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Question: Is it better to "keep on trucking" if you don't want to check every single retval for every single function call you ever make?
Asked by Will (24.234.85.x) on February 14 2013, 8:15pm
Reply on February 14 2013, 10:25pm:

It depends -- if logically you can proceed even if the function fails, then sure, ignore. If you need to handle the error, that should happen in the code. IMO of course. Comment...

Question: Reaper 4.32 on a scale from 0 (newborn) to 100 (not the final, but feature-complete as you would like to see it in any case)?
Asked by Alexander (213.162.68.x) on February 14 2013, 7:06pm
Reply on February 14 2013, 10:24pm:

probably 95, but of course the last 5% takes 90% of the time. Comment...

Question: Will DAWs running on tablets be big?
Asked by ees. (69.15.110.x) on February 14 2013, 7:00pm
Reply on February 14 2013, 10:23pm:

Dunno, I know some people who have enjoyed one on the iPad, but not sure how the advantageous compare against the drawbacks... Comment...

Question: What's so bad about STL exceptions?
Asked by Jeremy (178.147.233.x) on February 14 2013, 3:48pm
Reply on February 14 2013, 4:49pm:

I don't think the feeble human brain can properly comprehend how unpredictable exceptions make things. Comment...

Question: What's so sad about CSS/DOM? Is it more sad than a WndProc and a ginormous switch statement?
Asked by Will (24.234.85.x) on February 13 2013, 10:00pm
Reply on February 13 2013, 11:52pm:

It's horribly inconsistent across browsers, for one. Comment...

Question: goo.gl/eZMzg Some people seem concerned.
Asked by Wino (101.119.25.x) on February 13 2013, 5:21am
Reply on February 13 2013, 1:29pm:

It shouldn't matter to REAPER at all, but whether the driver loses efficiency is up to the driver's code. Comment...

Question: Does differing i/o latencies negatively affect timing or anything in Reaper?
Asked by Wino (101.119.25.x) on February 13 2013, 3:26am
Reply on February 13 2013, 4:13am:

Howso? Comment...

Question: Don't get left behind on Win32 Justin :) youtube.com/watch?v=Rj49rmc01Hs 17m32s in
Asked by Will (24.234.85.x) on February 13 2013, 1:11am
Reply on February 13 2013, 4:13am (edited at February 13 2013, 4:14am):

Mmm good stuff. I do like javascript, it's really the DOM and CSS that make me sad. Watching that, however, I find myself wanting to add an 'int' hint for EEL2 variables so you can have it optimize integer operations... Comment...

Question: North Korea's nuclear test is successful, how do you see?
Asked by noeth (85.49.232.x) on February 12 2013, 2:36pm
Reply on February 13 2013, 4:14am:

It's crazy to think about how even if the leader of North Korea wanted to end the isolation, he probably couldn't, since others in the military would prevent it... :/ Comment...

Question: Wow, thanks for mentioning Steven Wittens. Loving his blog!
Asked by ees. (69.15.110.x) on February 12 2013, 11:58am
Reply on February 12 2013, 1:34pm:

<3 Unconed. Comment...

Question: How can Midi controllers be used to control other software?
Asked by Scott (99.58.136.x) on February 12 2013, 1:53am
Reply on February 12 2013, 1:34pm:

You'd need a software layer to handle that. Comment...

Question: What do you use to abstract ASCII/UTF-8/UTF-16 stuff?
Asked by Rodrigo (177.96.55.x) on February 11 2013, 11:41am
Reply on February 12 2013, 1:34pm:

I just try to use ASCII/UTF-8, and we have some wrappers to make a lot of win32 single-byte character APIs take UTF-8 (something which I still don't get why MS never added support for). Comment...

Question: Can you relate to this? xkcd.com/1172/
Asked by Mick (203.149.85.x) on February 11 2013, 5:19am
Reply on February 12 2013, 1:33pm:

Totally. Comment...

Question: tinyurl.com/a8fwgtd -> does Reaper show up/support all 64 chars that getParameterProperties() provides? If not, please?
Asked by EvilDragon (88.207.58.x) on February 10 2013, 9:24pm
Reply on February 10 2013, 11:07pm:

pretty much betrays the note above. Comment...