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by zxcdw 14y ago
I think the key for effective use of C++ is to know what to do and what to use to do it. It's certain that relying on multiple inheritance for example is probably a bad idea. After working with Ruby for some time, I realized that many c
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If only there were alternatives which give similar control.
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How does this compare to a "attractive female" advantage a girl has in an otherwise-100 % male startup for example? Of course, being fit, in a good shape both physically and mentally are - always - indisputable advantages over those who l
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by zxcdw 14y ago
a: Taking sexual orientation into question plays no good for anybody especially since it's completely individual aspect. b: There's no "attractive male" advantage to be found in tech, at least not compared to "attractive female" advantage a
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by zxcdw 14y ago
I know it's quite low but Analisis made me chuckle, sleep deprivation at it's best.
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That only applies to sites which require user accounts for being usable. Also using existing logins simplifies this step quite a bit.
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by zxcdw 14y ago
This is exactly The Thing ; N9 with MeeGo(more strictly Maemo) has been idolized by everyone, everywhere. Yet, Nokia tried to kill it and in fact still tries to, because it does not sit well with their earlier strategy(Symbian) nor with
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The Story of Nokia MeeGo(taskumuro.com)
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They weren't. Computers and Internet became a commodity so the market was overcrowded and overhyped. Once the realization happened, the market plummeted and tons of investment and effort went down the drain. People went batshit insane over
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by zxcdw 14y ago
This is definitely true. For clarity for those who aren't exactly clear with all this, this only applies when the instruction set is actually compressed somehow - not for stack based machines in general.
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by zxcdw 14y ago
One could easily think so, but it's not quite true. While x86 processors have relied on caching the instructions for some two decades now the overhead of decoding the VM bytecode instruction bitstream of the VM is certainly too high(especia
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by zxcdw 14y ago
One domain where stack machines shine is code density because of no need for register encoding. Instruction lengths aren't measured in bytes, but rather in bits. With some form of binary coding, one can reduce code size even further, 1-7 bi
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by zxcdw 14y ago
What's the percentage of (younger) Western adults not using Facebook?
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I think same goes for being even remotely fit. Not necessarily muscular, but at least not overweight at all. Or perhaps I'm just envious to those who can tolerate themselves as bald, and don't look like eggs. :)
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What do you do when cameras start calculating the average speed over some distance, rather than doing single-spot measurements? :)
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No dubbing in Finland. I don't think English in Finland is any worse than in aforementioned Scandinavian countries, considering that quality of teaching is equal if not better. Of course, if someone simply just doesn't bother learning the
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by zxcdw 14y ago
I think the real value of these hacks is to understand how and they work rather than the possible efficiency gains they may give. Sure, sometimes you just have to get the gains, but these days, on modern platforms this is hardly ever th
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by zxcdw 14y ago
> I don't understand why vigilante justice is perceived as necessary against those who exchange child pornography. What else do we have when it comes against Tor? Nothing, pretty much. > It feels as if it's the activity of a bunch o
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...which is completely fine when is not used as an attempt to debunk the argument, but show that the information is biased. Any form of critique towards a biased source can always be countered with claims of it being an ad hominem argument
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Yossi, by his own words, is a whiner. The fundamental reason behind is attitude towards C++ is to stir up controversy, rather than to provide objective criticism. If his attitude was sincere, I'm sure he wouldn't have spent so much effort i
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by zxcdw 14y ago
What exactly are you arguing about? > So C++11 continues to have the error-prone variant as the default Yes, and rightly so. What would happen to the existing code if the "default" pointers became smart pointers? Would they be unique? s
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by zxcdw 14y ago
> From the outside, C++ appears to be such a mess Implying that you don't exactly even know the language, if it really is such a mess you think it is. I bet a bunch it really isn't. > I actually cannot tell whether C++1 made it be
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by zxcdw 14y ago
This is definitely true, and the exact point I'm building my arguments upon. Are Rust and Go better languages than C and C++ for solving lots of problems , in many, many cases yes! But we can't use them. How frustrating is that!? Of cour
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by zxcdw 14y ago
Take a look at Herb Sutter's talk at Microsoft's GoingNative2012 conference: http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/GoingNative/GoingNative-2012... I really don't see where someone would pick C over C++ when starting a new project if not either
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I didn't expect that, I am almost surprised! Though, I was more after using Rust or Go for general purpose GPU computing via OpenCL for example. There seems to be some form of project for binding, but I certainly would not put my money on s
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I'm aware of what and why Go came to be, and I can easily relate to the reasons(I've read the blog post). I am by no means saying C or C++ as languages are perfect, nothing is. However, as I mentioned in my another reply to sanderdj, ther
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by zxcdw 14y ago
Functional languages are declarative. The point is that there are two kinds of languages; languages which people bitch about and languages which nobody uses. Sure, I can mention tons of commercial projects which are started in those langu
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Nice, but you're 4 years late, sir! Everything can be viewed in a bad light if it's wanted to and we both know it. So how about actually talking about the bigger picture, and problems with programming languages and the actual art of creatin
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...both of which are domain specific languages, or developed as such. I really think C++ is going to gnaw "market share" from C in any low-level domains and fight back Go and other competitors in high-level systems programming domains thank
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I'm assuming you'd rather see them focus on declarative programming, because it seems to be the big thing among enthusiasts and hobbyists . Google works with software projects with planned lifetime of decades. It's far better to rely o

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