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by cbetz 17y ago
Thank you for the link. The introduction to the language (Part 4) is actually extremely succinct, to the extent that I now believe anyone who wants to write Javascript should read it.
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by cbetz 17y ago
In short: * It has C-like syntax with cool features like prototypical inheritance, an excellent object-literal format, first-class functions, and closures. * Everyone knows it (or thinks they do). * There are some really smart people in
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by cbetz 17y ago
Javascript is my favorite language, but building very large systems composed of interdependent modules is still very tricky and everybody does it differently (especially when you leave the browser and talk about the various server-side JS o
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by cbetz 17y ago
The graphics tricks that e is able to pull of on some very skimpy hardware are simply amazing. I am not surprised somebody thought these libraries would be great for embedded devices too.
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by cbetz 17y ago
As I see it, main technical distinction between WS and straight TCP is that WS is message oriented, not stream oriented. Basically, the spec demands that all data transmissions consist of discrete UTF-8 messages that begin with 0x00 and e
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by cbetz 17y ago
Actually, they had to pay Lucasfilm just to use the word! See for yourself (and signup if you want) http://www.verizonwireless.com/droid [EDIT] This is part of the email you get after you sign up: "But you don't need a smartphone, you nee
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by cbetz 17y ago
Gripes: * All communication is done via strings. This is really a hack which takes advantage of the immutability of strings in JS. Maybe some kind of queueing/message passing system would be better but that is another can of worms. * Loadin
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RFP for the $18M recovery.gov redesign(fbo.gov)
1 points by cbetz 17y ago|0 comments
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by cbetz 17y ago
there is a fundamental difference between software for sale and software as a service when it comes to this debate. the economic efficiency math is much different for licensed software because more than one company is using it.
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by cbetz 17y ago
It would be a nice to have a convention of adding a date on articles older than N years.
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Complete multitasking system using coroutines (Python)(dabeaz.com)
4 points by cbetz 17y ago|1 comments
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by cbetz 17y ago
And how do we know that the person who removed the judge is not biased?
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by cbetz 18y ago
A link the the project README, which will tell you what you want to know since the github description is almost useless. http://github.com/chergert/iris/blob/00ba89e06cf457ec5b8f241...
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by cbetz 18y ago
IMO, knowing C is absolutely essential for a true understanding of how modern computer systems work. It should not be avoided, even if it is "hard".
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by cbetz 18y ago
CS and Econ Alum here (graduated in 2006).
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by cbetz 18y ago
or reducing the gene pool?
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Multithreaded Javascript on its way: Web Workers(developer.mozilla.org)
2 points by cbetz 18y ago|1 comments
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by cbetz 18y ago
Actually hippopotamuses are known to be quite dangerous and territorial. Don't ever go near one. And yes, I do believe it is "hippopotamuses" (see http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutgrammar/plur... )
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by cbetz 18y ago
I think it is a joke, and a funny one.
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by cbetz 18y ago
I hate to point out that there are three words there. Or is this comment some kind of joke that went over my head?
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by cbetz 18y ago
I would venture to guess the reason behind these findings is vi users have a greater median age than emacs users (based purely on the fact that vi has been around longer). I still have my hair (emacs user, age 25).
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by cbetz 18y ago
Joe's is the Wal-mart of grocery stores. Mark my words: There will be one every decent-sized town in two decades. I just wish I could buy stock.
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by cbetz 18y ago
I second the recommendation of linked paper: It is a very good explanation of why threads are problematic; every programmer who consider using threads ought to read it.
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by cbetz 18y ago
Now where can I get some datasets that don't require me to work for a massive educational or corporate institution?
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by cbetz 18y ago
Thank You! I'm glad someone understands that the Macbook and the Thinkpad are both well designed and highly functional but represent distinctly different aesthetic viewpoints. I personally choose Thinkpad, but I can understand why someone m
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by cbetz 18y ago
If you have not played this game, you must. It is easily one of the best games I have ever played. The story is really that good.
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by cbetz 18y ago
One of my co-workers types with his two pointer fingers and I'm sure he hits at least 80 wpm if not more. He looks at the keys on occasion, but he mostly does not need to. However, I get the impression his error rate is quite high. All that
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by cbetz 18y ago
There are now three engines vying for the title of the "fastest" JS engine: * Tracemonkey (Mozilla) * Squirrelfish (Apple/Webkit) * V8 (Google) I would love to see a benchmark comparison (Sunspider?) to see how V8 compares to Tracemonkey an
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by cbetz 18y ago
I read recently that Tracemonkey will have prototype "cache" of sorts that should speed up prototypical inheritance significantly.
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by cbetz 18y ago
What is broken about it? (edit: just saw the following comment: Non-enumerable properties would be very nice)

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