Jon Purdy

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Has any language become greatly popular for something other than its intended purpose?

programming-languages history asked May 30, 2011 at 5:59

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Intuition for multiple temporal dimensions

spacetime time dimensions asked Nov 3, 2012 at 2:27

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Should the punctuation surrounding the italicised words be italicised as well?

punctuation italics style-manuals asked Jan 25, 2011 at 4:59

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28 votes

Resolving a Circular Dependency between Template Classes

c++ templates circular-dependency asked Jul 28, 2010 at 14:24

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27 votes

What is an appropriate level of granularity for component-based architecture?

architecture entity-system component-based asked Jul 8, 2011 at 3:18

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26 votes

Send, sent; end, *ent?

verbs pronunciation old-english middle-english asked Oct 9, 2011 at 2:36

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26 votes

The idiom "be a thing"

etymology idioms language-evolution asked Jan 1, 2014 at 20:20

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24 votes

How can I make C++0x and __STRICT_ANSI__ get along?

c++ gcc c++0x mingw gnu asked Apr 7, 2011 at 12:20

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23 votes

"Maybe" versus "perhaps"

adverbs asked Feb 16, 2011 at 17:42

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22 votes

How do I go about writing a programming language specification?

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How do you achieve a numeric versioning scheme with Git?

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148

How to forward declare a template class in namespace std?

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Did English ever have a formal version of "you"?

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Why do C++ libraries and frameworks never use smart pointers?

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Why is the minus sign, '-', generally not overloaded in the same way as the plus sign?

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Substitute X for Y

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Why is 0 false?

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Developing a feature which sole purpose to be taken out?

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C++ Filehandling: Difference between ios::app and ios::ate?

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What makes a language Turing-complete?

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Haskell - guard inside case statement

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In C, how would I choose whether to return a struct or a pointer to a struct?

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Is "authentification" a real word?

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How much is too much with C++11 auto keyword?

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C isn't that hard: void ( *( *f[] ) () ) ()

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Is it "falsy" or "falsey"?

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how to test a string for letters only

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Why might it be difficult to make a 64 bit version of a program?

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Is there a word for this emotion? Resentment over someone's good fortune without wanting it - Not quite jealousy/envy

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"used without template parameters"

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The most mind-bending programming language?

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Is musical notation Turing-Complete?

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Haskell guards on lambda functions?

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Why don't Spanish words start with "sp"?

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Is there a rule about double negations that aren't meant as double negations (e.g. "We don't need no education")?

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Can manager classes be a sign of bad architecture?

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"you" versus "You" as polite form of writing

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