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227,868 Expert Points
03/21/2003 Registration Date
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I started programming on an RCA Spectra 70 in 1969 (punched cards!).  I moved to the 8080, z80, 8086, and on to present time (with some other manufacturer's processors thrown in).  I've been writing for Windows since the mid '90's.  I've been doing real-time and embedded programming since the '70's.  I love writing software that controls equipment.

I like to tell people that when I started, we made our own memory.  We used white rocks and black rocks, so if you needed more bits you just went out and got some.  Of course the bears, Indians, uphill both ways and the snow were problems...The only trouble with white rocks and black rocks was that it was always snowing, so we kept losing the white rocks.

I'm mostly a C++ and C# guy at the moment.  I use the Boost library when writing C++ -- it vastly simplifies many tasks, it is very high quality, and it is free.  Several Boost items are described in TR1 (Technical Report 1), which influences the next C++ standard.

Recommended books:
"The C++ Standard Library", Nicolai M. Josuttis
"The Pragmatic Programmer", Hunt & Thomas
"C++ Coding Standards", Sutter & Alexandrescu
"Effective C++", Scott Meyers

email:  josgood [place @ here] bigfoot.com
Expertise:
Computer Expertise:
Advanced
Experience:
30-39 years
Education:
School Name:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Education Level:
Bachelor
Years in Industry:
30-39 years
190 Questions Answered
Date Points Title Activity Type Zone
1 05/09/2008 500 A confusing Substring problem Accepted C#
2 05/05/2008 500 How can I make a function to find the … Accepted C++
3 05/03/2008 125 compile multiple cpp files Assisted C++
4 05/02/2008 500 HugeInteger add(), subtract(), … Accepted C++
5 04/28/2008 500 new/delete operator, creating a clas… Accepted C++
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137 Questions Participated In
1,033 Comments Posted
Date Points Title Activity Type Status Zone
1 05/09/2008 500 C# windows label display with button Comment Open C#
2 05/09/2008 250 passing structure by reference from C… Comment Open C#
3 05/09/2008 500 Brute force attacks on a weak passw… Comment Open Data Encryption
4 05/08/2008 500 Class HugeInteger Comment Open C++
5 05/07/2008 500 VB.net Attempted to read or write pro… Comment Open .NET
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65 Questions Asked
0 Questions Open
57 Questions Graded
8 Questions Deleted
Date Points Title Status Zone
1 03/22/2008 500 boost shared_ptr assignment problem PAQ C++
2 03/03/2008 250 std::stringstream Insertion & Extraction PAQ C++
3 02/28/2008 500 Serializable class hierarchy - Probably deeper… PAQ C++
4 02/07/2008 500 VS2003, Blank Design Window, Slow "F… PAQ Microsoft Visu… …
5 02/05/2008 500 Project configuration skipped because it is not … PAQ C++ …
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