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by axod 16y ago
>> Also, Java library design often tends towards the obfuscated. [...]Adapters, [...]Implementations and [...]Factories, the usually bloated read/write beans, checked exceptions… I've been using Java for 10 years+, and never used an
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by axod 16y ago
Whatever next? Next thing you know someone will write an IRC client using websocket! Cool showcase though :)
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by axod 16y ago
You're perpetuating a myth. Verbosity doesn't equal less productivity. I would be really surprised if anyone here said their bottleneck in programming was the speed they can type. Also, all languages have their needless verbosity - look a
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by axod 16y ago
Scalability for one.
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by axod 16y ago
The Mibbit backend is Java. It gives us massive advantages over any competition. The JVM is extremely fast and optimized. We handle many thousands of requests a second on a few VPSes.
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by axod 16y ago
Unless it's a y2k bug company, and it's October 1999.
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by axod 16y ago
How many customers do they have though. If they're 'licensing' the firehose to Google and MS, that's pretty unreliable income.
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by axod 16y ago
Agree. I think it's more likely someone like newscorp would buy it.
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by axod 16y ago
Not really, the lights on large roundabouts are pretty dynamic. You have lights to stop people going further round the roundabout, coupled with lights to stop people coming on to the roundabout. But traffic flow is pretty continuous. When s
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by axod 16y ago
A large number of larger roundabouts in the UK have traffic lights at the entrances and exits. What do you find idiotic about it? Works extremely well to keep traffic flowing.
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by axod 16y ago
Here's one of my local roundabouts: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&#... (It's a large roundabout with 5 small roundabouts around it. Such that you can go round the large roundabout in either direction). Great n
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by axod 16y ago
javascript doesn't have an integer type. Possibly it makes things easier for some algorithms, but as I said, it is optional. It's not rocket science to rewrite any algorithm that relies on recursion to not need it.
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by axod 16y ago
Huh? There's a lot of difference in the unoptimized form of recursion - namely stack usage. Yes you can hack together tail call recursion to try and make recursion perform as well as iteration does, but what really is the point?
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by axod 16y ago
... such is my brain.
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by axod 16y ago
I didn't really find that. It's just functions calling other functions. How exciting can that get :/
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by axod 16y ago
Loops are how most people think. They're also how most CPUs think. It seems to me logical for both parties to express programs mostly using loops.
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by axod 16y ago
Why is it an issue though? Recursion is an optional thing some programmers like using. It's not necessary. edit: rather than downmod me to -1 for stating a fact, why not reply?
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by axod 16y ago
Yeah ok, it's sort of interesting as a curiosity. But it's going to be terribly inefficient if used, and doesn't really have any practical application. I've always been more of a practical "why not just use a loop" kinda guy, so it's probab
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by axod 16y ago
Right. Which is my point (Thanks for the downmods guys). Most people are going to want to go to a website, and have it work. A native app doesn't cut it.
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by axod 16y ago
afaik it's pretty academic. The only practical application is to allow recursion in languages that don't do recursion which is pretty much none. This is a good description if you're into that sort of thing: http://mvanier.livejournal.com/2
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by axod 16y ago
That's because most founders are guys? It's like the leaflet I got from our local hospital the other day. It features on the cover an african, an indian, a few other minorities, and one small white person. It's like they're trying way too h
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by axod 16y ago
I'm not. The fact is, here at any rate (UK), Android is really making massive inroads. The lines are blurring a lot though. Blackberry is suddenly a viable option for teens. I wouldn't be surprised if Android phones were outselling iPhone b
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by axod 16y ago
Ported as in "You go to facebook and it just works"? Or ported as in "You have to do X,Y,Z"? If it's the later, I don't think it particularly matters. Most people just want it to work. They consider a browser should function as a browser.
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by axod 16y ago
I switched from iPhone to android in May. One of the reasons was just that it's open. If I want to do something on it, I probably can. Without voiding the warranty etc. It's up to me if I want to run flash. Also there's no idiotic tie in to
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by axod 16y ago
Not to mention the fact that 'the masses' spend days on end playing farmville, mobster games, etc etc which are all flash. That doesn't seem likely to change any time soon.
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by axod 16y ago
If someone is trying to incite real violence, they're unlikely to do it on Twitter. Holding people to account for things they tweet is insane. Twitter isn't a credible communications mechanism IMHO. It's for people to shout random things. Y
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by axod 16y ago
Maybe he just did it for fun + love rather than profit. That doesn't make his prediction on the iPhone any less valuable. You don't have to be a fantastic movie maker to be a good movie critic. The thing that's going to kill iPhone/iPad at
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by axod 16y ago
It's kinda like the emperors clothes. They're the most wonderful lavish invisible clothes I've ever seen.
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by axod 16y ago
> "All other providers do require a BT line" Untrue. Most exchanges now have LLU which allows you to get your phone+ADSL from other providers. You may still need to get your phone line from BT, but that's not the case in many places.
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by axod 16y ago
The vast majority can get ADSL now. I believe coverage is 95%+ Obviously it sucks for the few exchanges that can't do ADSL. Then your only real options are 3G, satellite, or install your own dedicated line.

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