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This is a common problem with try-catch syntax. An alternative, and arguably more useful syntax would be try (File_handle fh {s, "r"}) { // use fh } unless (const File_error& e) { …

For a more detailed look at the timeline of a programming language feature in the same vein, you may also enjoy the retrospective on Foozles: https://wiki.hh.se/wg211/images/5/58/F…

You (and the article) are ignoring smaller companies. In those, you often have the salary negotiations with the owner, or a partner. Your salary comes (effectively) out of their ow…

Author here (of the plugin, not the page). This was my only tangible contribution to the Gimp, some twenty years ago. IIRC it was modelled after a similar feature in Paint Shop Pro…

Probably just a screen capture snafu. The final game (and even QTest1) had an adjustable gamma setting.

They also released some 640x480 screenshots. They are included in Romero's post (fourth row), but that may not be obvious due to scaling. See the originals at http://doomgate.gamer…

Do I understand correctly that the load-time code specialization described in this presentation is not inherent to the Mill hardware, but instead merely a proposed OS-level mechani…

The problem with automatic daemonization is that there is no way to indicate startup failure: you just fire and forget the process in the background. If the process dies, there's n…