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   by lelele 16y ago

   Learning all the intricacies of a framework takes a lot of time. Once a time, I was all for learning new things, but guess what: I discovered that old tools still delivered. Sometimes the less dependencies factor matters too. Having to qu
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   by lelele 16y ago

   Thanks for your tip. Well, I'm using Emacs already, however, as I've outlined in another comment of mine, when using Emacs I've always the impression of using a thrown-together environment, and wished it was a more structured one. I'm tal
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   by lelele 16y ago

   It is a fine language. Java Web Start will help you distributing your desktop app. Only drawback is the non-native GUI. However, I've heard the Eclipse team has made a framework with a native look-and-feel available. EDIT: Well, if your a
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   by lelele 16y ago

   > If your looking to low level system stuff or prioritize app speed have a look at Visual C++. Even Google used if for Chrome. As an experienced C++ developer I recommend you avoid C++ at all costs, even if you are an experienced C++ de
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   by lelele 16y ago

   Wow, this TextMate must really be cool if people can easily clone a rich environment like SLIME. Unfortunately I work on Linux.
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   by lelele 16y ago

   A movie is not worth watching if it is not worth watching many times. EDIT: If you think about Shakespeare's tragedies, they are being played by different acting companies for centuries.
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   by lelele 16y ago

   Let me explain better: Google does not stop at using Python, it embraces and backs it. And every grey suit knows Google.
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   by lelele 16y ago

   JRE and JVM are technical terms. Unless you are talking to techies, I think "Java technology" and/or "Java platform" are a better choice.
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   by lelele 16y ago

   Doesn't HR list frameworks along with languages? Is JDK knowledge alone enough to be employed anywhere?
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    by lelele 16y ago

    Yeah, Google, for the most part. You are not using an agile language, you are using some of the technology Google relies on, aren't you? ;-) Google, and beyond it. You could easily have a case for Python: Nokia has made it available for S
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    by lelele 16y ago

    I understand your suspicions: switching perspective is something techies have a difficult time with. Is Arc a language or is it a bunch of macros on top of MzScheme? It depends on how you see it. Clojure is 100% compatible with Java, both
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    by lelele 16y ago

    Customers will not worry about "alien" technologies, unless you sell the latter as such. This is a basic sales principle. Don't ever say you develop applications in Clojure, just say you develop in Java. Clojure is just a Jar, isn't it?
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    by lelele 16y ago

    As an Italian currently living in Milan and planning my escape, I agree. Also, as a southerner, I recommend you avoid South Italy, because there is less support for entrepreneurs.
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    by lelele 16y ago

    That's exactly what I hate about both Emacs and Vim: yes, they are customizable, however many useful customization are scattered around user scripts. EDIT: A flag here and there does not make a structured environment. That's why many peopl
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    by lelele 16y ago

    This is a great article. Thanks for sharing. Reading how one can exploit tech to accomplish something gives way to entrepreneurial ideas.
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    by lelele 16y ago

    Care to explain? Thanks.
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    by lelele 16y ago

    Thank you for your kind words and explanation. Are you preferring some other sites over HN? Could you please tell us more?
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    by lelele 16y ago

    Emacs and Vim are as good as the tools they can build upon, just like Eclipse is as good as available plugins. If you are going to develop in Erlang or Common Lisp, chances are Emacs is the best free IDE around (I don't know about Vim). I
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    by lelele 16y ago

    > Having all this functionality available in a single integrated package... s/available/trapped/ s/integrated/monolithic/ ;-) I think IDEs are useful, yet they always make me think what a bad example of code reuse they are. Code reuse?
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    by lelele 16y ago

    > I suspect you can't beat Java on Eclipse You can: IntellJ.
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    by lelele 16y ago

    So I've got 5 down-votes so far for not having grasped a sentence because I'm not a native speaker, right? HN has become a very friendly place, hasn't it? However, I've investigated further the issue and, as far as I understand, many peopl
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    by lelele 16y ago

    > Don't worry Zuck, people will forget this movie just as fast as they forgot to delete their facebook account. Is this sentence ironic? Care to paraphrase it? Thanks.
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    by lelele 16y ago

    Gosh, Her Majesty The Developer! Er... th-thanks for a-answering... ;-))))) Jokes aside, thank you very much for developing SearchYC and making it available. What would you think about adding a FAQ section where - among other things - you
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    by lelele 16y ago

    More than one request has been made to get quoted strings in queries, which would be very useful, without any feedback from developers. The website is still there, however it seems the developer have dumped the code and forgot about it.
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    by lelele 16y ago

    I like: - community, of course; - minimal design. I dislike: - only total score for comments (no up-votes vs down-votes); - no folding; - no tagging; - no way to "watch" discussions or comments; - "More" link at the bottom of each page expi
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    by lelele 16y ago

    Thank you for your explanation. I've tried it. I'm a system programmer, not a web developer, and it shows ;-)
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    by lelele 16y ago

    I agree to some extent, however I have some doubts. Namely, Linux has a big developer base, however it's a bazaar: features into the kernel come and go, as support for hardware does. Grey suits do not like bazaars. Yes, Google has moved
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    by lelele 16y ago

    Can you enforce this? Here in Italy some websites forbid crawlers. I guess an user can always run a software over a website, especially on data entered by herself, can't she? Isn't a browser a scraper, too? Just make the user load a page
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    by lelele 16y ago

    Have you been blown away by Ubuntu? Wait until its next release and watch your hardware and/or software stop working. If I was Microsoft, I wouldn't be worried that much. GNU/Linux is not a business, thus MS products will keep having a gr
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    by lelele 16y ago

    Guys, has uncle Bill mellowed with age! In the past meeting with him about MS products meant keeping a f * score: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2006/06/16.html Now, he's just "quite disappointed".