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Yes, this is extraordinary quality, but  ... my brain seems not comfortable with any kind of distraction while coding, reading, writing, ... In my case, the best option is complete silence in my work environment . However, while driving or taking a break, I can appreciate some good tracks, including classics like Bach ...
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While programming (and almost constantly) I listen to instruMENTAL jazz -- no words or I skip the track.
I have a paid pandora account (no commercials) that plays all manner of smooth jazz like:
I think jazz musicians are innovative and amazing.
Spyro Gyra
Euge Groove
3rd Force
Fattburger
Kim Waters
The Rippingtons
Peter White
Jeff Lorber
Fourplay
Chris Standring
Ray Obiedo
Dave Koz
Candy Dulfer
Rick Braun
Ronny Jordan
Acoustic Alchemy
Larry Carlton
Paul Hardcastle
and many, many more.
I started listening to Spyro Gyra suggested to me by a college room-mate in 1985 and was hooked. If you listen to that original album from Spyro Gyra Catching the Sun[^], you'll probably be convinced to listen too. 
and, I've tried classical music and I love some good classical, but the dynamics are so immense that at times you can't hear it and then other times it's cannons going off so I stick with jazz. 
modified 19hrs ago.
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Agree with most of your list. I have a couple of Spyro Gyra tapes around here somewhere. No player now, why do I keep them?
Alas, music and hearing aids are not friends.
Saw Dave Brubeck in person many (many) years ago.
Close friend, who was with us, knew the bass player (Jack Six), had played with him in a big band back in the day.
Met Jack the next day, interesting guy.
All gone now. Thanks for the list.
>64
It’s weird being the same age as old people. Live every day like it is your last; one day, it will be.
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Golden Earring - Moontan album (Radar Love, Candy's going bad, Vanilla Queen) speeds me up!
modified 17hrs ago.
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Jazz, mostly big bands from the 50's and 60's.
But anything without lyrics, works to get me into the zone.
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As I now wok from home I don't need music as it is quiet, however when I was in the office I would listen to J.S. Bach's Well Tempered Clavier or the Goldberg Variations.
In the car I will listen to Bach's choral pieces, but anything with singing tends to distract me rather than help concentrate - even if it is in German or Latin.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
modified 6hrs 10mins ago.
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Lots of classical music and jazz here.
I would listen to Motorpsycho, Magma or Dream Theater.
pibbuR who also may include UmmaGumma (1st record).
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It's rare these days that I listen to music while coding...too many interruptions. Friday afternoon was an exception though as I've had siding being installed for two weeks now. The hammers were banging away above my head and I needed something to drown them out so I cranked up Dream Theater's 'Systematic Chaos', one of their darker/heavier albums from 2007. That was followed by one of their more recent (and hugely underrated) concept albums, 'The Astonishing'. I won't put links. If people don't know who they are already, it's probably not their cup of tea.
At any rate, I got in almost 3 hours of uninterrupted listening/coding and got over a major hurdle on a newish project. I was able to complete the week's task with 2 hours to spare.
At the moment, I'm listening to the sounds of silence abstracting the complexities of a customer request to enable invoicing at another level. 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
"Hope is contagious"
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I used to code while listening to (and singing with where possible) classical, oratorios, and opera. Most anything from 1100 AD to 1920 AD. I love Wagnerian opera and many times would spend the day going through the Ring cycle while coding. Messiah, Elijah, and Beethoven's 9th, other choral music were must haves. These days with constant Teams meetings and family interruptions while working from home I no longer find the ability to flow in the music. I believe it helps, but needs must.
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Gotos are frowned on. You should not use gotos. Long live gotos.
Until someone comes up with a better/faster/concise way of expressing the following DFA state machine (presented in part) I will continue to defend the use of gotos, even if their use cases have gotten significantly more narrow as progress has marched on.
When you need them, there is no better tool.
