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by recoil 16y ago
I prefer Intel syntax too, in every other respect other than order of operands. That's really just because it differs from the only other assembly language I've ever used (68k). I still think it's unintuitive, but it's no worse than, say,
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by recoil 16y ago
The article uses Nasm not GCC (or rather, not Gas - though Gas supports Intel syntax too now, afaik), and is definitely using Intel syntax. Note for instance the unintuitive order of source and destination in the MOV calls and the lack of
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by recoil 16y ago
You missed two other points: 4. The boomers are just now hitting retirement, so the number of people retiring in a given year is increasing (Actually, it'd be interesting if somebody could pull out some hard numbers on this - I've heard thi
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by recoil 16y ago
I think this is much bigger than just Java. The patents in question relate to the whole field of VM implementation, not simply Java VM implementation. On the surface this really appears to have very little to do with Java the language.
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by recoil 16y ago
Switch from a VM they implemented themselves (Dalvik) that is not the JVM to somebody else's VM (Mono) that is also not the JVM? What would google gain from this? This lawsuit is not about google's use of the JVM since they are not, in fac
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by recoil 16y ago
Google aren't using the JVM either, they're using the Dalvik VM. The alleged patent infringement may apply to just about any VM implementation.
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by recoil 16y ago
I've used a Steam a little over the last couple of years (bought maybe 3 or 4 games), but with this recent summer sale I've added another 15-20 games to my collection, and all for around $60 total. When the price is right, I'm very happy t
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by recoil 16y ago
Also, if you're renting in the UK, you're the one paying the property tax (Council Tax in the UK), right?