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by kodablah 8y ago
Despite the downvotes, it is reasonable to write the project build script/workflow in an easy-to-read, cross-platform language. Makefiles often devolve into shell scripts or use of autotools in very slow and not-cross-platform ways. Th
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by kodablah 8y ago
> I don't want or need to install iOS apps outside of the app store. Then you wouldn't have to. That's unrelated to what other people might want.
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> This is similar to saying that since error codes are ignored by most developers, functions shouldn't bother returning them at all. It's not like saying they shouldn't return them (unchecked exceptions exist), it's l
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by kodablah 8y ago
Assuming it's for the JVM, you should definitely choose Kotlin for your next project. Most of the flaws I find are for advanced usage (e.g. interop, coroutines, etc) or tooling (e.g. gradle issues, dokka) or just general advanced langu
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by kodablah 8y ago
Going into effect in a year? Seems like a business opportunity. Someone let me pay them $X and review my systems every so often and give me a seal saying I'm compliant with all these laws, and include some insurance up to $Y. Especiall
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by kodablah 8y ago
Their entire locked-in software model around OS, dev tooling, browser engine, app store, etc would be subject to legal challenges. True it may not be the primary reason they keep a low market share, but it's definitely a benefit and di
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by kodablah 8y ago
Both this and the article only focus on tests, but in other cases the build time before even running tests is slow. This is often the case in lower level languages with dependencies.
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by kodablah 8y ago
In fact, one could reasonably say Apple actively tries not to obtain too large of a market percentage to avoid laws affecting monopolies.
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by kodablah 8y ago
> I don't think checked exceptions are one of them While they may not have been the wrong decision, empirical evidence continually shows they add a syntactical burden many devs just work around (e.g. just wrap in a RuntimeException
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> auto generate sensible [...] 'hashCode' methods Unless you're using arrays. They went with "predictable" over "sensible" here. > is flawless from my experience As a heavy Kotlin user, I'd say
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by kodablah 8y ago
> Question for anyone who would be interested in such a thing: How would you suggest monetising or funding such a project? I've been doing something similar. If your network is decentralized, I've been thinking monetization can
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by kodablah 8y ago
> We are in dire need of regulation here. In many cases internet regulation, especially the sort that would curb data misuse, is a scarier line to cross.
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> I would say you're annoying some people so others have the ability to make that choice That is justification for opt-in instead of opt-out for this feature. But you lose that incentive you want. Want to make your users happy and h
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by kodablah 8y ago
> I feel like this comes from a good place, but a lot of it seems self-inflicted and/or over-dramatized. Agreed, and too absolutist. You can take a reasonable stance without upending your life. So you can't get away from maps i
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by kodablah 8y ago
> You've chosen a single feature among countless other's and decided to give it disproportional weight and treat it as a perfect predictor. Not true. It's not a predictor of anything and I never claimed it was. I said that
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by kodablah 8y ago
I think that's more of an indictment on the specific environment/software you used than visual programming in general. One could argue thinking in terms of classes is invalid. Visual programming has value at a higher level of abst
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by kodablah 8y ago
Sorry, I was unclear and didn't address the concern specifically. I meant it is still overall what I would want even with that downside. Granted I recognize that there will likely be no observable effect to such a limited, hard-line st
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by kodablah 8y ago
> good employees An assumption at best. Those of us that have the leverage to choose our employers can be judged by that choice.
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by kodablah 8y ago
> Then they can't leave. I'm not sure that's what you want. It is, my statement is about industry-wide stigma henceforth, not specific literal effects on existing employees.
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by kodablah 8y ago
> Google positions a decision in favor of Oracle as a disaster for all developers. That's a bit of hyperbole, because it requires a company to sacrifice developer good will (if it has any, unlike Oracle) to claim ownership/copy
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by kodablah 8y ago
What is a proprietary language to you? Java? Then you will have a hard time using many languages since it is open source and copyrighted by its owner like many languages.
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by kodablah 8y ago
Disagree. While there are reasons, this comparison isn't apt. Videos suck because of their linear format and inability to search/reference, which doesn't plague visual programming. I could just as easily write "Why are t
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by kodablah 8y ago
A post a month ago benchmarked a couple of those you mentioned: https://medium.com/fluence-labs/a-standalone-webassembly-vm-...
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by kodablah 8y ago
For anyone interested on the JVM side, I wrote a fuzzer last year using afl-like logic: https://github.com/cretz/javan-warty-pig
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by kodablah 8y ago
I think your post would be valuable. I specifically look for (and sometimes make) lists of annoyances w/ any language I work with. A lot of times at a glance you can't tell if a compiler is buggy, some parts don't feel ergono
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by kodablah 8y ago
I'm not sure what is unclear about "they don't care"
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Not everyone is completely informed on either side of the issue, and there are those that are informed that simply disagree about the scope of harm and scale/approach of solution. The huge assumption is that being informed makes a diff
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by kodablah 8y ago
Sadly such an opinion as yours would be deemed, as the GP mentioned, as just not understanding. Those that willingly accept the tradeoff are often assumed to be ignorant and most don't voice their opinions online making the narrative a
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by kodablah 8y ago
It's not as much of an awareness issue as it is an apathy one. You can't make people care no matter how many of these crap articles are written. People need to just recognize people have different cost/benefit values concerni
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by kodablah 8y ago
Agree with all of this in general. Inability to enforce existing statutes is not a justification for piling more on. However, what you wrote is widely disagreed with by many of the loud tech and media voices which believe adding laws is the

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