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Ask Justin Frankel No reasonable question unanswered since 2009! Suggested topics: programming, music, sleep, coffee, etc. Note: please do not ask questions about REAPER features, bugs or scheduling, use the forums instead. Name: Ask: Human (enter yes): [newer questions] [unreplied] | [replied] | [recent comments] | [all] [older questions]

Question: Why did you choose js as the scripting language for Reaper? Was it just familiarity, or was there a technical factor? Asked by Krister (99.64.14.x) on December 23 2009, 9:33pm Reply on December 24 2009, 9:58am: JS is actually its own language, not "javascript", and it is implemented using EEL2 (part of WDL), which is derived from EEL, which was the expression evaluation library used for AVS (thanks Francis!). So it really just evolved... Comment... Question: How did [you] get that good [at programming]? news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1012705 Asked by hn-anon (76.69.68.x) on December 23 2009, 8:12pm Reply on December 24 2009, 9:57am: Haha... errr Comment... Question: What's your most hated perseverative coding-mistake? Asked by Nico (87.78.73.x) on December 23 2009, 5:14pm Reply on December 24 2009, 9:57am: This is sort of a crappy answer, but probably not testing things thoroughly enough -- so cockiness, I suppose ("that code will TOTALLY work."). Comment... Question: Why don't you code projects for linux? Asked by admin (96.255.209.x) on December 23 2009, 4:24pm Reply on December 24 2009, 9:56am: Hmm, I've done some stuff, such as NINJAM, for linux. Generally it's not an enjoyable platform to dev on. Offscreen rendering in X11/GTK/etc is a pain, generally. No easy way to create a surface that you can both manipulate pixels, and draw on using OS primitives (such as text drawing). If someone wants to finish swell/gtk, I might start developing more on Linux ;) Comment... Question: Who is Oscar? Asked by Will (75.23.212.x) on December 23 2009, 3:20pm Reply on December 23 2009, 4:12pm: Probably either my nephew or a Saint Bernard? Comment... Question: How do you keep a parent window without xp theme and all the child windows xp themed? just curious... 8) Asked by _gio (62.103.65.x) on December 23 2009, 11:09am Reply on December 23 2009, 4:12pm: Dunno, maybe by manually enabling it for the children? Comment... Question: On the same note, is your wife a leet programmer as well? Asked by Gangsta (67.88.171.x) on December 23 2009, 10:43am Reply on December 23 2009, 4:11pm: Nope, she's a badass with a chef's knife, though... Comment... Question: Does your wife use Reaper? Asked by James (68.225.40.x) on December 23 2009, 10:35am Reply on December 23 2009, 4:11pm: No, but she has no need for it. My sister, on the other hand, uses PTLE. Barf. It's not right. Comment... Question: Thoughts on Songbird? Asked by roberttheiii (192.249.47.x) on December 23 2009, 9:10am Reply on December 23 2009, 4:09pm: Songwhat? jk. Not really, no. Comment... Question: You haven't upload any pictures onto your "pics" site for a long time...why? (I like all the galleries, so please...) Asked by Dave (222.90.231.x) on December 22 2009, 7:55pm Reply on December 23 2009, 4:08pm: Lazy I guess. Snapease was supposed to encourage me too, but I guess I end up programming or playing music more than taking pictures... Comment... Question: Considering win32 GUI apps are so centered around one big-ass wndproc switch(), how does one write custom cross-plat GUIs. Asked by Will (75.23.212.x) on December 22 2009, 6:48pm Reply on December 23 2009, 4:07pm: One way is to use SWELL.. Another would be to abstract out the application logic from the wndproc.. I prefer the former. Comment... Question: I have a classic ETW for fileio that work great in real-time with winxp/2k. In win7 seems to turn to buffered mode. Advise plz? Asked by _gio (62.103.65.x) on December 22 2009, 10:09am Reply on December 22 2009, 4:51pm: no idea, outside of my area of expertise... Have you tried running as administrator to see if that improves things? Comment... Question: I want to scroll text like winamp ticker! How to do it? Asked by ruchira (202.129.233.x) on December 22 2009, 12:06am Reply on December 22 2009, 8:11am: You mean in its taskbar button, or do you mean the title display in the main UI? For the taskbar button, just a timer and string mangling and SetWindowText() ought to do the trick. Comment... Question: www.thinkingparallel.com/2007/03/06/c-vs-c-a-checklist-from-a-c-... Asked by Will (75.23.217.x) on December 21 2009, 6:57pm Reply on December 21 2009, 10:22pm: Most of the items in the "pro" list I'd consider "cons". :/ Comment... Question: Have you ever considered the new features of C# as they relate to productiveness in coding (not the gay runtime, just language) Asked by Will (75.23.217.x) on December 20 2009, 9:31pm Reply on December 20 2009, 9:54pm: Hmm, what features do you speak of? Comment... Question: How much wood would a Woodchuck chuck if a Woodchuck could chuck wood ? Asked by Chuck (150.101.96.x) on December 20 2009, 8:19pm Reply on December 20 2009, 9:27pm: a lot of fucking wood, I'm told. Comment... Question: by putting certain web page details in such small font, are you discriminating against people with poor vision? Asked by andrew (24.56.197.x) on December 20 2009, 2:34pm Reply on December 20 2009, 7:28pm: hmm depends on what your browser font is set to... Comment... Question: Do you play background music when coding? Asked by countach (80.37.78.x) on December 20 2009, 2:25pm Reply on December 20 2009, 7:28pm: A lot of the time, yeah.. usually variations of rock, sometimes jazz... Comment... Question: Do you have a set schedule for programming/work time vs. social/wife time? How do you force a balance? Or is it natural? Asked by Will (75.23.217.x) on December 20 2009, 12:14pm Reply on December 20 2009, 7:28pm: Not really at this point. Generally I code whenever possible when my wife isn't dragging me away. Having said that, the dragging me way is a very good thing, otherwise I'd completely overwork myself. Comment... Question: where is your list of suggested topics for askfj? i don't see it on the home page, or any clear link for it. Asked by andrew (24.56.197.x) on December 20 2009, 8:06am Reply on December 20 2009, 11:00am: It's right above the "ask" field. "Suggested topics: programming, music, sleep, coffee, etc." Comment... [newer questions] [unreplied] | [replied] | [recent comments] | [all] [older questions]

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