obrienslalom

He writes loop backwards.

Optional parameters can be a good thing when considering their example.  I remember automating some work in excel from c#.  I'm stealing this example from here :

oChart.ChartWizard( oResizeRange, Excel.XlChartType.xl3DColumn, Missing.Value,
   Excel.XlRowCol.xlColumns, Missing.Value, Missing.Value, Missing.Value, 
   Missing.Value, Missing.Value, Missing.Value, Missing.Value );

[[ becomes ]]

oChart.ChartWizard( 
    Source : oResizeRange, 
    Gallery : Excel.XlChartType.xl3DColumn, 
    PlotBy : Excel.XlRowCol.xlColumns
    );

The new version could be a one-liner if i wanted it to be.  I find the second version much easier to read, and you get to be explicit about your parameters. Intellisense was a lifesaver, I agree, but I do see the benefit of the new feature compared to just letting intellisense take over.

I was thinking during that video how depressing it was that my job will never be as cool as his.  I felt like at the end you just wanted to stick it to me .

Where is the end of the video? (maybe he needed another mt dew).

With mention of functional stuff in c++ and boost in this video, I was recently encouraged to check out FC++.  I'm sure many of you have ran across this already, but it seems on topic for those of you who haven't. http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~yannis/fc++/boostpaper/fcpp.html