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| oJoS Statistics - Individual Statistics for 'Eric Lippert' | ||
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Number of Comments: 208 |
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| Number of Words: 33,867 | ||
| First Comment: 08 Apr 2003 | ||
| Final Comment: 27 Aug 2004 | ||
Number of Topics Posted: 1 |
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| First Topic: 09 Mar 2004 | ||
| Latest Topic: 09 Mar 2004 | ||
| When | Item | Comment |
| 27 Aug 2004 | Typedef Insanity? (N.... | The last time someone asked why Hungarian was bad .... >> |
| 26 Aug 2004 | Passing by value / r.... | This is a common confusion -- the problem is that .... >> |
| Some Questions | > Could someone please tell me why I would > need.... >> | |
| > I would expect a Dictionary to be faster > than.... >> | ||
| 24 Aug 2004 | Trust, 3rd parties, .... | > I think we can all agree that 'no one' likes spy.... >> |
| 23 Aug 2004 | Interviewing at Micr.... | Indeed. Brain-teaser questions are discouraged. .... >> |
| Microsoft pays for i.... | > I wonder how the canadians, central and south >.... >> | |
| 16 Aug 2004 | Why learn basic sear.... | > You don't need to learn sort and search algorith.... >> |
| Why do we teach how to add with pencil and paper i.... >> | ||
| 06 Aug 2004 | Why are pointers use.... | The question is way too vague to answer. Tell y.... >> |
| Preincrement vs. pos.... | > An instructor told me years ago that all my loop.... >> | |
| 04 Aug 2004 | SORT | I have a book at home about mathematical cranks --.... >> |
| 15 Jul 2004 | Why so much irony ab.... | Lisp? First I've heard that one. Bob was imple.... >> |
| 24 Jun 2004 | vbscript event handl.... | I'm not sure that I understand the question. T.... >> |
| I am nostalgic about.... | > I always hated the term 'apartment > threading..... >> | |
| 23 Jun 2004 | Innovation, Producti.... | This reminds me of Macroeconomics 101 -- what's th.... >> |
| 18 Jun 2004 | Would compiled Javas.... | Of course compiled JScript would work -- it works .... >> |
| Any advice on *good*.... | The W2K Scripting Guide is indeed very good. A .... >> | |
| 17 Jun 2004 | API War: Joel goes i.... | > My guess is the grammar for the language is comp.... >> |
| 14 Jun 2004 | Tech Interview Rant | Re: abstract vs interface: Another way to charact.... >> |
| 10 Jun 2004 | Confused by K&R .... | This gets even more horrid in JScript. I made eve.... >> |
| 24 May 2004 | How soon will SUN Mi.... | Take any trend, assume that it will continue indef.... >> |
| 20 May 2004 | Good place to buy SS.... | > Anyone know a good place to buy a good SSL certi.... >> |
| 19 May 2004 | Google & Microso.... | > If most users don't give a damn what search engi.... >> |
| What examples to tea.... | 'Tower of Hanoi' isn't too bad, but I have two pro.... >> | |
| I second the motion that fib(), fact(), etc, NOT b.... >> | ||
| 15 May 2004 | Why bonuses are NOT .... | Good point. My first rule of metrics is 'you will .... >> |
| 30 Apr 2004 | Why does "salt" make.... | > You say you'd get it wrong and then you want me .... >> |
| 29 Apr 2004 | IE page transitions | Well, two things: 1) Why do you think that they.... >> |
| Why does "salt" make.... | I know, I know -- I say this every single time it .... >> | |
| Reading Word Files a.... | Scott, I tried to reply to your email but it bounc.... >> | |
| 28 Apr 2004 | Coincidentally, I just wrote a whole pile of code .... >> | |
| 27 Apr 2004 | programming in c | I agree that learning to use a debugger is a good .... >> |
| * to C++ | ANY other language? male(albert). male(edwar.... >> | |
| 19 Apr 2004 | C-style variable def.... | I'm taking a beginner course in Spanish right now .... >> |
