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Tuesday, May 06, 2003

Typed Language Best Practice? If there is a method public Something[] Amethod() should it ever return null? Do I have to always check for null since C# lets it return null? On the other hand if I a declare a property of type DateTime it won't ever be null because it always get set to an instance of new DateTime() during contruction. 1:50:00 PM    Clarence Westberg's Links & Comments

Hackers and Painters There is a time and place for Hacking as this essay explains. One of the things I like about Smalltalk is that it provides a great system for Hacking (When you need to!). 11:28:59 AM    Clarence Westberg's Links & Comments

I own a copy of Windows XP and I am getting rid of that machine. I want to buy a new laptop, so why do I have to pay for XP on my new machine? I get charged for some kind of office or office like environment I don't want either. 10:37:55 AM    Clarence Westberg's Links & Comments

Browsers So it's been at least 15 years since I used ObjectPascal and Object C on the mac. Each had a really nice class browser based on the smalltalk idea of a browser. When will VisualStudio step up and offer tools with proper browsers? The class browser they provide is not a browser. 10:33:48 AM    Clarence Westberg's Links & Comments

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