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ahy1

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    Comment #49045299

    Which are some interesting programs written in the Markdown programming language?

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    Comment #15063538

    Actually everyone use hard links. They just don't use multiple hard links to the same file.

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    Comment #9277077

    Those "few minutes" have lasted for at least an hour now.

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    Comment #8376480

    > This feature is documented under the -f option of the export built-in command. The implementation detail of using an environment variable whose value starts with "() {" and which…

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    Comment #8171626

    I doubt DEC had anything to do with GEM. It was a product of Digital Research (same company that gave us CP/M, MP/M and DR-DOS)

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    Comment #7728996

    I wish for a standard #once directive. It should be very simple to implement, increase preprocessing speed and reduce the size of visually disturbing boilerplate in header files.

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    Comment #7719798

    A combined REPL and editor for C# looks useful. I will try it next time I have some spare time. The name is confusing. A C shell already exists ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_she…

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    Comment #7665765

    > Most C++ code uses switch frequently, usually without taking advantage of fallthrough. I am not so sure about this. Thinking back on my uses of switch in C and C++, I am not able…

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    Comment #7530604

    So his political view made him unsuitable for a job. I am really surprised about this from a company and a foundation I associated with openness and concern about freedom.

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    Comment #7209648

    You could add the option to filter by programming language, to avoid seeing repositories using languages the potential contributor doesn't know or has no interest in.

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    Comment #7195172

    > Wow. That's full of falsehoods like these: > "What happens is that variable i is converted to unsigned integer." No: 'long i' is converted to 'unsigned long'. Actually, unsigned …

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    Comment #7176312

    So what if the syntax is (part of) what makes your language novel, interesting and special?

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    Comment #6046848

    As a non-designer, I don't have the insight to understand why black text makes a site look outdated and trashy. As a user of web pages, I think that black text makes a site look pr…

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    Comment #5234969

    Qusetion five: "What does the expression SCHAR_MAX == CHAR_MAX evaluate to?" should be undefined exactly because char type can be signed or unsigned (as admitted in the explanation…

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    Comment #3862343

    I have to say that this is the easiest diagramming tool I have ever used. I am impressed!

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    Comment #3606584

    You need 3 chairs, 3 tables, 3 computers and internet connection. That's all you must have:-) Might be nice to have a coffee machine also...

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    Comment #3603417

    While I understand that a highly customized vim could reduce the number of keystrokes, I think it also makes some tasks more difficult. If using several different computers you mus…

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    Comment #3546929

    A Hacker News for Europe would be great. A lot of the stories on HN are very USA-centric. Currently it looks like Hackful focuses on the UK, especially London. Lets hope it expands…

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    Comment #3265452

    It is available at github ( https://github.com/sol-prog/schm ) and readable.