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August 2004 - Posts

Tuesday, August 31, 2004 3:00 PM

x+=x++;

Today I was looking through an internal C# user group list. One of the messages was about "x+=x++;" and what should be the right behavior. I thought this is more generally interesting, so I decided to blog it. But first, DO NOT WRITE THAT CODE!!! Ok,
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Wednesday, August 18, 2004 12:19 PM

Homeowner association transcripts...

Does anyone know if the homeowner association president for a condominium complex is legally forced to give the transcripts of their meetings to prospective buyers? It is quite funny, the lady in charge just doesn't want to talk to me. I know, I know,
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Wednesday, August 18, 2004 12:13 PM

"Rent or buy" spreadsheet

Someone asked me for the spreadsheet I used for the calculations in my previous posts. Here you have it. The data doesn't reflect my current situation. Feel free to use it with your own numbers (and tell me of any bug).
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Friday, August 06, 2004 9:05 AM

How much object relational framework do you really need?

It is always interesting for me to look at debates about object relational layers. I propose we define different levels of object relational support: No support: all the objects are persisted and queried by writing ADO.NET code by hand Code generation:
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Thursday, August 05, 2004 8:37 AM

I'm really an old, almost fat, beach volley player...

I used to play a lot, back in Italy. We would come out from work, go to the beach, play two or three hours, swim a bit and then go out for the night. This would happen about every day. We took it awfully seriously. We would go to the Italian national
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Tuesday, August 03, 2004 1:13 PM

Book: "Objects, Components, and Frameworks with UML", Fedmond F. D`Souza

This is a book about Catalysis, an OO methodology. I read this book some time ago (like years...). It is a quite complex book. If you don't like methodologists, it will easily put you to sleep. But if you stay awake, it is worth it. It is strange how
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Monday, August 02, 2004 12:57 PM

I'm buying a house...

I think I've been misinterpreted in my previous posts. I'm not suggesting that renting is better than owning. You have to run your numbers and make your own choice. There are many assumptions to consider (financial and not). The not financial ones often
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