| 16 Apr 2004 | Microsoft New Hire B.... | That may be the habit on some teams, but certainly.... >> |
| 15 Apr 2004 | How much experience .... | > So the easiest is to ask for X years python expe.... >> |
| 13 Apr 2004 | Examples of Microsof.... | Which year did you have in mind in which a "most i.... >> |
| securing docs & .... | The fact that you are asking these questions at al.... >> | |
| 30 Mar 2004 | Out of memory--what .... | > If each routine returns NULL/0 when > there's n.... >> |
| 26 Mar 2004 | One more thing about.... | As most people know, semis are automatically inser.... >> |
| LASIK vs PRK | Indeed -- do NOT confuse FAILURE rate with COMPLIC.... >> | |
| 09 Mar 2004 | Another (bad) Analogy for Outsourcing >> | |
| 08 Mar 2004 | The Future of Progra.... | If I had to hazard a guess, I'd say that: * the.... >> |
| 05 Mar 2004 | Picking up math for .... | > Would it be difficult to pick up the Math needed.... >> |
| Table Driven Program.... | > I haven't heard of this technique before Good.... >> | |
| 25 Feb 2004 | How to calculate odd.... | > Do you have sources where can I learn this type .... >> |
| Is this interview qu.... | I would not be offended. I also would not answer .... >> | |
| Bizarre tax sillines.... | The arguments that the 16th amendment was not actu.... >> | |
| 24 Feb 2004 | YAIQ | As I pointed out in another thread recently, it is.... >> |
| 23 Feb 2004 | Strawman terminology.... | > what does anyone here think that 'top talent' >.... >> |
| 20 Feb 2004 | Basic C API Design Q.... | A third option is to have the caller pass in an em.... >> |
| 19 Feb 2004 | What should MS do ab.... | The MSFT stock price is at 26.77-- it hasn't been .... >> |
| tips for microsoft i.... | > Microsoft employees have those stupid little > .... >> | |
| > Make them sign a EULA to read your resume. > M.... >> | ||
| How successful has M.... | > they do showy demos on how the knives > can 'cu.... >> | |
| 14 Feb 2004 | Threads Supported on.... | It is not a _dumb_ question -- there are no dumb q.... >> |
| Starting all over ag.... | > I want out, I want to quit and do something > .... >> | |
| > what are you work hours & how many > hours do .... >> | ||
| 13 Feb 2004 | Don't get me wrong -- I'm not saying that starting.... >> | |
| 10 Feb 2004 | Democratic Administr.... | First objection: If you trust someone enough to be.... >> |
| 09 Feb 2004 | Intentionally Ineffi.... | > Modify the code to put in a delay of one second..... >> |
| 06 Feb 2004 | Getting into Microso.... | Oh, and I forgot to say, go to www.microsoft.com/c.... >> |
| > Anyone know if it's possible to get into Microso.... >> | ||
| 05 Feb 2004 | Good Windows admin b.... | A good 'cookbook' for administrative programming i.... >> |
| Stopping viruses | > If you litter the OS with warnings that the user.... >> | |
| > I don't get how all these people are spreading v.... >> | ||
| Excellent idea Roose. Outlook has done that for a.... >> | ||
| best choice | > I just wonder which compiler is the best choice .... >> | |
| O.K. What's so bad a.... | This question comes up every couple of months on J.... >> | |
| 02 Feb 2004 | TN visa | > I've heard the Niagara crossing port has a bad .... >> |
| MS Programming Envir.... | > is the C# decision a team preference, or is this.... >> | |
| 30 Jan 2004 | When I debug VS and the .NET Framework, I often ha.... >> | |
| Arguments against cu.... | 'Mystery novel' is a good analogy! But I was remi.... >> | |
| 27 Jan 2004 | Frustated by (Near) .... | The question of 'which language' is essentially ir.... >> |
| 23 Jan 2004 | plain text passwords.... | What I find helpful is to list the _threats_ and t.... >> |
| As a general rule: do NOT attempt to roll your own.... >> | ||
