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Elliotte Rusty Harold says, "You can certainly develop an obfuscated syntax in XML, a syntax that is hard to read -- just as you can in other languages. ... But I think in general with sufficient e...

Anders Hejlsberg says, "When you take something incredibly complex and try to wrap it in something simpler, you often just shroud the complexity. You don't actually design a truly simple system. An...

Elliotte Rusty Harold says, "I think implementing all those examples helped clarify a lot of the thoughts I had about what was worth putting in the API and what wasn't. In some cases it proved I ne...

Anders Hejlsberg says, "The concern I have about checked exceptions is the handcuffs they put on programmers. You see programmers picking up new APIs that have all these throws clauses, and then yo...

There are many rules for object oriented programming. A lot of them are stated in terms of "a design should exhibit these characteristics." But often it is difficult to know how to transform an exi...

Does anyone have any suggestions about computer language books?

Anders Hejlsberg says, "Working with a programming language is a much more immersive process. People don't really come to appreciate a programming language until they've worked with it for months. ...

Elliotte Rusty Harold says, "One very important thing is the principle of least surprise. It should always be very obvious what a method does. And in reverse, you should be able to immediately gues...

Wondering if anyone knows of any companies with exceptional tuition reimbursement programs. Or, any other exceptional grants/programs to help a working professional complete an MS in Computer Scien...

How useful is a second monitor? Does anyone here use one regularly? What's your experience - Brilliant, nice or a waste of deskspace? How practical are they in practice?