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by systems 10y ago
A lot my excel use cases are Pivot tables that connect directly to SSAS excel is a client for the database, a very advanced client
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by systems 10y ago
they should start with Excel .. once they have a solid desktop excel replacement, that allow users to at least import their excel sheets and have 100% of the functionality that had in Excel, they have a Path, I think PowerPoint, Work, Acces
513.
by systems 10y ago
lispworks actually looks very good to build in house Line Of Business applications but the cost and price, really stand in the way of it being used in a greenfield/side project, where you work on something new without necessarily havin
514.
by systems 10y ago
which CL implementation is considered the most active/modern? and which one do you use?
515.
by systems 10y ago
considering you need 16.6 years to deplete the 1000 000 I'd say lot could happen in 16.6 years plus if we consider inflation 1000 000 on day 1, worth a lot more than in 16 years So I would say ... take the 1M
516.
by systems 10y ago
why does this matter, hints please
517.
by systems 10y ago
As a matter of personal taste, I prefer big complex languages over simple ones And I do consider, that some of the strongest criticism of C++, and that is, "that most people use a subset of it, so it feels like many different languages
518.
by systems 10y ago
One way to look at it is, some languages, I would suggest, C, C++, Clojure When you start learning those languages, and then compare the code you write, to the code of popular major or standard libraries, they look completely different They
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by systems 10y ago
Nice to see FB investing so much in OCaml, hope it is not just a phase like how they did with D And I sure hope Parallel OCaml gets done I believe I saw a video for Yaron Minsky (jane street, real world ocaml), where he said that two areas
520.
by systems 10y ago
or use Go
521.
by systems 10y ago
I use emacs+org mode, and it fixes all those problems even better
522.
by systems 10y ago
think python http://greenteapress.com/wp/think-python-2e/
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by systems 10y ago
is this complete or a work in progress, because if you try to buy, you can still only buy the 3rd edition (with a free upgrade to 4th edition) so to be clear, is the online version complete, and only the pdf and videos are missing, or even
524.
by systems 10y ago
well, i would say for the average person (and nothing bad about being average), a college degree will make it a lot easier to get a job, and getting a job is a very good start in my opinion .. even if you define success as being the owner o
525.
by systems 10y ago
so a solid majority of 60% gets to have a close US friend sounds impressive (too good to be true actually) how does this compare to foreign students in Canada, Germany, UAE, UK
526.
by systems 10y ago
but it seems and correct me if i am wrong you cannot use the starter edition to create an application that connects to a database which in my opinion makes it useless, RAD tools are mostly used to create line of business applications
527.
by systems 10y ago
i dont think clojure for clr is maintained much
528.
by systems 10y ago
i think a couple of years of experience and learning a new language .. was a far bigger factor than any intrinsict characteristics of go
529.
by systems 10y ago
I think they do, and this is why they giving it any resources at all while admitting they only see it used by tens of thousands, compared to millions using c# At the end of the day, MS is a big corp, decisions needs to be justified and supp
530.
by systems 10y ago
well, they can make it up to 10 ... few really drink more than 3 silly rule
531.
by systems 10y ago
do you think bits and bytes can run the global economy .. plus maybe its a complex chemical ..
532.
by systems 10y ago
I understand the value of positive discrimination, it is important in politics to give voice to minorities ... but, I am a bit skeptical, that it has a place in a commercial environment .. specially in a technical field In a non technical f
533.
by systems 10y ago
why is a diverse workforce an objective?
534.
by systems 10y ago
it is just a chat client why does it need to support all those languages i understand that Perl5, isn't really exciting anymore but .. i think it's ok
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by systems 10y ago
the video is not technical enough, to explain "what is this" to the technical people who dont have any experience with this application domain the video targets, manager, who probably dont care what this is ... and maybe develope
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by systems 10y ago
i dont think the BI stack SSAS, SSIS, SSRS ... is part (for now at least) of ms sql on linux i do hope thought they do provide it and i really hope they provide SSAS and SSIS development tools on linux
537.
by systems 10y ago
i think because it is really actually new i think perl 6 is only being considered as production worthy since 2016 also as of now, most people who used it complain it is slow give it 2 more years before you worry, and for now continue with p
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by systems 10y ago
I am mostly a BI guy I know SQL and some of its variants (T-SQL, etc ...) And I know several BI and Reporting tools SSRS, SAP WEBI, SSAS, SSRS, PowerPivot and few other tools I spent a lot of time on Perl, and I have a solid understanding
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Ask HN: If you are learning a new language today, would you learn Python
1 points by systems 10y ago|6 comments
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by systems 10y ago
and SQL Server BI stack, is very solid and cost effective SSRS is really good SSIS is very acceptable (I mainly use to call SQL Tasks) and SSAS is really second to none

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