partial implementations of a pre-release language in flux exist, people who need to write reliable real world applications aren't going to touch that with ten foot pole.
Who are these "people" using "Perl 6" for "years"? Name them now, please. The only people I know "using" Perl 6 are those who installed Rakudo, saw that it was a piece of cowshit, and promptly ignored it for being the excrement that it is.
That's weird, because the number of projects known the proto perl6 module manager are increasing. Rakudo is passing more spectests, and its commits are increasing. There's an entire IRC channel full of users on freenode in #perl6 is you want a list.
a lack of changes that will break our code
A stagnant and dead product gets no changes that will break your code. It is that simple.
I don't give a fuck if Rakudo releases every month. My clients don't give a fuck.
Maybe no one cares what your opinions about Perl 6 are? But here we are.
Perl 6 and Rakudo do not.
Really? Can you give examples of problems in Rakudo that would stop it being used in production? Didn't think so.
People have been using Perl 6 for years now. It certainly exists.
2. has stable specification
"Stable" is a biologist term, it means "dead". The problem with a set specification (the "waterfall" model) is you discover after something was implemented that it was a bad idea, the whirlpool model prevents this.
3. has stable releases
Rakudo has a release every month. The "big" release is coming next April.
While you're being adventurous and testing Perl 5.11.0 I also suggest trying a Perl 6 implementation. Rakudo Perl (running on the Parrot VM) is one of the most actively developed right now. Not as solid as Perl 5.X yet, but certainly getting there.
People will look for loopholes and ways that Microsoft are trying to rip them off. Most will refuse to believe that Microsoft is doing *anything* to benefit the common good.
Wether these views are unfounded or not is a different matter...
Given the story a few days back about the Linux botnet, and this story a few months ago about the Mac botnet... The real problem is education, idiots will be idiots no matter what platform they use.
To me it looks like they tout it as a feature. Although, they do have a small disclaimer;
Tethering is not currently offered in the U.S. and some other countries. See your carrier for availability.
So if I lived in one of the "some other countries" with a vendor who sold factory unlocked iPhones and supported tethering, like Vodafone New Zealand, I would be filing against Vodafone (not Apple) for false advertising.
Apple won't listen to its customers, but it will listen when its foreign partners start suing them in retaliation.
Our new electronics company offered us discounts on our computer if we agree to install a 'surf-cam' that records computer usage habits and wirelessly transmits the data to a 'neutral computer coach' for evaluation and comment, to prevent falling victim to fraud or downloading viruses...
Stallman: We must only use free-software, by my definition
Ballmer/Gates: We must use only Microsoft products
Jobs: I don't care what we use but it has to look cool and have shiny logos on it
Torvalds: I don't care as long as it does one thing and does it well.
"WARNING!! The version of Adobe Flash you are using is out of date and contains security holes, please upgrade by clicking here..."
Oh dear, I don't understand what this means. Luckily my son, who got sick of me ringing him for computer help, told me what to do whenever I encounter a box I don't understand; click the X, or click cancel, or ignore. Now back to clicking on every ad I see.
Of course, that isn't likely to happen. It would be more like:
WARNING!! The version of Adobe Flash you are using is out of date and contains security holes, unfortunately you are using Internet Explorer so there is no warning.
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Might have done whenever they tried it, but it doesn't now.
partial implementations of a pre-release language in flux exist, people who need to write reliable real world applications aren't going to touch that with ten foot pole.
People only code in languages that never change?
Oops, that line should have been:
my @a = <a b c d>; say @a.reverse;
my $blah = "blah"; $blah = $blah.reverse; print $blah; and that SIMPLE code resulted in an infinite recursion error.
Might be because it's wrong? reverse is for lists.
$ perl6
> my $blah = 'blah'; $blah = $blah.flip; say $blah;
halb
> my @a = ; say @a.reverse;
dcba
>
Who are these "people" using "Perl 6" for "years"? Name them now, please. The only people I know "using" Perl 6 are those who installed Rakudo, saw that it was a piece of cowshit, and promptly ignored it for being the excrement that it is.
That's weird, because the number of projects known the proto perl6 module manager are increasing. Rakudo is passing more spectests, and its commits are increasing. There's an entire IRC channel full of users on freenode in #perl6 is you want a list.
a lack of changes that will break our code
A stagnant and dead product gets no changes that will break your code. It is that simple.
