Certainly the language affects implementation. However, the only relevant speed comparisons are between implementations of a language. Saying that language requirements/features will have an effect on performance is misleading.
For example, good JIT compilers for Java are able to eliminate many bounds checks for arrays. Consider something like:
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
A[i] =... }
If the array A is of size >= 10, the compiler can easily prove the checks unnecessary, and the generated code will not contain bounds checks.
It is my job. To freeze you. Fish, and plankton, and sea greens, and protein from the sea. It's all here. Ready! Fresh as harvest day! The old food left and the new food came.
You could represent all the numbers there are though. Maybe not in hardware ints and floats, but one could create symbolic objects out of ints to represent any real or probably any other set you can think of.
I would venture to say that linux has reached critical mass on the internet. Afterall, we are talking about servers here. Maybe everything implemented now isn't linux, but I wouldn't be surprised if linux was growing fastest in the server market. You just don't go out and buy SCO Unix, or HPUX to serve webpages these days, and speaking for the standpoint of an ISP, we only have enough Windows webservers to placate the users who demand them. Anyone have links to statistics?
Ummmm.... Not to be an ass or anything but it depends on whether they are actually selling you the product, or if they are licensing you to use their property in certain ways. If they license you to own one copy of there.pdf, that's all you get.
I used to remember something called fair use, but ever since the DMCA was first tried out in court I haven't heard much about it.
No the DMCA only has to do with making something that has one use that allows circumvention of something that protects copyright. You don't have to profit. I don't remember anyone selling DeCSS, that sitll caused trouble.
I'm sure the spirit of that is that it doesn't matter if you profit, it only matters if it deprives the owner of profit, but I don't think this is spelled out in the law, so they don't have to prove it's making them lose money.
I think Jon is going to turn out okay. He did get an apology from the Norweigian government, and then did give he some kind of award. His program on the other hand.... -- Real men understand acronyms instinctively.
Hey, I may be crazy, but I don't like the breakup. Sure M$ might be holding back innovation, but what right does the government have to tell them how they can do business. I know traditionaly monopolies are frowned upon, but I for one think the government should keep it's nose out of business. Microsoft in being successful earned the right to become a giant profitable corportation. If you don't like the way it does business, don't buy its products. I don't.
I believe that the difference here must have something to do with the licensing of DVD technology between the manufactures and the MPAA/DVD-CCA. Maybe part of the license states that in order to use the technology they must support regional coding.
It's more speculation though. I guess the legal experts aren't up this late.
Now I was under the impression that regional codes are illegal. Is this correct? I remember the mod-chip for the PSX was always advertised as legal to use the mod-chip to break the regional coding. Anyone know that legal truth on this?
The reason why faster than light travel should be impossible has to do with relativity.
The equation for time dialation is Gamma = 1 / (sqrt(1 - (v^2 / c^2)))
Gamma is the ratio at which you move differently than objects at rest. However if v > c, then you will get a negative under the radical. That's a problem. Maybe this model is wrong, or maybe imaginary speeds are possible?
There may be some reasons for the FCC, but the only reasons are sheer issues of traffic and signal regulation. By no means should they be able to dictate what you can send over the airways. How many times are good songs ruined by censorship on the radio. The FCC goes further to sensor what types of programming can be transmitted over television. The FCC should stop at traffic regulation, but by charging fines and ridiculous license fees they are performing unconstitutional censorship.
No need to get all defensive. Linux is available for all people too, and Microsoft is passing this off as a great revolution. Actually, it's just a slightly new spin on a 15 year old idea.
Is it just me or does anyone else see a huge loophole here? Provide a plaintext copy? It seems to me that they would have no way to verify whether or not the plaintext version of your data is the same as in the encrypted file. This would be especially easy to do if you use an encrypted file system.
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For example, good JIT compilers for Java are able to eliminate many bounds checks for arrays. Consider something like:If the array A is of size >= 10, the compiler can easily prove the checks unnecessary, and the generated code will not contain bounds checks.
It is my job. To freeze you. Fish, and plankton, and sea greens, and protein from the sea. It's all here. Ready! Fresh as harvest day! The old food left and the new food came.
--Box, Logan's Run
You could represent all the numbers there are though. Maybe not in hardware ints and floats, but one could create symbolic objects out of ints to represent any real or probably any other set you can think of.
I used to remember something called fair use, but ever since the DMCA was first tried out in court I haven't heard much about it.
I'm sure the spirit of that is that it doesn't matter if you profit, it only matters if it deprives the owner of profit, but I don't think this is spelled out in the law, so they don't have to prove it's making them lose money.
Dude,
Moby Dick bites my ass. I don't need 2 chapters on chowder and 3 on harpoons.
I think Jon is going to turn out okay. He did get an apology from the Norweigian government, and then did give he some kind of award. His program on the other hand.... -- Real men understand acronyms instinctively.
IE is available on non-M$ platforms. The Mac (ug) and Unix. Check out this M$ page: http://www.microsoft.com/unix/ie/defau lt.asp. Only Solaris and HP-UX, though. No linux yet.
Hey, I may be crazy, but I don't like the breakup. Sure M$ might be holding back innovation, but what right does the government have to tell them how they can do business. I know traditionaly monopolies are frowned upon, but I for one think the government should keep it's nose out of business. Microsoft in being successful earned the right to become a giant profitable corportation. If you don't like the way it does business, don't buy its products. I don't.
Hey everyone! Maybe slashdot moving over will help pull my Exodus stock out of it's current slump. Quickly everyone buy shares of EXDS!
I believe that the difference here must have something to do with the licensing of DVD technology between the manufactures and the MPAA/DVD-CCA. Maybe part of the license states that in order to use the technology they must support regional coding.
It's more speculation though. I guess the legal experts aren't up this late.
Now I was under the impression that regional codes are illegal. Is this correct? I remember the mod-chip for the PSX was always advertised as legal to use the mod-chip to break the regional coding. Anyone know that legal truth on this?
Soon we'll all be modding our DVD Players.
The reason why faster than light travel should be impossible has to do with relativity.
The equation for time dialation is Gamma = 1 / (sqrt(1 - (v^2 / c^2)))
Gamma is the ratio at which you move differently than objects at rest. However if v > c, then you will get a negative under the radical. That's a problem. Maybe this model is wrong, or maybe imaginary speeds are possible?
There may be some reasons for the FCC, but the only reasons are sheer issues of traffic and signal regulation. By no means should they be able to dictate what you can send over the airways. How many times are good songs ruined by censorship on the radio. The FCC goes further to sensor what types of programming can be transmitted over television. The FCC should stop at traffic regulation, but by charging fines and ridiculous license fees they are performing unconstitutional censorship.
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No need to get all defensive. Linux is available for all people too, and Microsoft is passing this off as a great revolution. Actually, it's just a slightly new spin on a 15 year old idea.
Is it just me or does anyone else see a huge loophole here? Provide a plaintext copy? It seems to me that they would have no way to verify whether or not the plaintext version of your data is the same as in the encrypted file. This would be especially easy to do if you use an encrypted file system.
Ummmm.... last I heard cops don't need a warrant to search your car. Just reasonable suspicion which is very vague.