Anarch-capitalism is a contradiction in terms. Capitalism exists because of hierarchy. Anarchy requires the elimination of hierarchy. Anyone claiming to be an anarcho-capitalist is pulling a fast one and should NEVER be trusted.
There's just no way that anything could out-do Delphi for N-tier database access, let alone RAD N-tier database access. Data aware components, true OOP capability, componetization, built-in support for a variety of DB engines, wrappers for ODBC, and a host of free thirdparty components for access to every DB system known.
But I agree, a professional RAD development tool could finally bring Linux to the desktop. Although, personally, I'd like to see a *BSD version (I would say a Be version first, but it's long past time to try making Be a viable OS solution).
Upset that no one responded to the same-old scathing satire we've seen here a million times? Or do you feel like you deserve a +1:Insightful because your UID is only 3 digits?
True. 'Taste' and 'style' are important to programmers. Especially in the Free Source community, since people are getting paid in terms of recognition of their art. However, programs are getting bigger, more complex, and less linear all the time. Adhering to software engineering practices is the dominating factor in whether moderns applications will ship on time, on cost, or at all. And code readability is a major issue in software engineering. Pascal is, for now, the leader in readability.
Not that Java is far behind in terms of readability. The.long.class.chains.in Java often give clear description of both function and implementation (although why Sun kept the horrid C++ assignment, equality notation, I'll never understand). My main problem with Java is that people are rushing to use it in places that don't make sense. You don't need an object-driven solution to take input from an HTML form and store it in a database. That's what web scripting languages are for.
This is my language partition: Delphi for applications, some servers, some middle-tier database utilities, etc. ANSI C for low level coding. PHP for web scripting. Python for application scripting. LISP and prolog for their various specialties.
And, of course, I understand that people will have different language preferences (PERL vs Python, PERL vs Python vs PHP, and, yes, Delphi vs C++ vs Java). Replacing Delphi in that list with Java is one thing. But I see people trying to cram Java into all those other partitions. It just seems like that's begging for trouble.
Hmm, it's late, I'm rambling. Probably time to stop.
The Delphi Class Model is really completely different from the BP7 Object Model. Delphi, unlike BP, isn't an OO framework on top of an existing procedural language. Instead, it's OO and procedural implemented in parallel. You can write pure OO (or, at least the same level of OO as java), you can write pure procedural, or mix and match in an application depending on the nature of each problem.
If you're ever playing with different languages, you might want to try a little Delphi. I think you'd like the new class model.
(That was a nice number of replies. It's a shame karma rollercoaster on the parent wasn't a wilder ride)
Object Pascal integrates "many many modern and new programming paradigms and patterns". It also "pushes code reusability to its limits" -- moreso than Java, as Object Pascal's component framework is central to its object model, whereas Beans are a Java afterthought. And Object Pascal is easier to use than Java. Pascal is easier to read (closer to English than the C-inspired character jungle of Java), easier to implement (it neither packs nor requires a purely OO framework), parse (compile times blow Java out of the water), and design (separation of interface and implementation, property system for a far more flexible accessor method system).
Sun and Microsoft can play and fight all they want. Borland has (and, I think, will) always have the upper hand with the superior application, server, and database development tool with their flagship product, Delphi.
I don't mean to sound harsh or anything, but I don't see a stopwatch in the browsers I've used. If you can't take the time to go back over the previous poster's message and comprehend the "denied new ballots, in violation of Florida law". It makes your post offtopic, and makes you look foolish.
Take your pompous attitude, and pretentious sig, and stuff it. I think you could stand to be a little more understanding of your elders, who generally have bad eyesight, and ACs, who have no desire to play the Slashbot's inane karma game.
Sorry, it's just that moderators here go bananas over +:Funny. Maybe it's me, but it seems like they're taking the attitude "it's a joke, so it needs to be moderated as funny" instead of "that's really funny, I should mod it up." But then I'm not fond of most of the moderation here. I'd love to see Slashdot with about 1/100th of the mod points given out. But whatever, any +mod is better than a -mod.
