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Brian R. Bondy

Ontario, Canada

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Age: 32

About me:

  • Platform Engineer for Mozilla
  • C++, C#, Python, Win32, programming for > 15 years
  • Graduate of the University of Waterloo;
  • Married with twins boys, one singleton, and a red tri-colored border collie
  • Microsoft MVP for Visual C++ 2010 - 2011

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Here is a picture of my pet unicorn:

My pet unicorm

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RegEx match open tags except XHTML self-contained tags

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What is the best comment in source code you have ever encountered?

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What code would you have on your wedding cake?

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Difference between 'struct' and 'typedef struct' in C++?

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How to learn proper C++?

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What was the strangest coding standard rule that you were forced to follow?

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Difference between proxy server and reverse proxy server

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Hidden features of Google Search

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What is your favorite C programming trick?

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What are the performance characteristics of sqlite with very large database files?

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NP vs NP-Complete vs NP-Hard — what does it all mean?

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In C++, if throw is an expression, what is its type?

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Favorite online lectures and presentations

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TeX math markup is sorely needed

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Is It Time for a Duel System on Stack Overflow?

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How can a Metro app in Windows 8 communicate with a backend desktop app on the same machine?

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What techniques can be used to speed up C++ compilation times?

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When to use reinterpret_cast?

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How can I unit test a GUI?

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What does %~d0 mean in a Windows batch file?

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What tools are there for functional programming in C?

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Preferred Method of Storing Passwords In Database

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Why was Apocalyptic Defense closed?

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Why is C so fast, and why aren't other languages as fast or faster?

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How can I use a DLL from Python

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How do you detect/avoid Memory leaks in your (Unmanaged) code?

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DevDays 2009 video recorded

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Best book ever on Number Theory

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