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dashes-in-method-names vs under_scores (Score:1)
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The waves went high about this on p6l, but eventually dashes emerged as the clear winner. Temporal.pod now has it that way.
PowerShell date fanboy + where's your Amazon ... (Score:1)
PS C:\> [datetime] | gm -Static
TypeName: System.DateTime
Name MemberType Definition
---- ---------- ----------
Compare Method static System.Int32 Compare(DateTime t1, DateTime t2)
DaysInMonth Method static System.Int32 DaysInMonth(Int32 year, Int32 month)
Equals
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I think we're already on the road to meeting your requests.
DateTime.today()(DateTime.now - DateTime.new('2010-03-20T00:00:00')).days(With moritz++'s proposed
Dateclass, the second example might be even more straightforward. It feels a bit silly to specify00:00:00just to be able to use the ISO8601 constructor.)Please create & publish an Amazon wish list so those wannabe P6 Medicis out there can thank you.
As it happens, I have one already [amazon.com], but more for keeping track of things myself than for people to thank me.
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Please create & publish an Amazon wish list so those wannabe P6 Medicis out there can thank you.
The book [amazon.com] you bought for me arrived today. I just want you to know that not only was the book a pleasant surprise, but the act itself made me giddy with gratitude. Thank you so much! Hoping to find occasion to pay it forward [wikipedia.org] real soon.
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I think you mean, paraphrasing ala P6,
Ya got to do unto others Like you'd have them, like you'd have them, do unto you.
(quite a nice chorus to an old Dylan tune [the music not the language] http://www.mp3lyrics.org/b/bob-dylan/do-right-to-me-baby-do-unto-others/ [mp3lyrics.org] )