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451.
by _random_ 12y ago
I personally like the tactile feeling so much that I bought a relatively expensive mechanical cherry-switch keyboard. There is no way replacing that feeling on your fingers.
452.
by _random_ 12y ago
Well, the parent post is not exactly an example of objectivity too. I agree that dynamic typing can be a useful tool. I am likely to use both in any n-tier project and benefit from that.
453.
by _random_ 12y ago
OK, my opinion is that there is no need to throw away type safety to gain succinctness, especially if your language gives you REPL.
454.
by _random_ 12y ago
The thing is that strong static inference beats dynamicity.
455.
by _random_ 12y ago
And there is always an option of using F# when needed.
456.
by _random_ 12y ago
"Colombian salaries aren’t that much lower than US salaries". Seeeeriously doubt that they are paying $100k to devs (like in SF) in Colombia.
457.
by _random_ 12y ago
Does he describe how happy the team is living in Colombia AND receiving the USA-size salary?
458.
by _random_ 12y ago
Apple posted a benchmark during the presentation. It was validated. They lied. Maybe they shouldn't boast about performance before releasing?
459.
by _random_ 12y ago
Mixing a legacy platform with a legacy language just isn't working out.
460.
by _random_ 12y ago
The good part is that the following smooth transition is now possible for the core iOS developers: ObjectiveC -> Swift -> C#: iOS, Android, Windows Phone etc.
461.
by _random_ 12y ago
Any JavaScript engine is always open source. I mean, it is not illegal to view page sources?
462.
by _random_ 12y ago
Yes, it's like watching history repeat itself. Apple is the new pre-20xx Microsoft, Metal is the new DirectX, Swift it the new VB(A/Script).
463.
by _random_ 12y ago
"While the rest of the game community is trying to adopt Mantle, DirectX 12 or Metal, I’ll be re-learning my ray-tracing and quantum physics" Agree, let me just grab my quantum physics engine and spin up my realtime ray-tracer and
464.
by _random_ 12y ago
"a lot of these new features seem like they have been borrowed straight from android" - Not all features! Give some credit to Windows Phone / Win 8 / Metro as well.
465.
by _random_ 12y ago
No point?
466.
by _random_ 12y ago
Minus awesome IDE with automated refactoring.
467.
by _random_ 12y ago
In what way is it innovative? Seems like a mix of recent features.
468.
by _random_ 12y ago
I would be _very_ surprised if it is any more than 60k for a senior developer. This isn't Silicon Valley, unfortunately (well, at least property prices are on par!). PS: except for start-up Hedge Funds I guess :).
469.
by _random_ 12y ago
Betgenius is not a start-up. They don't even offer any equity AFAIK (salaries are average).
470.
by _random_ 12y ago
"some kind of academic career" - AFAIK it is very competitive. "and the people that are actually valuable are the people directing things" - how many jobs did you change? People and teams can differ a lot in different pl
471.
by _random_ 12y ago
They even have an .io domain...
472.
by _random_ 12y ago
No, it's just a second take at removing the "ceremony": v. 1: let's remove the ceremony along with strong static typing advantages and just hack-fix everything with unit tests. v. 2: let's remove just the ceremony.
473.
by _random_ 12y ago
It is not really open at the moment. They are making heavy assumptions about developers willing to use HTML5/JS. It would be nice to see JVM/Mono APIs documentation.
474.
by _random_ 12y ago
It's a correct observation. Why switch from an extensible mark-up format to a non-extensible data format?
475.
by _random_ 12y ago
"Sublime Text feels great, but it isn't integrated like Visual Studio" Notepad with plug-ins vs IDE. I mean ReSharper alone beats everything except for maybe IntelliJ IDEA.
476.
by _random_ 12y ago
How can you monopolize something that runs on Linux and is forkable?
477.
by _random_ 12y ago
Actually, it's all about cloud. I think they want more Azure customers in the long run.
478.
by _random_ 12y ago
"Cross Platform. Native transitions and more on Android 2.2+ & iOS 4.3+" Cross Two Platform.
479.
by _random_ 12y ago
I surely hope so. I don't hate JavaScript as much as I hate it being pushed as a default that is OK for everyone and everything.
480.
by _random_ 12y ago
Can't you use Scala/Clojure for Android development? You can certainly use C# to develop natively-compiled apps for iOS.

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