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Looks like I great article. I'll have to defer reading it. During a quick scan I saw a mention of the SMA technology that allows for dedicated outlets to be powered-up in case of g…

A shift from logic to ad hominem is always an indication that there's nothing further to discuss. Live long and prosper.

Nice try at a weak ad hominem. Your parent comment is utterly irrelevant. The conversation is about the C language and the perception some seem to have that it has problems. My onl…

Nowhere did I say that modern languages don't have their place and advantages. I use them all the time. In fact, I prefer them when they make sense for precisely the reasons you po…

That's a great story, thanks! I once worked with on a project that needed specialized timing in relation to high speed (well, 38.4k) RS422 communications. I don't remember all of t…

So you claim an array actually exists in a computer? OK. Prove it. And you have to do it without laying out a set of rules and conventions that might allow us to interpret a list o…

> BTW, even physical machines have undefined behavior, when values exceed the specs and there's no telling what might happen And if you (plural) are an ENGINEER, it is your JOB to …

> all you have to do is change some code generation option on the compiler command line and millions of lines of code now produce different instructions. It is the responsibility o…

You just proved my point. A programmer who truly knows (a) the machine they are working with and (b) the language they are using will know exactly how to use both in order to deliv…

This is a typical misinterpretation of the reality of programming. There is no such thing as undefined behavior. Once you get down to bits and bytes in memory and instructions the …

My guess is this won't be a popular post given the average age of HN participants. There's nothing whatsoever wrong with C. The problem are programmers who grew up completely and u…

Try this: http://www.nars2000.org/

One of the most powerful aspects of APL is its notation. Ken Iverson himself wrote a paper titled "Notation as a Tool For Thought". Here it is: http://www.eecg.toronto.edu/~jzhu/cs…

> It's circular reasoning. Languages get those things by being popular. Maybe it is but it's reality. Also, there's the other kind of reality: Languages don't matter. Solving probl…

Yes, APL and Forth are excellent in this regard. They give you a very different set of mental tools with which to solve problems computationally.

No, it does not. I used APL professioally for about ten years back in the 80's. I love the language. It is incredibly powerful. Once you internalize it's like playing the piano, yo…

I have been in physical product development and manufacturing for three decades. Doing business with US manufacturers has become more and more difficult over time. What you describ…

That's not quite right. You can hold a short position for as long as you want. There is no contract saying you have to close the transaction in 30 days. In that sense the otherwise…

I have to say, I've been running my own mail server without a single problem for years. OK, the way I do it is a stretch of the definition of "running my own web server" but I have…

Amazon has the power to fix this. They don't seem to care. Simple logic and heuristics would be enough. Amazon allows anyone to post a review. You don't even have to buy the produc…

The part you guys are missing in my comment is that I said this is the problem "I" have with this woman. I am not trying to pass judgement for all of humanity here. If you are OK w…

The problem I have with this woman is that she actually demeans women. There is no way I would have my little girl watch her videos as a role model. The entire thing is plain stupi…

> Wow, I had no idea this was happening! This is, by far, my primary complaint about Kickstarter. They insist on sending me emails with "Things we like on Kickstarter". It is, gene…

Having worked in aerospace I find it very interesting that a nation like North Korea can manage to launch such rockets with regularity. There is no way they are able to do this on …

Yet another iPhone design that offers no real value to consumers. Apple design has gone off the rails. I've been running an iPhone 4S, yes, the 2011 iPhone version, precisely for t…