Chris Smith

Seattle, WA, United States

Author of "Programming F#" by O'Reilly and all-around nice guy.

Employee #3 at Pulumi. Former Googler working on dev tooling for GCP. Before that I worked at Microsoft on the F# team.

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

windows batch-file asked Sep 21, 2008 at 20:41

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306 votes

Can I answer my own questions, even if I knew the answer before asking?

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201 votes

How do I remove a single breakpoint with GDB?

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89 votes

How do I disable the 'Debug / Close Application' dialog on Windows Vista?

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84 votes

count lines in a file

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79 votes

Where does the period go when using parentheses?

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34 votes

Will new Minecraft features appear in existing worlds?

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29 votes

Do you use design patterns?

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24 votes

Simple animation in WinForms

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22 votes

When should I write Static Methods?

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What is the maximum number of edges in a directed graph with n nodes?

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Programming language usage at Google

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What is Google's repository like?

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How would you implement Google Search?

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Why use .NET?

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What programming skills have provided you the best return on investment?

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Do I need to go to a big-name university?

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KPI's for Programmers

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How to transition to Functional Programming

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Upcoming Google interview, looking for some preparation advice

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Task Parallel Library vs Async Workflows

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How much does it cost to combine a gem?

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What is tail recursion?

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How to work threading with ConcurrentQueue<T>

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IL level code debugger

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Elegant Snippets of F#

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F# - What are you using it for?

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Microsoft's Software Development Engineer in Test position

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CS Concentrations and Career Paths

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What’s a good book for learning F#?

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How to define and use static variables in F# class

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How to copy to the clipboard in F#?

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F# curried function

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Why can't non-partial active patterns be parameterized in F#?

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How can I convert a mouse click to a ray?

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F# and Excel integration for .NET 4.0 (Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1)

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If #light syntax is so much better in F#, why isn't it the default?

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Asynchronous Programming in Functional Languages

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Is F# suitable for Physics applications?

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Shouldn't StackOverFlow have categories rather than tags?

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