop pioneer John Ellenby dies Pin
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