I hate to break this to you but some purely functional programming languages can already do this. Haskell is a Lazy, Purely Functional programming language with strict typing. More information on Haskell can be found at www.haskell.org. The GHC compiler is capapable of executing Haskell programs in paraller with out any additional work on the programmers part. However, it is not very efficent right now.
From the c.l.functional FAQ: Functional programming is a style of programming that emphasizes the evaluation of expressions, rather than execution of commands. The expressions in these language are formed by using functions to combine basic values. A functional language is a language that supports and encourages programming in a functional style.
Progarmming in a purely functional language does require a very diffrent style of programming, however.
The biggest thing that bothers me about X is that there is no uniform way to copy a block of text into a clipboard. Instead one has to select the text and then--without selecting anything else--paste the text where you want it. I find this annoying because often, like when copying a URL, I want to delete a block of text before pasting the new contents. I really like Windows model of being able to select copy from a right click.
Well maybe it is good news for OS maybe its not. However, I *refuse* to support a law that is downright unconstitutional even if it does support our interests. The world is too full of lobbying groups that only care about promoting stuff that will make their life easier. Be dam with everything else. The insurance companies are a prime example of this.
2 hour (probally more like 1 when you factor out the commercials)
More like 1.5. A typical 1 hour show has 46 minuts of running time. I belive the running time of a 2 hour TV movie is 96 minutes but I am not completly sure.
but comments are a work in progress--do you really expect people to keep checking back to see if we moderated people down?
How about setting the default threshold to 2. This will give visiting users a much better impression of slashdot and I imagine will also severally cut down on bandwidth. Basically if you want the general public to read your message you have to post something worth reading.
How about having a keybord with keys that have small displayes on the function keys, number key pad, and perhapes others. This way applications can begin to once again use these keys to do something useful. I know that I hardly ever tough those keys. Back in the DOS days some very good user interfaces were designed around those keys except that you to memorise what those keys did, or use a cheat sheet. The small displays would solve this problem.
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Thus is sligtly off topic, but does anyone know what the status of OpelGL for the Permedia 2v chipset is in linux?
I hate to break this to you but some purely functional programming languages can already do this. Haskell is a Lazy, Purely Functional programming language with strict typing. More information on Haskell can be found at www.haskell.org. The GHC compiler is capapable of executing Haskell programs in paraller with out any additional work on the programmers part. However, it is not very efficent right now.
From the c.l.functional FAQ: Functional programming is a style of programming that emphasizes the evaluation of expressions, rather than execution of commands. The expressions in these language are formed by using functions to combine basic values. A functional language is a language that supports and encourages programming in a functional style.
Progarmming in a purely functional language does require a very diffrent style of programming, however.
The biggest thing that bothers me about X is that there is no uniform way to copy a block of text into a clipboard. Instead one has to select the text and then--without selecting anything else--paste the text where you want it. I find this annoying because often, like when copying a URL, I want to delete a block of text before pasting the new contents. I really like Windows model of being able to select copy from a right click.
Well maybe it is good news for OS maybe its not. However, I *refuse* to support a law that is downright unconstitutional even if it does support our interests. The world is too full of lobbying groups that only care about promoting stuff that will make their life easier. Be dam with everything else. The insurance companies are a prime example of this.
2 hour (probally more like 1 when you factor out the commercials)
More like 1.5. A typical 1 hour show has 46 minuts of running time. I belive the running time of a 2 hour TV movie is 96 minutes but I am not completly sure.
but comments are a work in progress--do you really expect people to keep checking back to see if we moderated people down?
How about setting the default threshold to 2. This will give visiting users a much better impression of slashdot and I imagine will also severally cut down on bandwidth. Basically if you want the general public to read your message you have to post something worth reading.
How about having a keybord with keys that have small displayes on the function keys, number key pad, and perhapes others. This way applications can begin to once again use these keys to do something useful. I know that I hardly ever tough those keys. Back in the DOS days some very good user interfaces were designed around those keys except that you to memorise what those keys did, or use a cheat sheet. The small displays would solve this problem.