| Sealed Classes C# | I haven't the faintest idea what the specific desi.... >> | |
| Indeed, I have often myself wondered why the desig.... >> | ||
| Linux as a Disruptiv.... | > Linus Torvolds, Alan Cox etc all have jobs that .... >> | |
| 22 Jan 2004 | Sealed Classes C# | > No, most typical developers thinks OOPishly P.... >> |
| > How exactly is this implemented? Do you mean.... >> | ||
| > was there some lesson learned from COM > which .... >> | ||
| Whoops, sorry about that. Let me give you a fut.... >> | ||
| Rather than following up here, I'll post a blog en.... >> | ||
| 20 Jan 2004 | Greenspan | > as any financial advisor will tell you is a > .... >> |
| 15 Jan 2004 | An alternative way o.... | I went to the University of Waterloo and have a jo.... >> |
| displaying infos: sc.... | My preference is a 'crawl' -- think of that thing .... >> | |
| Blue background with.... | If only there were a "bright green text on a black.... >> | |
| What next after Kern.... | The next book I'd read is "Writing Solid Code", wh.... >> | |
| Greenspan | One other thing -- I'm also curious as to under wh.... >> | |
| Note that I misspoke -- Reich was Labor Secretary.... >> | ||
| > Dear Eric, I think you are way off on the second.... >> | ||
| I did not hear Chairman Greenspan's talk, but I di.... >> | ||
| 14 Jan 2004 | Making Programming L.... | First off, let me say that I would not do such a t.... >> |
| negotiating pay rais.... | I am historically bad at these sorts of negotiatio.... >> | |
| 13 Jan 2004 | Which programming la.... | You might also consider VBScript and/or JScript wi.... >> |
| 12 Jan 2004 | Bitwise vs Booleans .... | > It looks to me, from here, that there is no expl.... >> |
| 10 Jan 2004 | OOP Concept: Abstrac.... | I think Tom's on the right track here. Most OOP.... >> |
| 09 Jan 2004 | ASP.NET developer in.... | > if a candidate wrote out something like... > Fo.... >> |
| Just to clarify, I certainly don't expect any cand.... >> | ||
| Elephant's example is a good one, particularly if .... >> | ||
| 08 Jan 2004 | Windows Script Help | You're welcome. And just to be nit-picky, the d.... >> |
| 07 Jan 2004 | "No Hire" | > Most manager types are of the 'PHB' stock and >.... >> |
| > The danger here is that someone may not > inten.... >> | ||
| At Microsoft we have special interviewers who are .... >> | ||
| Windows Script Help | > Is variable declaration even necessary in VBScri.... >> | |
| > VB is to VBScript as Java is to JavaScript. .... >> | ||
| 24 Dec 2003 | tech interviews | Whether it works for the company in question is so.... >> |
| 23 Dec 2003 | Client-Server Softwa.... | > 1. The plain-text database communication between.... >> |
| 12 Dec 2003 | how do small compani.... | > Now, you should be careful not to find a niche .... >> |
| Lisp Jargon - A litt.... | I have to start running errands like that. (And.... >> | |
| Whoops, something I meant to add to that -- of .... >> | ||
| That's a good explanation of continuations, rwh. .... >> | ||
| JScript also supports closures, but it is a bad id.... >> | ||
| 08 Dec 2003 | Garbage Collection i.... | Hey AC, I didn't intend to make you feel like a.... >> |
| You are right that your select-case statement will.... >> | ||
| I helped implement VBScript, not VB6. But I .... >> | ||
| 06 Dec 2003 | VBScript Export Add-.... | The VBScript intellisense is certainly much simple.... >> |
| The real enemy of pr.... | > Notice that Microsoft's top developers still wri.... >> | |
| Garbage Collection i.... | Can you describe briefly what you were doing to th.... >> | |
| 05 Dec 2003 | I should read more carefully. You said it wa.... >> | |
| Two things: 1) To answer the original question,.... >> | ||
