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April 11th, 2006
09:55 am

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Vitally important style question
Poll #708169
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 50

In C

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int *x;
39 (86.7%)

int* x;
8 (17.8%)

In C++

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int *x;
23 (51.1%)

int* x;
6 (13.3%)

int &x;
13 (28.9%)

int& x;
6 (13.3%)

A protected abstract virtual base pure virtual private destructor deleted my parents, you insensitive clod
29 (64.4%)

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March 27th, 2006
05:45 pm

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ENOMEM
Poll #699052
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 45

Memory management in C-like languages

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Just leak. Swap's cheap.
6 (13.3%)

Never write a long-running program, so exit() does the job.
14 (31.1%)

Explicit free in exactly the right set of places.
30 (66.7%)

Pool allocators.
17 (37.8%)

Reference counting and never make a cycle.
11 (24.4%)

A proper garbage collector (e.g. Boehm).
13 (28.9%)

Automatic destructors (e.g. C++)
16 (35.6%)

Heap fragmentation killed my parents, you insensitive clod.
18 (40.0%)

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March 6th, 2004
01:05 pm

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poll() and EOF
If anyone has convenient access to platforms missing from the table at http://www.greenend.org.uk/rjk/2001/06/poll.html, or can fill in the existing gaps, it would be nice to hear from you.

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