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Microsoft should do an Apple and build the Windows 13 on GNU/Linux.

Agree on the first point, which is why the "for example". Regarding second: standard practices, clear thought, good abstractions, readable documentation are all necessary and have …

Isnt this just 'good coding practices'? How is 'Avoid Indirection in Code' justified?

The point made by the article (avoid using due to problems for debugging and code review etc.) does not hold much water. 'Indirection' can be invaluable while separating 'how you g…

multicursors are useful for repeated patterns of text which need simultaneous /editing/. The regex-replace-all is not good enough apparently. Mostly HTML or siblings I would guess …

They must be made to regret this bullying behaviour : file a case please.

It's about feeding a man vs. teaching him to find his food. All the collected wealth will vanish if we use it to feed people. People/Communities/Governments have to learn to build …

I am sure there are other success stories which are not heard. At Cleartrip we had a largish team of Common Lisp programers. We became from new entrant to a number 2 position with …

Java is the best example of a not-so-great pudding being pulled along for over a decade (till it became better) just because of a large budget.

ah. To pick on a non-native English speaker's English language prowess - very brave indeed.

You call being slower by a (sometimes) 34 msec over 10000 network io requests as slow ? Most of the io stuff for php etc. is pure C. If you have /any/ non trivial application then …