You should try a recent release. Eclipse used to be very slow on Linux until a few releases ago, due issues in the GTK+ SWT bindings.
It's always been very snappy on Windows.
Also don't use any of the natively compiled versions that some distros ship, they're much slower than standard Eclipse. Always get Eclipse from Eclipse.org, because distro packaged versions have historically been quite out of date (although they're working keeping things more recent).
Although I'm not going to argue that flash is extremely stable, I think this is much more about platform lock-in than any particular defect in Flash.
Apple didn't ban Flash, they banned anything that wasn't written specifically for their platform.
Adobe could release an absolutely amazing and flawless version of Flash 11 tomorrow and it would be just as banned, if not even more zealously, because it would represent a stronger competitor to Apple's own platform.
Actually that's a pretty valid point..NET doesn't have an IDE that provides the tools, community and broad scope that Eclipse does. A lot of the newer features in Visual Studio today were added in a vain attempt to catch up to Eclipse.
Eclipse is it's own ecosystem, which you can't say for Visual Studio and especially not any of the horrible open source.NET IDE offerings.
Java is used primarily on the server. Sun botched the first applet plugin (which sucked). They rewrote it last year, which was recently released in an update. Although the technical suckage is out of the way, exploits like sure don't help it's popularity.
Compared to what? Java has a pretty fantastic security track record.
Also this isn't an exploit in the Java runtime, it's an exploit in the way the web start native launcher parses arguments before using them to launch the Java virtual machine.
Because it's not an exploit in Java, it's an exploit in the way parameter are provided to Java, when it is launched by the web start native executable.
As a long time PC gamer, I'd say games are easier to play now than they ever were on the PC. Games tend to support the vast amount of hardware out there, even low end stuff. I haven't had a driver issue in a long time, you may want to upgrade to computer made after 2000. DRM can be an issue but it's only invasive on a small number of titles that I don't buy (they're usually console ports anyway).
And to me, the experience is dramatically better than a console (although I only play PS3 and Wii). You get more varieties of games, not just action and party games. Vastly better multiplayer, better graphics, more challenging types of games (from indies to AAA), etc.
Yeah, before Java showed up it was a happy place. They had flowery meadows and rainbow skies, and rivers made of chocolate, where the programmers danced and laughed and played with gumdrop smiles.
But back in reality, even "good programmers" are going to run into crunch time in the vast number of projects and that bodes purely for well written and *secure* applications.
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You should try a recent release. Eclipse used to be very slow on Linux until a few releases ago, due issues in the GTK+ SWT bindings.
It's always been very snappy on Windows.
Also don't use any of the natively compiled versions that some distros ship, they're much slower than standard Eclipse. Always get Eclipse from Eclipse.org, because distro packaged versions have historically been quite out of date (although they're working keeping things more recent).
Although I'm not going to argue that flash is extremely stable, I think this is much more about platform lock-in than any particular defect in Flash.
Apple didn't ban Flash, they banned anything that wasn't written specifically for their platform.
Adobe could release an absolutely amazing and flawless version of Flash 11 tomorrow and it would be just as banned, if not even more zealously, because it would represent a stronger competitor to Apple's own platform.
I'm glad you're here to save the day, Captain Redundancy!
Can you name a high quality, non trivial app written in Python?
Actually that's a pretty valid point. .NET doesn't have an IDE that provides the tools, community and broad scope that Eclipse does. A lot of the newer features in Visual Studio today were added in a vain attempt to catch up to Eclipse.
Eclipse is it's own ecosystem, which you can't say for Visual Studio and especially not any of the horrible open source .NET IDE offerings.
There's so much retardation in your post. I don't know where to begin.
My bet is he'll be at Google before the end of the year.
This was fixed in a really old update: http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u17.html
It gets even safer with:
[_] Enable teh interwebs
oh oh! and this one:
[_] Enable computer power
The ultimately in security, I've done it!
Actually it affected Linux browsers too.
However, it was fixed a few updates ago: http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u17.html
Java is used primarily on the server. Sun botched the first applet plugin (which sucked). They rewrote it last year, which was recently released in an update. Although the technical suckage is out of the way, exploits like sure don't help it's popularity.
Java has a >90% install base though.
Compared to what? Java has a pretty fantastic security track record.
Also this isn't an exploit in the Java runtime, it's an exploit in the way the web start native launcher parses arguments before using them to launch the Java virtual machine.
Because it's not an exploit in Java, it's an exploit in the way parameter are provided to Java, when it is launched by the web start native executable.
lalalala I can't hear you
- apple fan boy
Sorry, I accidentally copied only the beginning portion. If you read the linked article it goes into detail about the ban.
As a long time PC gamer, I'd say games are easier to play now than they ever were on the PC. Games tend to support the vast amount of hardware out there, even low end stuff. I haven't had a driver issue in a long time, you may want to upgrade to computer made after 2000. DRM can be an issue but it's only invasive on a small number of titles that I don't buy (they're usually console ports anyway).
And to me, the experience is dramatically better than a console (although I only play PS3 and Wii). You get more varieties of games, not just action and party games. Vastly better multiplayer, better graphics, more challenging types of games (from indies to AAA), etc.
PC gaming is awesome.
Microsoft and Apple.
The only way this could get worse for Apple is if Osama Bin Laden reads his next set of crazy pronouncements off an iPad.
Probably. With practice I'm sure you'll become a better programmer.
You realize signed/unsigned is just a simple bit pattern?
Your second comment is even more hilarious and out of touch with reality.
orly? because applications using SWT are indistinguishable from native applications: http://www.eclipse.org/
*bodes poorly
Yeah, before Java showed up it was a happy place. They had flowery meadows and rainbow skies, and rivers made of chocolate, where the programmers danced and laughed and played with gumdrop smiles.
But back in reality, even "good programmers" are going to run into crunch time in the vast number of projects and that bodes purely for well written and *secure* applications.
I'm curious to find out what you think would be better?
Yep, as I pointed out, it's an application language not a systems language.
reading comprehension++