internal sealed partial class JsonStringRunner : FAStringRunner {
private FAMatch NextMatchImpl(string s) {
int ch;
int len;
int p;
int l;
int c;
ch = -1;
len = 0;
if ((this.position == -1)) {
this.position = 0;
}
p = this.position;
l = this.line;
c = this.column;
this.Advance(s, ref ch, ref len, true);
if (((((ch >= 9)
&& (ch <= 10))
|| (ch == 13))
|| (ch == 32))) {
this.Advance(s, ref ch, ref len, false);
goto q1;
}
if ((ch == 34)) {
this.Advance(s, ref ch, ref len, false);
goto q2;
}
if ((ch == 44)) {
this.Advance(s, ref ch, ref len, false);
goto q9;
}
if ((ch == 45)) {
this.Advance(s, ref ch, ref len, false);
goto q10;
}
if ((ch == 48)) {
this.Advance(s, ref ch, ref len, false);
goto q11;
}
if (((ch >= 49)
&& (ch <= 57))) {
this.Advance(s, ref ch, ref len, false);
goto q17;
}
if ((ch == 58)) {
this.Advance(s, ref ch, ref len, false);
goto q18;
}
if ((ch == 91)) {
this.Advance(s, ref ch, ref len, false);
goto q19;
}
if ((ch == 93)) {
this.Advance(s, ref ch, ref len, false);
goto q20;
}
if ((ch == 102)) {
this.Advance(s, ref ch, ref len, false);
goto q21;
}
if ((ch == 110)) {
this.Advance(s, ref ch, ref len, false);
goto q26;
}
if ((ch == 116)) {
this.Advance(s, ref ch, ref len, false);
goto q30;
}
if ((ch == 123)) {
this.Advance(s, ref ch, ref len, false);
goto q32;
}
if ((ch == 125)) {
this.Advance(s, ref ch, ref len, false);
goto q33;
}
goto errorout;
q1:
if (((((ch >= 9)
&& (ch <= 10))
|| (ch == 13))
|| (ch == 32))) {
this.Advance(s, ref ch, ref len, false);
goto q1;
}
return FAMatch.Create(10, s.Substring(p, len), p, l, c);
q2:
if ((((((ch >= 0)
&& (ch <= 9))
|| ((ch >= 11)
&& (ch <= 33)))
|| ((ch >= 35)
&& (ch <= 91)))
|| ((ch >= 93)
&& (ch <= 1114111)))) {
this.Advance(s, ref ch, ref len, false);
goto q2;
}
if ((ch == 34)) {
this.Advance(s, ref ch, ref len, false);
goto q3;
}
if ((ch == 92)) {
this.Advance(s, ref ch, ref len, false);
goto q4;
}
goto errorout;
q3:
return FAMatch.Create(9, s.Substring(p, len), p, l, c);
q4:
if (((((((((ch == 34)
|| (ch == 47))
|| (ch == 92))
|| (ch == 98))
|| (ch == 102))
|| (ch == 110))
|| (ch == 114))
|| (ch == 116))) {
this.Advance(s, ref ch, ref len, false);
goto q2;
}
if ((ch == 117)) {
this.Advance(s, ref ch, ref len, false);
goto q5;
}
goto errorout;
q5:
if (((((ch >= 48)
&& (ch <= 57))
|| ((ch >= 65)
&& (ch <= 70)))
|| ((ch >= 97)
&& (ch <= 102)))) {
this.Advance(s, ref ch, ref len, false);
goto q6;
}
goto errorout;
q6:
if (((((ch >= 48)
&& (ch <= 57))
|| ((ch >= 65)
&& (ch <= 70)))
|| ((ch >= 97)
&& (ch <= 102)))) {
this.Advance(s, ref ch, ref len, false);
goto q7;
}
goto errorout;
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Most developers know goto statements are "bad" but very few know why or have even read Dijkstra's letter in CACM. And I'm willing to bet most developers haven't heard of the ACM. 
goto statements that target entry into a block (as you could do in older versions of Fortran and Basic) are frowned upon because they make automated program verification impossible - aka "I can't say with certainty how you got here". Well behaved goto statements are not only fine, you couldn't write code without them.
To make it harder for novice programmers to misuse the goto statement, many languages such as C, C++, Java and C# (and many others) have created statements that implement well behaved goto's. They are:break - goto the end of a switch or terminate the closest enclosing iteration statement
continue - start a new iteration of the closest enclosing iteration statement
return - exit the function in which it appears and return to the caller
And most (I suspect all) modern compilers won't allow specifying the target of a goto into another block. So use goto's, but use them the way nature intended.
/ravi
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote: And most (I suspect all) modern compilers won't allow specifying the target of a goto into another block
Not exactly sure what you mean here, but C/C++ certainly allows you to goto into a contained block, or to a label in another code block within the same containing block e.g.
void f(int n)
{
if(n > 1)
goto foo;
if( ... )
{
if ( ... )
goto foo; }
if( ... )
{
foo:
}
} Will compile just fine. You can get a warnings if you have an initialization before label foo, with the right warning options (gcc/clang, at least), but a quick perusal of the warning options doesn't seem to suggest that there's a warning for a goto int a contained block.
But maybe you meant that you can't jump from one block to another, like
void foo()
{
foo_label:
}
void bar()
{
goto foo_label; } But for that you have setjmp/longjmp, which, of course, should be avoided like the plague.
"A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants"
Chuckles the clown
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k5054 wrote: C/C++ certainly allows you to goto into a contained block, ...
Thanks for the correction. The C# compiler doesn't permit that.
/ravi
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C++ is painfully permissive at times, but not nearly so bad as C.  C# brought a bit of sense to the mess, even if it sacrifices the ability to do some of the black magic.
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totally agree, Ravi. Well said.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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One of my professors was the GOTO person for many of us students, in terms of resolving technical doubts and even giving career advice.
We need more such GOTOs, i feel.
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