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Bambo

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About Bambo

From the UK!

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    Ask HN: What are your top 3 coolest software engineering tools?

    Let's start a discussion about cool tools we use in software engineering that others might not know about, here's my top 3. 1) BitBucket's CI/CD pipelines - For running various tes…

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    Comment #33230848

    I'm not sure if it is actively maintained, but another option for formatting C code is https://clang.llvm.org/docs/ClangFormat.html

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    Comment #33152937

    A good way to learn more is to search for books about topics you're interested in e.g.; sqlite, zeromq, google testing libraries, opengl... 1. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Design-Patte…

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    Ask HN: What happened to Modula-2 style modules?

    Hi, does anyone know why modules like the ones in modula-2 didn't get added to newer languages like c++? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modula-2

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    Comment #27412234

    Looking for CC, advice and bugs!

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    Comment #27301006

    "The Pragmatic Programmer" is much more detailed.

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    Comment #27235317

    A problem with the chunk system is that i don't know how big a chunk is at the time it's declared?

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    Ask HN: Is memory fragmentation with C still an issue?

    I'm looking to create a game in C++ using OOP extensively. One requirement is the use of references to handle objects. I have read that dynamic memory (new/mallo) causes heap fragm…

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    Comment #26237898

    I like to apply the things i learn and enjoy how they change the way i work or do tasks!

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    Comment #25422984

    You can't implement the assertions at compile time since they are predicates evaluated at runtime. This is also why it is a performance hit on the code. I chose to use C-style macr…

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    Comment #25422892

    Yes OLD stores the value of the variable before the execution of the DO. This is because all of the virtual methods that have been overriden are visited in order to gather their as…

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    Comment #25422763

    The exception throwing is a compromise, it allows you to view the stack trace in an IDE to find out which assertions failed.

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    Comment #24711120

    Imagination, to come up with solutions!

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    Comment #23593593

    I learnt C++!

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    Comment #22866901

    What is your favourite design pattern?