greggman7

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   by greggman7 2y ago

   Yes of course, Apple doesn't have to follow it's own rules.
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   by greggman7 2y ago

   PHP integrates with the server. It does not have the spawn a new process per request like CGI
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   by greggman7 2y ago

   What would replace it? PHP is unique in that it makes sharing a server trivial and low-resource compared to almost every other solution. A simple example might be that you can run 100s of PHP forums on a single machine low memory machine bu
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   by greggman7 2y ago

   AFAIK this is still mostly forbidden by Apple > 2.5.2 Apps should be self-contained in their bundles, and may not read or write data outside the designated container area, nor may they download, install, or execute code which introduces
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   Ask HN: Why can't C++ compilers find this error?

   1 points by greggman7 2y ago|3 comments
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   by greggman7 3y ago

   IIRC, WebGPU is shipping on Android in ~4 days Safari Technology Preview finally turned it on again. Of course when Apple will ship it on Mac and/or iOS is unknown but at least they showed some progress after hiding for 6 or more month
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   by greggman7 3y ago

   I'm not suggesting Turbo Pascal was written in Modula2, I'm saying it implemented Modula2, not Pascal. Modula2 is a superset of Pascal. Pascal never had modules AFAIK but Turbo Pascal did. https://en.wikipedia.org/
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   by greggman7 3y ago

   This is super true. It's why programmers like writing game engines. It's relatively well defined all the parts needed so it feels like you're making lots of progress when in reality you're just re-inventing the wheel and
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   by greggman7 3y ago

   I agree with you. I watched some students prototype a simple diplomacy type game on paper first, targeted at phones. On paper people got it, talked to each other, negotiated. On the phone, people just stared at their screens, made choices e
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    by greggman7 3y ago

    Lords of the Rising Sun was written in Modula2 on the Amiga https://www.google.com/search?q=lords+of+the+rising+sun My understanding (please correct me) is that Turbo Pascal on PC was actually Modula2 ?