As someone who writes Fortran 95 that has to be portable between two Intel Linux boxes (one w/NAG fortran on with Intels), and an OSF1 with Digital FORTRAN, standardised exception/signal handling [not just IEEE_FPE] would make my life soooo easy right now (the DEC one is great [ie Just Like C], the rest are ugly/nonexistent [or, at least, I can't find'em]).
Actually, can I turn this into an AskSlashdot - Are there any really portable methods for doing exception handling in F95?
If they want to sell any of them, they're FORCED to compete with the prices of the other consoles, or nobody will buy one.
If you can't sell your product at a profit, you're in the wrong business (especially if it's something as magnificently non-essential as a freaking games console). Time to fold up your trestle table and go home.
WSJ: Compact disc shipments fell 7% in the first six months of this year. The recording industry says its data show consumers who download music from the Internet are purchasing fewer CDs
And in this time of unprecented economic growth, prosperity and consumer confidence, theres no other explanation for that, right?
But, far more importantly, mad propz to the WSJ for knowing the difference between "less" and "fewer".
Its not a misquote. I gave the exact wording. "I invented the internet" is the misquote, and it appeared all the time.
What did Gore's statement mean? Its hard to say. Its pretty bad English, but there is no doubt he's trying to bask in reflected glory. The stupid thing is, he could have made an entirely factual statement that covered him in as much glory (such as Cerf's own praise of him given in many posts below).
Particularly ironic given that it was his opponent who was usually portrayed as the mangler of the language.
Thats not quite the question I meant. I want to know what he thinks about the fact that the (non)-statement became such a political hot potato(e) during the 2000 campaign; and that it was used to pillory Gore.
What was your take on the media kerfuffle that grew around the misquotation of Al Gore's claim that "During my service in the United States Congress I took the initiative in creating the Internet."?
... that POSIX put in defining this standard, and how much extra functionality this library introduces, should we not refer to the OS as POSIX/GNU/Hurd.
We don't want to downplay their involvement now, do we?
This mechanism is so subtle, it is surely proof of an intelligent designer. That being the case, there is no need for evolution at all, so the mechanism itself clearly doesn't exist...
Damn, I appear to be trapped in a maze of circular logic.
... but last night I swear they were serving my beer in a self-emptying glass, and that was much less convenient. This morning, my hangover suggests that I may have been helping out.
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Or, as Homer might add: "...mmm...python"
Although, interestingly, the original mail that it links to seems to have magically disappeared from the archive.
Spooky.
If you have to point out that something is funny, the chances are it isn't funny.
There is already a counter opinion posted at The Reg.
As someone who writes Fortran 95 that has to be portable between two Intel Linux boxes (one w/NAG fortran on with Intels), and an OSF1 with Digital FORTRAN, standardised exception/signal handling [not just IEEE_FPE] would make my life soooo easy right now (the DEC one is great [ie Just Like C], the rest are ugly/nonexistent [or, at least, I can't find'em]).
Actually, can I turn this into an AskSlashdot - Are there any really portable methods for doing exception handling in F95?
And yet they manage to make a profit (on games) without feeling the need to throw their weight around and beat up upon (locally) legitimate traders...
And besides, I can imagine quite a bit...
Time to fold up your trestle table and go home.
Pharmaceuticals have a hard sell.
Pharmasuticals have a hard spell.
(Actually, since "theres" doesn't have any other meaning I can think of, I should be excused anyway).
But, far more importantly, mad propz to the WSJ for knowing the difference between "less" and "fewer".
What did Gore's statement mean? Its hard to say. Its pretty bad English, but there is no doubt he's trying to bask in reflected glory. The stupid thing is, he could have made an entirely factual statement that covered him in as much glory (such as Cerf's own praise of him given in many posts below).
Particularly ironic given that it was his opponent who was usually portrayed as the mangler of the language.
Thats not quite the question I meant. I want to know what he thinks about the fact that the (non)-statement became such a political hot potato(e) during the 2000 campaign; and that it was used to pillory Gore.
What was your take on the media kerfuffle that grew around the misquotation of Al Gore's claim that "During my service in the United States Congress I took the initiative in creating the Internet."?
... that POSIX put in defining this standard, and how much extra functionality this library introduces, should we not refer to the OS as POSIX/GNU/Hurd.
We don't want to downplay their involvement now, do we?
This mechanism is so subtle, it is surely proof of an intelligent designer. That being the case, there is no need for evolution at all, so the mechanism itself clearly doesn't exist...
Damn, I appear to be trapped in a maze of circular logic.
Glass pants? I can clearly see your nuts...
... but last night I swear they were serving my beer in a self-emptying glass, and that was much less convenient. This morning, my hangover suggests that I may have been helping out.
We UKers also have
Area:
Old Unit: Acre/Hectare
New Unit "Wales" -- "Everyday the Amazon rainforest loses tress equal to an area the size of Wales"
See what I mean?
Except Sweden, postwar France (mostly), the UK (now), Germany (now) &c &c &c