[quote user="campkev"] [quote user="Spectre"][quote user="BlueKnot"]If the try block fails, but doesn't actually throw any kind of exception whatsoever, it goes 'BOOM'? [/quote] AFAIK, a parameterless catch block handles exceptions that are not derived from System...

[quote user="Ren"]From man regex: "To include a literal '-', make it the first or last character, or the second endpoint of a range." [/quote] What do POSIX regex functions have to do with .NET ones? [quote user="Ren"] ~$ perl -e '$_ = "-"; print "x...

[quote user="danixdefcon5"]I really, really hope those <summary> <remarks> tags are some kind of joke, and don't actually mean someone did an XMLized version of JavaDoc. [/quote] Believe it or not, but they're actually called XML comments. My favourite part for some reason...

[quote user="Salami"] In VB you pass variables wither ByRef or ByVal. You can explicitly state it (ByVal SomeVar as Integer) if you want. The default is ByRef, which means if the variable is changed in the subroutine it also changed in the calling subroutine. [/quote] Correction: this was the...

we are using lot of slim CD/DVD R/RW, the lense was damaged because of handling. what are all the pre cautions or warning msg i need. pls. clarify my doubts.

(this was submitted to the main site, but in case it's not published, it's here for your amusement) A gem from a colleague who quit recently, and he is now working for the state (your tax dollars at work). Some funny stuff here. It seems subconsciously he was telling himself something, that perhaps his...

If I want to create a new form, using VS2005 and add CLR Support, would that be acceptable, that way its still c++? whats the stance on that?

I think Java has demonstrated a lot better of a "standard" for a distributed application that will run on any computer in the world. Executables are not standard. COM objects are not standard, DLL-files are not standard. Registry settings are not standard. INI-files are not standard. Quick! Which of...

Anti-Compilism = discriminating against compiled code. A term I have made up to fit the W3Schools' attitude towards executable code in some areas. See i.e. here: http://www.w3schools.com/ngws/ngws_standards.asp http://www.w3schools.com/appml/web_applications.asp http://www.w3schools.com/appml/web_services...