| 02 Dec 2003 | All the screws lined.... | I've been having some major work done on my kitche.... >> |
| Machine identificati.... | It would be helpful to know WHY you want to do thi.... >> | |
| 10 Nov 2003 | Usability: Fixed Len.... | > The earliest explanation I heard was that the hu.... >> |
| 31 Oct 2003 | Microsoft encourages.... | Philo's conjecture is correct -- Microsoft has a ".... >> |
| 03 Oct 2003 | Who should name an a.... | I wouldn't stress about it. Let management name i.... >> |
| 08 Sep 2003 | STQE Magazine | Ever go to the supermarket and see a sign like .... >> |
| 05 Sep 2003 | Build scripts: expli.... | Maintaining a build script makes you THINK about t.... >> |
| Localization questio.... | > With Ctrl+X, C, and V my guess is those keys wer.... >> | |
| How much do Technica.... | > the original company that owned it went bankrup.... >> | |
| 04 Sep 2003 | Interview Questions .... | Then I emphasize that we had less than one inch of.... >> |
| I will often ask questions like 'what do you do fo.... >> | ||
| How much do Technica.... | > Well then who is making all the money off the bo.... >> | |
| Like anything else, it depends on lots of factors:.... >> | ||
| 31 Aug 2003 | Software Naming and .... | I am certainly interested in the design of languag.... >> |
| 26 Aug 2003 | Excel Add-in code se.... | It is not particularly secure after obfuscation ei.... >> |
| 22 Aug 2003 | How Long Will Kids L.... | ONLY 200 years? How pessimistic! Think big, peop.... >> |
| 19 Aug 2003 | "Good" worm? | You know, if you break into someone's house and ge.... >> |
| 01 Aug 2003 | C and C++ - are thes.... | 'Any statements/links to the actual fact would be .... >> |
| 31 Jul 2003 | why are experts skep.... | Highly bureaucratic? This is news to me. 'Hi.... >> |
| Question about free .... | > So, am I correct in concluding that the free sof.... >> | |
| Messageboxes are evi.... | Message boxes are indeed evil, because modal dialo.... >> | |
| 30 Jul 2003 | Imagine a language w.... | Whether it would be 'cool' or not is not really th.... >> |
| Are these reasonable.... | > 4. You are doing a code review. A programmer.... >> | |
| 29 Jul 2003 | 'Implement atoi' is good if you're checking whethe.... >> | |
| 25 Jul 2003 | You Just Can't Kill .... | Indeed, we do lots of developer productivity and d.... >> |
| Offshoring is the LE.... | 'As an aside, Moore's 'law' was not a prediction, .... >> | |
| 24 Jul 2003 | Note also that Mr. Brain's argument is pretty much.... >> | |
| Implicit References .... | Interesting. A couple clarifying questions: 1).... >> | |
| 23 Jul 2003 | Is Microsoft's Trust.... | There is absolutely no doubt that the present syst.... >> |
| 21 Jul 2003 | > You cannot send people through training, part ti.... >> | |
| I'm not exactly sure what you mean by 'paying off'.... >> | ||
| Beginning Programmer.... | A few thoughts: > while still (I assume) being .... >> | |
| 18 Jul 2003 | I'm not defending Mi.... | 'You defend Microsoft too often' -- quick question.... >> |
| 16 Jul 2003 | Scripting Languages? | > If I recall correctly, in Win 3.1/95/98, you cou.... >> |
| > Features I'd like but don't think I'll get: abil.... >> | ||
| ASP and encryption | Well, it depends on how irked you think those user.... >> | |
| OK, but let me emphasize again to not have the sol.... >> | ||
| 15 Jul 2003 | Yeah, I recommend against people using obfuscators.... >> | |
| Here's another cautionary tale -- again, at my exp.... >> | ||
| Sure, here's one at my expense. A _very_ freque.... >> | ||
| What do I recommend? As both a security and VBScr.... >> | ||
| 14 Jul 2003 | Sharecropping | The deep problem with this article is that the ana.... >> |
| random numbers | 'Real PC', it would help if we knew _why_ you want.... >> | |
