Archives for August 2008
C# Hidden Danger #1: The const Keyword
Declaring a constant with the const keyword makes it a compile-time constant. In the generated IL, all references to a compile-time constant will be replaced by its actual value. Now suppose that a compile-time constant is declared in one assembly and referenced in other assemblies. If the definition of the constant ever needs to be […]
Just Produce
I’ve been seeing this advice over and over again: you want to come up with something good? Just produce.
Quantity Always Trumps Quality - [an experiment with two groups in a ceramics class] “It seems that while the ‘quantity’ group was busily churning out piles of work - and learning from their mistakes - the ‘quality’ […]
