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Question: Have you used XML in any of your projects?
Asked by Will (70.173.150.x) on March 23 2012, 3:02pm
Reply on March 23 2012, 4:00pm:

I find it a pain to parse. Comment...

Question: is wdl_fft fast enough for all Reaper's FFT needs or do you use other libraries too?
Asked by olilarkin (144.32.204.x) on March 22 2012, 2:39pm
Reply on March 22 2012, 6:42pm:

Yes, though compiling it with ICC probably doesn't hurt, too. Comment...

Question: who is the boss of twitter?
Asked by rtqp (146.115.74.x) on March 22 2012, 6:57am
Reply on March 22 2012, 6:42pm (edited at March 23 2012, 4:39am):

royugo? Comment...

Question: Ever used Lisp? Any thoughts on it?
Asked by David (69.15.110.x) on March 21 2012, 2:12pm
Reply on March 22 2012, 6:42pm:

I've looked at it but never done anything meaningful with it. I've spent more time with javascript, which syntax aside reminds me of it. Comment...

Question: Thoughts? www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=UvEiSa6_EPA...
Asked by Will (70.173.150.x) on March 21 2012, 6:24am
Reply on March 22 2012, 6:43pm:

Err, meh. I've been playing with eyewire, it's really cool. Comment...

Question: How many space is your tab space on your code editor? Or do you use the default (4 spaces)?
Asked by coop (67.88.171.x) on March 20 2012, 6:57pm
Reply on March 22 2012, 6:44pm:

2, inserted as spaces. Probably leads to bad habits (too large of functions), though. Comment...

Question: Re: prioritizing. I assume then MIDI is not high on your list, unfortunately. But it's something that needs to be improved a lot
Asked by Tinny (193.198.68.x) on March 20 2012, 9:12am
Reply on March 20 2012, 1:35pm:

It's on the list, and we'll probably address it at some point. It is all relative, though, and while you say it needs to be improved a lot, it is also quite functional. Comment...

Question: Do you use _CrtDumpMemoryLeaks()?
Asked by Rodrigo (189.26.137.x) on March 20 2012, 1:43am
Reply on March 20 2012, 1:34pm:

No, but we do have our own tool called Nitpicker which can detect leaks but more importantly other errors. Having said that, checking for leaks is sort of difficult as there are many many false positives; we normally would just detect them by real world testing and if we find patterns that result in increasing ram use we would be able to narrow those down and address them. Comment...

Question: Do you do any automated testing on REAPER builds?
Asked by dude (97.79.213.x) on March 19 2012, 8:55pm
Reply on March 20 2012, 1:32pm:

Not at the moment, but it has been considered, somewhat. Comment...

Question: hmm, really enjoyed {company picnic}, long & tasty! So, what have you been doing lately mate, are you up to something?
Asked by gio (94.66.23.x) on March 19 2012, 1:07pm
Reply on March 20 2012, 1:32pm:

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Question: The day you got the AOL offer, what thoughts went through your mind? Did you consider you were set for life? Did you celebrate
Asked by Will (70.173.150.x) on March 19 2012, 4:21am
Reply on March 20 2012, 1:31pm:

Didn't seem real at the time... I remember having dinner with some friends a short time after, and it felt normal (maybe like Christmas eve, slightly). Comment...

Question: What's your opinion on C++ conversion operators, like "operator HWND() { return m_hWnd; }"? Do you use these on your code?
Asked by Rodrigo (187.112.89.x) on March 19 2012, 4:00am
Reply on March 20 2012, 1:30pm:

I don't like them, because I feel it's better to explicitly cast things, and even better for you (as the programmer) to be aware you're calling a function. Comment...

Question: Why is exploiting ads for profit a bad thing? Should marketing not charge for its service?
Asked by Will (24.234.85.x) on March 14 2012, 10:04pm
Reply on March 17 2012, 5:13pm:

Sounds an awful lot like spam to me. Comment...

Question: cargocollective.com/jeffreyjames/Listen-Listen -what do you think of my music?
Asked by jeffreyjames (75.161.176.x) on March 11 2012, 12:10pm
Reply on March 17 2012, 5:13pm:

I will listen, when I get a chance... Comment...

Question: What do you think about some opinions said in this thread (posts 3-5)? forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=98603
Asked by Tinny (88.207.58.x) on March 10 2012, 8:57pm
Reply on March 17 2012, 5:14pm (edited at March 17 2012, 5:42pm):

It's easy to point at something that you think is easy to fix but have it actually be more complicated than you think. Also, while we do listen to users a lot, we also end up prioritizing the things that are the most important to us. Comment...

Question: goo.gl/KoEz6 - for my irc question, I just meant for the users, not the devs.
Asked by pixeltarian (75.161.190.x) on March 10 2012, 10:49am
Reply on March 17 2012, 5:14pm:

Ah yeah, could do that too. IRC often degenerates into chaos, though. Comment...

Question: i made zero dollars...was more a proof of concept..didn't you disable ads in AIM messenger? following your footsteps ;)
Asked by poop (68.28.155.x) on March 10 2012, 1:36am
Reply on March 17 2012, 5:15pm:

Just replaced them with fancy visuals -- but that was a different point. Comment...

Question: I read CreateThread leaks C-runtime memory, and should be used only when no C-runtime calls. Otherwise, _beginthreadex. Right?
Asked by Rodrigo (187.112.89.x) on March 9 2012, 11:27pm
Reply on March 17 2012, 5:16pm (edited at March 17 2012, 5:18pm):

You mean calls that are generally not threadsafe anyway, and require use of TLS to be thread safe (like strtok())? Probably, but we don't use those runtimes. Also, if you link with the DLL CRT, it appears that it shouldn't leak anyway (since it gets DllMain calls on each new thread creation, etc). Comment...

Question: i got banned from google adsense how can i get back...i will be a good boy going forth...you think they give 2nd chances?
Asked by poop (68.28.155.x) on March 8 2012, 3:00pm
Reply on March 9 2012, 3:47am:

I have no idea, but people who exploit ads for profit, meh, I have little sympathy.. Comment...

Question: Did you read many programming books, or just learn by playing around / online snippets & tutorials?
Asked by Will (24.234.85.x) on March 7 2012, 5:41pm
Reply on March 7 2012, 6:36pm:

Yeah, I read a couple of MS books about win32 (both the Petzold one and another, Advanced Windows or similar, by Richters I think, which had all kinds of info on some of the more useful OS features), some Abrash books, a lot of books in the category of Graphics Gems, some stuff by Knuth, etc. Not sure if I would bother these days, the internet has so much good stuff on it. Comment...

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