| HTAs..Tell me more | Hey Duncan, if you want quick-and-dirty-no-need-to.... >> | |
| 11 Jul 2003 | An HTA is a 'web page' which runs without any of t.... >> | |
| ASP Basics | We should all be zealots when it comes to developi.... >> | |
| 10 Jul 2003 | Wanting to be unprof.... | There were two questions there: a) how to act c.... >> |
| 07 Jul 2003 | How much tea in Chin.... | Philo, that's an excellent example of the kind of .... >> |
| 05 Jul 2003 | project complexity n.... | Your question is 'how do we measure code _quality_.... >> |
| How much tea in Chin.... | A lot of companies -- Microsoft included -- are no.... >> | |
| 03 Jul 2003 | Solution for spammin.... | > Then you keep a list of the EMAIL (not the sende.... >> |
| 27 Jun 2003 | Sending Thank you's | When I interview people the hire/no hire decision .... >> |
| 20 Jun 2003 | Masters of Hype | > I've heard people criticize the Sun CEO here bef.... >> |
| 12 Jun 2003 | Hungarian Notation | Well, clearly there are potential uses for both 'c.... >> |
| > typedef double Inches; > typedef double Pounds;.... >> | ||
| > don't understand the whole point of having the t.... >> | ||
| With | Indeed. Note that Joel's clever construction of '.... >> | |
| 04 Jun 2003 | HTML, page layout an.... | Correct -- HTML started off with the best of inten.... >> |
| What Exactly Are Obi.... | Well, one day about a year ago I asked a close per.... >> | |
| Amazon is apparently having a little fun with you..... >> | ||
| 26 May 2003 | Encryptian of Emails | Unfortunately, if you really have a 'rogue admin' .... >> |
| Programming to Inter.... | It is a beautiful thing, but let me inject a note .... >> | |
| 20 May 2003 | Software Development.... | Can you more clearly define what 'affordable' mean.... >> |
| 16 May 2003 | Poll: Most used scri.... | Just to clarify two points: > they are switchi.... >> |
| Passing VB Date Type.... | A subject near and dear to my heart. I suspect th.... >> | |
| 15 May 2003 | Poll: Most used scri.... | Brad, I'm curious as to why you think that Javascr.... >> |
| 13 May 2003 | Real .NET applicatio.... | 'Um, have you ever run Visual Studio .NET? It's a .... >> |
| 07 May 2003 | OOP paradigm shift | The advice so far is quite good. However I'd inje.... >> |
| 06 May 2003 | How to manage a doom.... | 'Debugging the Development Process' by Steve Magui.... >> |
| Unique file ids for .... | I would actually work out the odds of a collision .... >> | |
| The algorithm that immediately comes to my mind is.... >> | ||
| Is Microsoft's Inter.... | > Are you saying that if he for > example forgets.... >> | |
| 05 May 2003 | Hey Dan, Those are good questions. Here's an.... >> | |
| When I am interviewing a candidate I care deeply a.... >> | ||
| 30 Apr 2003 | Programmers, Languag.... | Languages are tools. I could buy the most powerfu.... >> |
| 28 Apr 2003 | Eric's article is la.... | 'I am merely pointing out that the proported goal .... >> |
| Signing software pac.... | The question you are asking boils down to 'what is.... >> | |
| 25 Apr 2003 | Bigint lib (up to 30.... | Jinx. >> |
| Frederik, I think your math is not quite right. T.... >> | ||
| 19 Apr 2003 | Does contributing co.... | I assume by 'does it pay off' you mean 'will it he.... >> |
| 15 Apr 2003 | Can't find the *&.... | I personally would just run regmon and watch what .... >> |
| Microsoft Profits | Actually, there is one other thing that I'm confus.... >> | |
| > Right now, the plan revolves around a bunch > o.... >> | ||
| I apologize, but I'm not following you -- how is m.... >> | ||
| 12 Apr 2003 | First off, do not forget that it costs hundreds of.... >> | |
| 08 Apr 2003 | Pattern(s) for Calcu.... | JScript, JScript .NET and VBScript all have method.... >> |