jpatte

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1. 121.▲
   by jpatte 17y ago

   * 1 frame = 16 kilopixels, each of them having, say, a monochromatic value in the [0,15] range ==> 1 frame = 64 kilobits. * framerate = 1M fps = 10^6 * 64 kilobits/sec = 64 gigabits/sec. * how big is the wire?... My guess is it's bigger
2. 122.▲
   by jpatte 17y ago

   I guess one could have chosen another separator than ":" as port number prefix so there would be no ambiguity with the protocol suffix :)
3. 123.▲
   by jpatte 17y ago

   Whoops, my bad. You're right, I forgot about the module system of Lua 5.1. Guess I will have to refresh some clusters of memory around here :o)
4. 124.▲
   by jpatte 17y ago

   When I began writing small programs on my calculator 10 years ago, I claimed myself a programmer. Now that it became my job, I usely say I'm a developer. But the truth is I've always considered software development as a kind of crafting act
5. 125.▲
   by jpatte 17y ago

   The main advantage in bringing OO concepts in the Lua world is actually to improve code modularization. There is no such thing as classes or modules in Lua - although there is a notion of 'environments' defining the scope of global variable