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GMThttps://rationaldev.com/why-string-string-is-a-bad-habit-in-c-and-other-languageshttps://rationaldev.com/why-string-string-is-a-bad-habit-in-c-and-other-languagesstring === string bad habit in C# and other languages.Mon, 09 Apr 2007 13:38:27 GMThttps://rationaldev.com/essential-and-best-programming-tools-to-install-on-your-development-pchttps://rationaldev.com/essential-and-best-programming-tools-to-install-on-your-development-pcProgramming tools that you mind find useful to install.Mon, 26 Mar 2007 22:16:58 GMThttps://rationaldev.com/apache-mysql-php-and-perl-preconfigured-install-out-of-the-boxhttps://rationaldev.com/apache-mysql-php-and-perl-preconfigured-install-out-of-the-boxIf you want to setup Apache, MySQL, PHP and Perl, here are some pre-built packages.Tue, 06 Mar 2007 13:54:52 GMThttps://rationaldev.com/xquery-1-0-overview-querying-xmlhttps://rationaldev.com/xquery-1-0-overview-querying-xmlXQuery 1.0 overview tips.Tue, 30 Jan 2007 23:27:30 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