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by zeroc8 6y ago
Computing was way more fun and much more exciting back then than it is now. It was so easy to get started. My parents kept reminding me to spend less time playing around the computer and more time studying for school... Now, 40 years later,
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by zeroc8 6y ago
When you know the shape, you can just use https://mholt.github.io/json-to-go/
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by zeroc8 6y ago
I've been programming C++ for years. Trying to keep up with modern C++ took a lot of time, which I feel is better spent on other stuff, like reading "Designing Data Intensive Applications" or something similar than yet anothe
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by zeroc8 6y ago
I thought AngularDart was it. Then everybody just went with Typescript.
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by zeroc8 6y ago
Coming from MFC, Delphi and Winforms, I've never really enjoyed WPF. I felt so bloated (still does) and I hated the Visual Studio experience too. To me, it's in the same category as Java. Slow, fat and overengineered.
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by zeroc8 6y ago
Three or four years ago. He talked about a developer license for small companies.
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by zeroc8 6y ago
I talked to an Ada Core sales guy at Embedded World Nuernberg. He mentioned they have a cheap license now for small companies. 5000 Euros.
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by zeroc8 6y ago
Using Spark contracts to specify and verify low level requirements should be a huge time saver. I too don't understand why everybody seems to use C/C++ nowadays. I guess commercial Ada is just too expensive.
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by zeroc8 6y ago
Every developer on the project then uses his favorite subset. Which may or may not be the same one you prefer and know. Unless of course you know everything ;)
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by zeroc8 6y ago
There are a million things. Fast compile times, UTF8 strings by default, easy concurrency, great standard libraries. And the most important thing - I can easily read and understand the code written by others.
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by zeroc8 6y ago
We are using Go for all of our backend services and business logic. We needed something that is statically compiled, easiliy deployable and sufficiently fast.
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by zeroc8 6y ago
Would love to use it, but I need something comparable to PrimeNG. Are there any comprehensive UI toolkits out there already?
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by zeroc8 6y ago
Same here. C# is a great language and has great features, but Go just feels lightweight and easy to handle. That said, for the type of software I do mostly nowadays (Microservices, APIs, Angular Frontends), the main contenders are NestJS an
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by zeroc8 6y ago
The thing it nails is that mediocre programmers (like me) can easily understand and reason about source code written by others. In the C++ world, this can be very hard and thus time consuming. Go on the other hand let's me focus on the
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by zeroc8 6y ago
Nvidia recently chose Spark/Ada for some of their safety critical software. https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2019/02/05/adacore-secure-auto...
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by zeroc8 6y ago
Well, in the end there is some real world flying to be done. But seat of the pants flying is the easiest part. The hard part is all the procedural and system knowledge you need to fly professionally. Unfortunately, I'm out of the game
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by zeroc8 6y ago
25 years I gave up my airline ambitions due to bad eyesight after obtaining both american an european CPLs and flight instructor certificates. During the lockdown I decided to give XPlane a try and now I'm hooked. I'm regulary sho
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by zeroc8 6y ago
From my experience, Qt/QML is way better for things like that. I mean, the UI does not need to be responsive, does it? Maybe they couldn't afford the Qt license.
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by zeroc8 6y ago
How is that done? By pixelwise comparison with a test image?
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by zeroc8 6y ago
The problem we have is market saturation of basically everything. The winners take it all. If I had a chance to do it all over again, I'd probably just learn a trade, like electrician, bricklayer or plumber. They don't seem to run
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by zeroc8 6y ago
I've tried learning both and Erlang seems to be less magical and more consistent. That said, I wouldn't dare to start an important project in either language for the fear of getting stuck somewhere along the way. With Go, there ar
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by zeroc8 6y ago
Using it on a huge MFC application was the worst IDE experience I've ever had. So much time wasted on waiting for the thing doing it's job. That said, it's a lot better when used with a modern language like C#. But still dog
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by zeroc8 6y ago
Then have a look at Deno. Best of both worlds.
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by zeroc8 6y ago
The truth is, for VFR flight you do not really need instruments. Pitch and Power, that's where it is ;)
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by zeroc8 6y ago
That's why you use VATSIM, together with XPlane. It doesn't get more realistic than that.
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by zeroc8 6y ago
I've been a flight instructor in my twenties but then got out of flying due to monetary and health reasons. I've just bought a honeycomb yoke together with X-Plane 11. It is close to perfect, when it comes to simulation. Back when
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by zeroc8 6y ago
I have the same problem. My designs look like crap. That's why I've decided to try this one here: https://scrimba.com/course/gdesignbootcamp He talks about design principles, like spacing,colors,etc. - I hav
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by zeroc8 6y ago
Well, my personal experience with C++ developers is, that they are a bit ...naive and overly optimistic, when it comes to taking a look at the real world, with real deadlines. "I just write my own half assed string class" comes to
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by zeroc8 6y ago
I don't know, I guess it depends, what kind of software you are planning to write. All I can say is that learning C++ properly is a huge effort with diminishing results. I'd say, invest your time wisely. Things are changing rapidl
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by zeroc8 6y ago
Lots of products, including ours, running on Go. It's not a fad, it's a useful tool. Not the best programming language in the world, but still allows you to produce great results in a short time. Kind of like Delphi what used to b

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