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Try out Typealyzer to find out what your blog says about your personality. Here’s mine… INTJ – The Scientists The long-range thinking and individualistic type. They are especially good at looking at almost anything and figuring out a way of … Continue reading →

This topic has been brought up numerous times before, but I wanted to take a shot at another solution, because I think there is still room for improvement, and I wanted a simple example to experiment with some new VB9 … Continue reading →

First, here’s the promised VB version of the code. It’s almost identical to the Java version, except that… Unsigned integers remove the need for >>>= (The java unsigned shift right operator) Pass by reference eliminates the need for the Int128 … Continue reading →

My current project needed a way to convert between 128 bit numbers (e.g. java.util.UUID) and strings. A special requirement is that the strings be legal Java identifiers, because we use them for variable names in generated code. For the same … Continue reading →

I thought I’d share my experience with a recent consumer electronics purchase. Maybe I can save you some pain and trouble, and salvage something from my own wasted effort. The Problem I started the search for a new mouse, because … Continue reading →

One of the complaints that many C++ developers have with Java and .NET is the lack of destructor semantics. I’ve even included this as a proposal for a Scoped keyword in my post about VB shortcomings. Basically, with C++ you … Continue reading →

Eric questions the meaning of "Loosely Typed" I think that there are two separate issues here. Required Declarations This corresponds to the "Option Explicit" feature added to VB3, and which still exists in VB.NET. You can choose for a particular … Continue reading →

I think this meme jumped the shark a long time ago, so I won’t tag anyone else. However, I’ll try to come up with my 5 things. I’m from a relatively small town of 35,000, although I grew up more on … Continue reading →

I forgot to include the source code in my previous posts, but now I can’t figure out an easy way to do it. Why would my blogging server allow posting pictures, but not other files? It looks like I’m going to … Continue reading →