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Comment Goto (Score 5, Insightful) 674

by jomegat on Monday August 15, 2016 @07:38PM (#52707933) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: What Are Some Bad Programming Ideas That Work?

Goto. I use that (in C) for error handling all the time, and frankly, it is about the cleanest way to do it I have seen.

Comment Re:Not very original (Score 1) 67

by jomegat on Monday December 29, 2014 @11:30PM (#48693791) Attached to: Glowing Hobbit Sword Helps You Find Unsecured Wi-Fi

Yes, but this one is better.

by jomegat on Wednesday December 03, 2014 @05:07PM (#48517505) Attached to: Pizza Hut Tests New "Subconscious Menu" That Reads Your Mind

I bet 4896 combinations should have been 4096 combinations.

by jomegat on Thursday September 11, 2014 @03:38PM (#47883339) Attached to: To prepare for a coronal mass ejection, I ...

I usually check the weather forecast, and then check the aurora forecast. If those line up, I keep an eye on the sky.

by jomegat on Thursday March 27, 2014 @01:55PM (#46594471) Attached to: Russian Officials Dump iPads For Samsung Tablets Over Spy Fears

This has nothing to do with distrust of the Apple, or paranoia of the NSA. It has everything to do with the recently imposed sanctions.

by jomegat on Tuesday March 25, 2014 @09:43AM (#46573237) Attached to: White House To Propose Ending NSA Phone Records Collection

Not to mention if you call your voicemail.

by jomegat on Wednesday November 13, 2013 @08:24PM (#45418711) Attached to: Red Hat Releases Ceylon Language 1.0.0

Unless Gavin King grows some serious facial hair, Ceylon is a doomed language.

by jomegat on Thursday March 28, 2013 @10:38PM (#43308847) Attached to: Ship Anchor, Not Sabotaging Divers, Possibly Responsible For Outage

Somebody forgot to call Miss Utility! Again!

by jomegat on Monday March 25, 2013 @02:55PM (#43274453) Attached to: Scientists Study Getting an Unwanted Tune Out of Your Head

Oops - didn't mean to post that anonymously. That's my post. Really.

by jomegat on Wednesday December 26, 2012 @09:51PM (#42400455) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: What Was Your Favorite Web Comic of 2012?

I have to second Basic Instructions. It is consistently hilarious.

by jomegat on Monday December 24, 2012 @01:41AM (#42379645) Attached to: Bee Venom Has "Botox-Like Effect," Is Worth 7 Times As Much As Gold

That must be what they use to make inkjet printer ink.

by jomegat on Saturday November 10, 2012 @09:27PM (#41946813) Attached to: 'Treasure Trove' In Oceans May Bring Revolutions In Medicine and Industry

What does "almost infinite" even mean?

by jomegat on Tuesday October 30, 2012 @02:10PM (#41820399) Attached to: 48-Core Chips Could Redefine Mobile Devices

It also comes with either a 16- or 64-core floating-point Epiphany chip.

by jomegat on Tuesday September 11, 2012 @08:27PM (#41307433) Attached to: The Fight To Reform Forensic Science

He hated it. He quit practicing and became a sysadmin, but still maintains his license.

by jomegat on Monday September 10, 2012 @06:37PM (#41294037) Attached to: The Fight To Reform Forensic Science

An ex-attorney friend of mine once observed, "We do not have a justice system. We have a legal system." It's an important thing to remember.

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Real Programs don't use shared text. Otherwise, how can they use functions for scratch space after they are finished calling them?