rollypolly

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   by rollypolly 15y ago

   But what are we to do in a world built, at its lowest level, on imperative languages (C) without intuitive support for concurrency nor parallelism? Does Google foresee a future entirely built in Go, the same way NeXT expected the world to e
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   by rollypolly 15y ago

   There's lots of reasons to dislike Comcast (ehumSOPAehum) but their IPv6 support is outstanding.
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   by rollypolly 15y ago

   This article makes me wonder if the government may already possess quantum computers. If they did, how would we know?
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   by rollypolly 15y ago

   Reminds me of boost.python, which is also macro-heavy.
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   by rollypolly 15y ago

   I think BASIC, Python, and other simple languages are much better than C, C++, Java. Those latter languages are like teaching someone to swim by pushing them off the deep end.
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   by rollypolly 15y ago

   Seems like there's a lot more entertainment potential than military.
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   by rollypolly 15y ago

   Interesting. All these solutions are javascript-based tho. We need a C-based solution (like libxml2).
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   by rollypolly 15y ago

   Good point, but you can use a parser that supports comments, even if it's not standard. You could also create a node to hold comments. Then there's also YAML that supports comments.
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   by rollypolly 15y ago

   Yeah, the XML ecosystem is priceless. XPath, for example, is the one reason a project I'm working on can't switch to JSON.
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    by rollypolly 15y ago

    As a Flashblock user, I love the idea.
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    by rollypolly 15y ago

    Maybe because Software Update doesn't require entering the administrator password.
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    by rollypolly 15y ago

    I completely agree, but most of us can't build computers the way Steve Wozniak can. So we're stuck buying whatever's available off-the-shelf. Which makes for a potentially scary future...
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    by rollypolly 15y ago

    I'd love to know which type of company is willing to hire someone so young. I know someone around your age that's competent (for his age) but is finding it difficult to find anyone to take him seriously. I've suggested to him to build up hi
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    by rollypolly 15y ago

    Are programmers that much more respected outside of the game industry?
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    by rollypolly 15y ago

    On the other hand, most developed countries have declining birthrates, so is there cause for alarm?
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    by rollypolly 15y ago

    Is it illegal to posses these tools btw? I know some jurisdictions treat hacking tools the same as burglary tools, which is really dumb if you're just trying to test your own system's security.
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    by rollypolly 15y ago

    That's a good point. It can work for a website TOS, but it wouldn't work for a home sale contract for example.