The difference between MP3s and VJ kennedy's post was that kennedy specifically choice to broadcast her message on a public medium. Most MP3s were ripped from a privatized medium such as CD. You "property of poster" tagline is meaningless. But please, don't take my word for it. Does k5 have a legal team yet?
Many of the founding fathers were Diests, with Ben Franklin being the most vocal about it. They believed that god created the universe, established a set of natural laws (as in Newtonian mechanics, not rules of morality), and then stepped out of the picture completely.
I've been interested in computers since probably the fourth grade. I began seriously studying programming in seventh, and was very comfortable with three languages (Pascal, C, and LISP) by my first "Computer Programming" class my first year of high school.
In collage, I decided to enroll in a dual Computer Engineering / Electrical Engineering degree. Basically, I wanted to broaden my knowledge into hardware-specific areas. I interned at Microsoft, graduated and worked at IBM. Now I'm working with former college friends, starting up a web application business.
Yes, I've worked long hours. Yes, most days involved brain overload for 12 hours straight.
But I loved it. Every single minute. I've known for a long time that computer programming was the field for me. It's more than a profession, it's been a hobby and a creative outlet for longer than I can accurately remember. And most of my friends and many of my colleagues feel the same.
How many fields allow this? Do lawyers try mock cases at home on the weekend for fun? Do doctors dissect cadavers like we dissect I-Openers: just to see what's going on?
I think we're lucky to be in a field that challenges us to think critically and creatively. I love the fact that the line between work and play is so blurred.
Slashdot Mirror
Mainstream news companies don't need to try very hard, now do they?
A few thousand Slashdot orders for KIDLABOR might be nice.
Anarch-capitalism is a contradiction in terms. Capitalism exists because of hierarchy. Anarchy requires the elimination of hierarchy. Anyone claiming to be an anarcho-capitalist is pulling a fast one and should NEVER be trusted.
And, returning from off-topicness: yes, I agree.
Of course, he violated the contract and therefore you could probably win a civil suit to cover the costs of the resulting divorce.
There's just no way that anything could out-do Delphi for N-tier database access, let alone RAD N-tier database access. Data aware components, true OOP capability, componetization, built-in support for a variety of DB engines, wrappers for ODBC, and a host of free thirdparty components for access to every DB system known.
But I agree, a professional RAD development tool could finally bring Linux to the desktop. Although, personally, I'd like to see a *BSD version (I would say a Be version first, but it's long past time to try making Be a viable OS solution).
Upset that no one responded to the same-old scathing satire we've seen here a million times? Or do you feel like you deserve a +1:Insightful because your UID is only 3 digits?
...it might even survive an X-Windows crash!
(joke)PatentOnBreathing * (posted_before_t)10000000000000 = NOT_FUNNY.
FreePascal
True. 'Taste' and 'style' are important to programmers. Especially in the Free Source community, since people are getting paid in terms of recognition of their art. However, programs are getting bigger, more complex, and less linear all the time. Adhering to software engineering practices is the dominating factor in whether moderns applications will ship on time, on cost, or at all. And code readability is a major issue in software engineering. Pascal is, for now, the leader in readability.
Not that Java is far behind in terms of readability. The.long.class.chains.in Java often give clear description of both function and implementation (although why Sun kept the horrid C++ assignment, equality notation, I'll never understand). My main problem with Java is that people are rushing to use it in places that don't make sense. You don't need an object-driven solution to take input from an HTML form and store it in a database. That's what web scripting languages are for.
This is my language partition: Delphi for applications, some servers, some middle-tier database utilities, etc. ANSI C for low level coding. PHP for web scripting. Python for application scripting. LISP and prolog for their various specialties.
And, of course, I understand that people will have different language preferences (PERL vs Python, PERL vs Python vs PHP, and, yes, Delphi vs C++ vs Java). Replacing Delphi in that list with Java is one thing. But I see people trying to cram Java into all those other partitions. It just seems like that's begging for trouble.
