User profile: Cubbi

User info
User name:Cubbi
Name:Cubbi
Location:Long Island
Website:http://stackoverflow.com/users/273767/cubbi
Bio:First language: PDP-11 assembly (still the best!)

Favorite language: toss-up between Forth and APL. I like many.

Most used language: C++ (with boost and C++11)

Education: Ph.D. in chemistry

Career:
1996: scientific software (phys. chemistry)
2000: OS development (hard real-time/military)
2002: scientific research (biochemistry)
2005: real-time C++ (transportation/city infrastructure)
2012: large scale C++ (finance)

also taught programming in college and published a couple books
Statistical data
Birthdate:Feb 18, 1976
Gender:Male
Occupation:Engineer
Skills:C
C++
Assembly
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Number of posts:2310
Latest posts:

Exceptions
...where by "very low" I mean "no more than what the equivalent C-style return code error check...

Exceptions
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Exceptions
How many more decades need to pass for a core language feature to stop being considered 'novelty'?

Language Chooice
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C++ multiple choice questionaire
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