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C++ Virtual Inheritance

JamesAshley — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 16:44:00 GMT

I don't know what the odds are that anyone actually having this problem will run across this on google. But maybe someone will read it and remember before-hand. I have an inheritance hierarchy something like Interface -> ABC -> C -> D. Each...(read more)

VB.NET vs C#

JamesAshley — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 19:07:00 GMT

On the Google App Engine mailing list (of all places...in case you don't know, that's a python-only platform), I ran across this exchange recently: > > VB.NET is inelegant. > yeah I know I have C# it's more advanced, Now, this is one of those common stereotypes that irritate me. So I figured it was time to take a stick to that dead horse again....(read more)

Empty try/catch blocks

JamesAshley — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:04:00 GMT

I've seen several people do this, and it's always been a big clue to me that they're very new and inexperienced with .net. There are a few variations. try { blah; } catch {} That's probably the absolute worst. Your exception disappears...(read more)