I don't give a fuck if Rakudo releases every month. My clients don't give a fuck.
Maybe no one cares what your opinions about Perl 6 are? But here we are.
Perl 6 and Rakudo do not.
Really? Can you give examples of problems in Rakudo that would stop it being used in production? Didn't think so.
1. exists
People have been using Perl 6 for years now. It certainly exists.
2. has stable specification
"Stable" is a biologist term, it means "dead". The problem with a set specification (the "waterfall" model) is you discover after something was implemented that it was a bad idea, the whirlpool model prevents this.
3. has stable releases
Rakudo has a release every month. The "big" release is coming next April.
While you're being adventurous and testing Perl 5.11.0 I also suggest trying a Perl 6 implementation. Rakudo Perl (running on the Parrot VM) is one of the most actively developed right now. Not as solid as Perl 5.X yet, but certainly getting there.
Only on Slashdot could we go from a discussion about hypothetically adding legal documents to a VCS to arguing about what VCS they should use.
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And anyway, this is the Government; they'd end up using SourceSafe
If Ford said they would install free car alarms in every Ford, do you think that would apply to cars that had been reported stolen?
We've got Worms and Spiders, now Ants!? I'm going to have to find a new hobby; computing doesn't seem very entomophobiac-friendly.
Having failed to kill him, SkyNet sent a Terminator back in time to make John Connor fail English.
People will look for loopholes and ways that Microsoft are trying to rip them off. Most will refuse to believe that Microsoft is doing *anything* to benefit the common good.
...
Wether these views are unfounded or not is a different matter
So actually it more or less applies to "real-time" data sharing with lots of hosts. Which does not apply to any of the examples you mentioned...
Such as IRC?
Server-group messaging system for interactive applications - USPAT5822523
Shared data creating a digital environment ... that could apply to Git, Subversion, Remote desktop, shell servers, IRC...
The good thing is that Blizzard should have enough resources to blow that patent out of the water.
Given the story a few days back about the Linux botnet, and this story a few months ago about the Mac botnet ... The real problem is education, idiots will be idiots no matter what platform they use.
Tethering is not currently offered in the U.S. and some other countries. See your carrier for availability.
So if I lived in one of the "some other countries" with a vendor who sold factory unlocked iPhones and supported tethering, like Vodafone New Zealand, I would be filing against Vodafone (not Apple) for false advertising.
Apple won't listen to its customers, but it will listen when its foreign partners start suing them in retaliation.
Unlike Syllable Haiku also supports Firefox, so I hope Amarok can be used too, that would be absolutely awesome.
Fire-fox.
There's your problem.
And yes, you should be able to use Ama-rok as well and still have a room for a syllable on the top line.
They've enlisted help from the Pirate Bay.
Seems to me that the bigger the city, the more stupid the voters are...
"How fortunate for leaders that men do not think"
Our new electronics company offered us discounts on our computer if we agree to install a 'surf-cam' that records computer usage habits and wirelessly transmits the data to a 'neutral computer coach' for evaluation and comment, to prevent falling victim to fraud or downloading viruses ...
Stallman: We must only use free-software, by my definition
... I wouldn't be too worried.
Ballmer/Gates: We must use only Microsoft products
Jobs: I don't care what we use but it has to look cool and have shiny logos on it
Torvalds: I don't care as long as it does one thing and does it well.
Yeah
It hasn't been a problem up until now; TV never let us down like this.
"WARNING!! The version of Adobe Flash you are using is out of date and contains security holes, please upgrade by clicking here ..."
Oh dear, I don't understand what this means. Luckily my son, who got sick of me ringing him for computer help, told me what to do whenever I encounter a box I don't understand; click the X, or click cancel, or ignore. Now back to clicking on every ad I see.
Of course, that isn't likely to happen. It would be more like:
WARNING!! The version of Adobe Flash you are using is out of date and contains security holes, unfortunately you are using Internet Explorer so there is no warning.
Drew should sue them for mental distress and seek a multi-million dollar award.
Mental distress you say? Like the kind Meier was under? In that case, surely the prosecutor should be tried by a federal court. It would only be fair.