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Re:Clang 5 in a Docker container for C++17 development on Friday December 15, 2017 @08:25AM (#15931600)
People had all sort of problems when using Apple unsanctioned Clang binaries (problems when Xcode updates, other software gets confused if you add your new Clang to the system PATH). It is easy to get in trouble, better to avoid the problem.

In theory, yes, you should be able to run a different version of Clang side by side.

Re:Ask HN: Linode wants photos of the back of my credit card. Alternat... on Tuesday August 19, 2014 @10:52AM (#8197592)
I didn't need to send anything to Digital Ocean except my credit card infos.

What country are you from and what credit card you use ?

Re:We have C++14 on Tuesday August 19, 2014 @07:21AM (#8196765)
I have both, "The C++ Programming Language" as a physical book and "A Tour of C++" as an ebook. "A Tour of C++" is self contained.
Re:We have C++14 on Tuesday August 19, 2014 @12:21AM (#8196007)
Try "A Tour of C++" by Bjarne Stroustroup it has less than 200 pages.
Re:Installing Nvidia CUDA on Mac OS X for GPU-Based Parallel Computing on Saturday August 16, 2014 @11:45PM (#8188477)
Easier to program (at least for me it is easier to understand a piece of CUDA code) and there is a lot of good documentation for CUDA.

Another plus for CUDA is that it lets you use C++.

Re:Ask HN: If you have written and sold Ebooks, please share on Thursday August 14, 2014 @02:41PM (#8179068)
Nathan Barry http://nathanbarry.com/ writes on his websites about writing and self publishing.
Re:Ask HN: What Open Source FEA Software Do You Use? on Wednesday August 06, 2014 @06:50PM (#8145311)
FreeFEM++ was a good choice last time I checked.
Re:Ask HN: How to get started deploying an Online Game? on Sunday August 03, 2014 @10:26AM (#8127987)
Try to ask the same question on the HTML5 Game Devs Forums http://www.html5gamedevs.com/ . Lot of online game developers there and friendly too.
Re:Ask HN: Fastest static site host? on Sunday August 03, 2014 @10:21AM (#8127968)
You could try a VPS from Digital Ocean, cheapest option is $5 and gives you 1TB of bandwidth.
Re:Fastest Growing New Languages on GitHub are R, Rust and TypeScript ... on Saturday August 02, 2014 @02:40PM (#8125581)
Keep in mind that S and R were targeted toward Statistics and Finance. Not everybody has a background in the above.
Re:Master Emacs in one year on Thursday July 24, 2014 @08:51PM (#8083246)
The entire paragraph is about Lisp if you read carefully. The mother tongue of the author is irrelevant, he clearly thinks that Lisp is a superior language for a possibly more intelligent coder:

Emacs is developed by Lisp whose syntax is different from common programming languages. A developer who is curious enough to try Lisp is possibly more intelligent than average. Lisp is often the third language he/she learns (Java/C/C# is the first, a script language like Bash/Python/Perl/Ruby is the second).

Re:Master Emacs in one year on Thursday July 24, 2014 @11:25AM (#8080046)
A developer who is curious enough to try Lisp is possibly more intelligent than average

This is the kind of exaggeration that makes a lot of people to avoid even trying Lisp. Any programming language that uses a different programming paradigm than the one you are familiar with will make you a better programmer.

Re:DigitalOcean now asks for customers to upload photos of their ID vi... on Wednesday July 16, 2014 @07:24AM (#8041497)
DO didn't ask me for any kind of ID, I just used a plain old credit card to pay for their services ...
Re:Google offers free Android development Udacity course on Wednesday July 16, 2014 @05:26AM (#8041241)
Android Studio is based on IntelliJ (the Community Edition if I remember correctly).
Re:So I Finally Took Time to Make a Game on Sunday July 06, 2014 @04:56PM (#7995697)
Android 4.0 is the minimum required version, the game runs just fine on KitKat.
Re:Swift is not on Wednesday June 04, 2014 @10:58PM (#7849963)
Interesting, did you run your tests on iOS8, OS X 10.10 or on OS X 10.9.3 ?

Xcode or command line ?

Re:It's time: bring Dart to Android on Wednesday June 04, 2014 @10:02AM (#7845566)
Probably the best move for Google would be to write a super fast WebView implementation. This will let the huge mass of web developers to use JavaScript at a speed comparable to Java.
Re:Do not learn another programming language on Monday June 02, 2014 @03:48PM (#7835767)
It is the job of a programmer to learn/try new programming languages and always improve his skills.

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