Hmm, it's late, I'm rambling. Probably time to stop.
The Delphi Class Model is really completely different from the BP7 Object Model. Delphi, unlike BP, isn't an OO framework on top of an existing procedural language. Instead, it's OO and procedural implemented in parallel. You can write pure OO (or, at least the same level of OO as java), you can write pure procedural, or mix and match in an application depending on the nature of each problem.
If you're ever playing with different languages, you might want to try a little Delphi. I think you'd like the new class model.
(That was a nice number of replies. It's a shame karma rollercoaster on the parent wasn't a wilder ride)
Object Pascal integrates "many many modern and new programming paradigms and patterns". It also "pushes code reusability to its limits" -- moreso than Java, as Object Pascal's component framework is central to its object model, whereas Beans are a Java afterthought. And Object Pascal is easier to use than Java. Pascal is easier to read (closer to English than the C-inspired character jungle of Java), easier to implement (it neither packs nor requires a purely OO framework), parse (compile times blow Java out of the water), and design (separation of interface and implementation, property system for a far more flexible accessor method system).
Sun and Microsoft can play and fight all they want. Borland has (and, I think, will) always have the upper hand with the superior application, server, and database development tool with their flagship product, Delphi.
No, that's the replacement for MIPS.
Take your pompous attitude, and pretentious sig, and stuff it. I think you could stand to be a little more understanding of your elders, who generally have bad eyesight, and ACs, who have no desire to play the Slashbot's inane karma game.
And if there was enough paper to fill a room after printing digits of pi, then why wasn't the room filled with paper before?
but his UID sucks my dick all night long
Sorry, it's just that moderators here go bananas over +:Funny. Maybe it's me, but it seems like they're taking the attitude "it's a joke, so it needs to be moderated as funny" instead of "that's really funny, I should mod it up." But then I'm not fond of most of the moderation here. I'd love to see Slashdot with about 1/100th of the mod points given out. But whatever, any +mod is better than a -mod.
I might agree with you and the moderators that this post was funny, but I unfortunately actually have a clue about quantum computing.
The difference between MP3s and VJ kennedy's post was that kennedy specifically choice to broadcast her message on a public medium. Most MP3s were ripped from a privatized medium such as CD. You "property of poster" tagline is meaningless. But please, don't take my word for it. Does k5 have a legal team yet?
And, yes I*A*AL.
"Visual" Studio. The biggest misnomer since "Microsoft Works". You should try Borland C++Builder. Or, better yet, Delphi.
You needed Anne Marie to convince you of that?
Many of the founding fathers were Diests, with Ben Franklin being the most vocal about it. They believed that god created the universe, established a set of natural laws (as in Newtonian mechanics, not rules of morality), and then stepped out of the picture completely.
That sounds about right.
...is your practical-joking co-workers changing your slashdot .sig
I've been interested in computers since probably the fourth grade. I began seriously studying programming in seventh, and was very comfortable with three languages (Pascal, C, and LISP) by my first "Computer Programming" class my first year of high school.
In collage, I decided to enroll in a dual Computer Engineering / Electrical Engineering degree. Basically, I wanted to broaden my knowledge into hardware-specific areas. I interned at Microsoft, graduated and worked at IBM. Now I'm working with former college friends, starting up a web application business.
Yes, I've worked long hours. Yes, most days involved brain overload for 12 hours straight.
But I loved it. Every single minute. I've known for a long time that computer programming was the field for me. It's more than a profession, it's been a hobby and a creative outlet for longer than I can accurately remember. And most of my friends and many of my colleagues feel the same.
How many fields allow this? Do lawyers try mock cases at home on the weekend for fun? Do doctors dissect cadavers like we dissect I-Openers: just to see what's going on?
I think we're lucky to be in a field that challenges us to think critically and creatively. I love the fact that the line between work and play is so blurred.