bonch

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   by bonch 16y ago

   Um, because the original work is still being sold and is making money for its owners--specifically, the direct relatives of the original author, including one who continued his father's work and released The Silmarillion.
2. 212.▲
   by bonch 16y ago

   It's not so much that it's backwards-compatible with C so much that it is C. It's plain C with a class and run-time messaging system built on it. Message sends are translated to C function calls by the compiler.
3. 213.▲
   by bonch 16y ago

   The problem, of course, is that what is considered "benevolent" is entirely up to the dictator to decide. That alone makes it a non-ideal government type.
4. 214.▲
   by bonch 16y ago

   "Greedy" is such a misused word. Businesses are supposed to be, for lack of a better word, avaricious. That is neither good nor bad; it's basic capitalism. That greedy system spawned the very computer which the author used to type his rant
5. 215.▲
   by bonch 16y ago

   "Anonymous, despite it's origins, is a political movement centered around the cause of internet freedom. That's not a matter of fun and games, and I support Anonymous because of that." It's just a bunch of bored college kids looking for a c
6. 216.▲
   by bonch 16y ago

   Unit tests. I also read code recreationally.
7. 217.▲
   by bonch 16y ago

   "Bing should not be using clickstream data from Google searches as a signal." Why not?
8. 218.▲
   by bonch 16y ago

   Well, no wonder you "don't notice touch responsiveness."