Nils Pipenbrinck

Hamburg, Germany

hilbert-space.de

Age: 40

nah - won't tell anything about me..

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Why doesn't C have unsigned floats?

c floating-point unsigned asked Feb 4 '09 at 16:06

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29 votes

const int vs. int const as function parameter in C++ and C

c++ c const asked Oct 2 '08 at 14:11

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28 votes

makefiles - compile all c files at once

c makefile make asked Oct 4 '08 at 14:56

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23 votes

Safe remove USB-Drive using Win32 API?

c windows winapi usb asked Sep 17 '08 at 17:33

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21 votes

Destructors of builtin types (int, char etc..)

c++ constructor destructor typedef asked Jan 19 '09 at 1:43

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21 votes

Improving the way we write code?

language-agnostic editing asked Jun 12 '09 at 15:10

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15 votes

Needless pointer-casts in C

c++ c pointers asked Sep 20 '08 at 17:11

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15 votes

So - which exciting algorithms have you “discovered” recently?

algorithm language-agnostic asked Oct 5 '08 at 19:33

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12 votes

Common Lisp equivalent to C enums

enums lisp common-lisp asked Feb 23 '09 at 16:31

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11 votes

Android RemoteExceptions and Services

android service aidl remoteexception asked Jul 1 '10 at 9:07

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