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Monday, January 31, 2005 8:54 AM

Macros

In the C# design, there are a number of cases where we decided on more limited functonality than C++ for the sake of simplicity. One of those decisions was the decision to not support macros. Thomas wrote that this is something that he really misses .
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Friday, January 28, 2005 3:12 PM

The infinite cat project

Today, somebody sent around a link to a video of cats doing funny things. Then somebody else sent around this link. The Infinite Cat Project
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Thursday, January 27, 2005 8:57 PM

C# Coding Guidelines

Brad publishes some of the C# coding guidelines that are used inside MS.
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Thursday, January 27, 2005 9:28 AM

More on C# and C++

Thanks for all the comments - I'd like to expand on a few of them. Cross-Platform When I wrote the last post, I was thinking of cases where you have a choice between languages, so I didn't think of cross-platformk, since if you need to run on a platform
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Wednesday, January 26, 2005 9:09 AM

C# vs C++

[Update: Changed a misplaced "C#" to a "C++" in the tools section. Thanks, Nick] At the class a took a while back, the instructor asked me to talk a little bit about the benefits of C++ vs the benefits of C#, since I had worked in C++, then in C#, and
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Tuesday, January 25, 2005 1:38 PM

Weird fact of the day...

There are over 19,000 articles in the Esperanto edition of Wikipedia..
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Tuesday, January 25, 2005 1:33 PM

Intelligent Agent Nirvana

At the dinner last week, we got into an interesting discussion about intelligent agents. The discussion is around whether intelligent agents will be able to gather the information that we want to see automatically, or whether human intervention is necessary.
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Monday, January 24, 2005 8:23 AM

Wanted: Snow

Washington ski area looking to purchase 10,000 acre-feet of snow to supplement our meager natural supply. Seller must be willing to provide delivery and installation. ---------- I mean, seriously, can we work some sort of trade here? That two feet of
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Wednesday, January 19, 2005 8:55 AM

Software Dinner

I went to the Joel on Software dinner last night at Crossroads mall. At least, I think it was for Joel, though it was hard to get close enough to be sure given the mass of people around him. If you were there to listen to Joel, you might have been disappointed
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Monday, January 17, 2005 9:57 PM

True Lies - the GNN Book

I happened to pick this one up at the library when I was there last. (aside - it's pretty weird to be in the library these days. Not only do the sell food and drinks, they work on the honor system, so you check out your books yourself and then just walk
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Monday, January 17, 2005 9:31 PM

Another new C# PM blogger

Raj Pai , my previous boss, has started blogging.
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Thursday, January 13, 2005 9:55 PM

Naked in Baghdad

I just finished reading " Naked in Baghdad ", written by NPR correspondent Anne Garrels. Anne spent time in Baghdad on and off (the visas were only 10 days, so that the Iraqis could charge more money), and was there during the initial attack and when
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Monday, January 10, 2005 9:49 PM

C#: What's wrong with this code #5 - Discussion

Thanks for all the comments. As a refresher, here's the code that we were looking at: enum ResponseType { ReturnValues, InvalidInput } string CreateWebText(string userInput, ResponseType operation) { switch (operation) { case ResponseType.ReturnValues:
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Monday, January 10, 2005 9:28 PM

C# PUM blogs...

PUM == Product Unit Manager, or the person in charge of a whole group. Scott Wiltamuth is the PUM of the C# team, and he's recently started blogging . Please read what he's written and send him some feedback about what you'd like him to write about.
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Monday, January 10, 2005 9:26 PM

Excellent

Note that you'll have to speak the title using a Jeff Spicoli voice (as performed by Sean Penn in Fast Times ...). Or perhaps from Bill and Ted... I'm spending the week becoming a more excellent developer, in a five-day course for developers. "Excellence"
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Monday, January 10, 2005 8:10 AM

Fred and his 5.2 Madone

Last fall, I wrote a post about being an aspiring Fred , where a "Fred" is someone with more bike than rider. Apologies to anybody named "Fred" - I'm not the one who coined the term . I had gotten tired of my LeMond Tourmalet, whose decidedly midrange
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Friday, January 07, 2005 1:43 PM

Anders on TheServerSide.Net

Anders on TheServerSide.Net from Dan ...
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Friday, January 07, 2005 8:13 AM

PC Upgrade

My daughter has been using our hand-me-down Gateway computer. It's been fine for what she's been doing, but it doesn't have enough graphical oomph to play Zoo Tycoon 2. I thought about just putting a new graphics card in it, but since it's only a 500
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Friday, January 07, 2005 8:05 AM

New toy...

I'm going to pick up a new purchase tonight? What will it be??? What does a south-of-40 guy in Bellevue buy in the dead of winter? Any guesses?
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Wednesday, January 05, 2005 9:46 PM

Reggae Rock Songs...

Last winter, I was talking with a friend about music, and he asked if I had any reggae songs. My first response was "no", but after I thought about it, I came up: The Scorpions - Is there anybody there? (Lovedrive) Definitely a strong reggae beat there.
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Wednesday, January 05, 2005 9:32 PM

Rock is dead...

One likes to believe in the freedom of music But glittering prizes and endless compromises Shatter the illusions of integrity... One can argue that rock and roll has never been pure - that it's always been perverted by the record industry and the radio
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Tuesday, January 04, 2005 2:54 PM

How is the C# team doing?

Shaykat is working on the C# community effort now, and puts up a great post asking for feedback.
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Tuesday, January 04, 2005 12:58 PM

What to study in College...

You're probably already reading this, but Joel has a great post on what to study if you're in college...
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Tuesday, January 04, 2005 8:09 AM

C#: What's wrong with this code #5

[Update: I messed up some code. Corrected version now] Greeting from the frigid city of Redmond. Keep in mind, of course, that in the Puget Sound region, "frigid" is any temperature below freezing. Thanks for all the feedback on previous bad code examples.
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Monday, January 03, 2005 7:41 PM

Dissecting a C# Application: Inside SharpDevelop

Dissecting a C# Application: Inside SharpDevelop is free at Apress
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