I used to work for that same company. You can see a lot of my code in the General Ledger System. Provided that system still exists, it's how said company closes its books. Also showing that COBOL is still depended on for mission-critical applications and will be in the foreseeable future.
I think you are looking in the wrong place for an answer to your question. Computer Science and Information Technology coursework at the University level is what it is.
You may find the answer to your question in colloquium talks. My university's math department would hold them on Fridays and I found them very enlightening. The talks were good and the reaction of the audience gave me greater insight to the mind of mathematicians. You should try attending one.
For a really low (and I mean low) cost of entry into the programming world, why don't you start with your web browser, a text editor and a good book on Javascript.
Javascript is not the world's best language to get started with (not sure what is really), but it's good for instant graphical gratification. Make a.js file and an html file and simply load the html file into your browser. Any changes you make to your code would be viewable by simply refreshing the page.
Another good language to start off with assuming you have a Windows setup is VBScript. This would be a better option teaching you control flow and how to structure a program. In spite of its reputation, it's a good "starter language". (Please, no replies about viruses or other results given from VBScript over the years--I'm being serious. As a teaching tool, it's a good start)
To compliment his German accent, Larry Ellison has also donned a monical and top hat and is now carrying a cane with a silver cobra head on it and was last seen wearing a black flowing cape. He was quoted as saying: "I'm just trying to look the part of evil genius now".
Yes, but a polite refusal would have been fine. The email he sent to the guy was clearly immature.
How can you say that his reply represents open source? The projects I've been involved with or have been a user of have never ever replied to any of my inquiries that way. Perhaps in your book, it does.
AJAX is by far the closest thing to making a browser behave like a desktop app. But, I don't think that it will threaten the desktop itself any more than applets were supposed to back in the late 1990s.
I don't think a full AJAX app wouldn't meet all the guidelines of an accessible website. A small population needs to have web accessible apps (there are three people in my department of 200 that use braille browsers) in order to be able to do their work. I have a hard time believing that an AJAX site would fully meet their needs.
Now, that's not to say it can't be done. An accessible site can be built on top of an AJAX site and conversely. But it depends on the developer who takes the time to plan that part of his/her site.
Furthermore, I expect that there will be more AJAX sites out there. I don't expect that the SCTs and PeopleSofts of the world will be rushing to implement that functionality in their web packages (ever heard the story of the visually impared guy who tried to use his browser to do what is otherwise a 5 minute task in PeopleSoft? it took him 35 minutes or so--PeopleSoft since has allegedly addressed their html to make it more accessible).
Bottom line: sites should be planned to be accessible. It's a hinderance to me (I'd like to do our site in AJAX entirely but I can't) but it's the most fair for everyone.
Re:Bookpool has it cheaper than bn.com
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I'll be danged...
Must be why it's so much cheaper.
Bookpool has it cheaper than bn.com
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Bookpool has this book for $24.95 with no club to join. Bn.com has it for $39.95 (save $5 if you're a club member).
For an off-the-shelf implementation, batch files/cmd files work for simple work flows. But can be really clumsy if they get large and you need to do a lot of branching. In this case, VBScript is a better choice (in spite of its reputation).
If a really complex workflow is needed, why not try using Ant? It's not just a build tool (look at the list of tasks that come with it, specifically FTP) .
REXX is by far the best for templating strings. I used it a lot to prototype stuff on the mainframe before writing the, well, you know...
It was also great for writing quick mf applications (code generators, code behind ispf panels, etc.). And, like so many other posts already said, it's somewhat portable to other platforms but without compilation. Very cool indeed.
I'm sure you can explain the series of "Using Mac OS X with your Mac mini" articles at IBM then. They don't even mention IBM's commercial compiler and use Apple's provided GCC version.
Could it be their giving developers a low cost option to work with;
With a few exceptions (eclipse, iTunes, etc.) there is nothing low-cost about IBM or Apple. There is no altruistic motive behind this, although it looks like one on the surface.
Since IBM is hosting this article, I'm not that surprised that this was done. IBM has always seen Apple as a threat, not an ally. If you could run Linux on all Apple hardware (which has been done for years I know) then that hurts Apple in IBM's book.
How come no one has figured out how to install Linux on an iPod yet?
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Having written code in Perl and other languages (COBOL, C++, Java, VB, TCL), I have come to the conclusion that Perl as a language is more concerned with being clever than getting the job done. The language has some of the most untechnical keywords (e.g. bless, chomp and others) and it makes it completely laughable (like a toy almost). Also, just look at any of the books and or documention written about perl. They all read like Tom Baker scripts from the 1970s Dr. Who episodes.
While the TIMTOWTDI philosophy of perl is cute in theory, it seems to have backlashed and its now total anarchy. I look at some perl and it's total alphabet soup. And the lame excuse of "just because you can do it this way doesn't mean you should" is like putting warnings on cigarette boxes (just because you can smoke these doesn't mean you should).
This book is not going to save perl. It's way too late for that. Perl will continue to be written poorly by people who think they're smarter than everyone else and will try to write their code to read like Tolstoy rather than for what it is.
I never found Verity Stob's article the least bit amusing whatsoever. In fact, after seeing more and more similar content in DDJ I cancelled my subscription. I was disappointed, but it was clear the emphasis had shifted from good technical articles (like a real journal would have) towards a political and entertainment medium. This may have been driven by the publishers, but it wasn't what I wanted to spend my money on.
But, VS isn't funny like User Friendly isn't funny. (that'll get me modded down for sure)
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But that's the kind of stupid shit that's been spewing from here for the last 10 years.
PS - the look and feel of slashdot sucks
I used to work for that same company. You can see a lot of my code in the General Ledger System. Provided that system still exists, it's how said company closes its books. Also showing that COBOL is still depended on for mission-critical applications and will be in the foreseeable future.
I think you are looking in the wrong place for an answer to your question. Computer Science and Information Technology coursework at the University level is what it is.
You may find the answer to your question in colloquium talks. My university's math department would hold them on Fridays and I found them very enlightening. The talks were good and the reaction of the audience gave me greater insight to the mind of mathematicians. You should try attending one.
I'll take "The Odyssey" and "CHiPs Reunion"
For a really low (and I mean low) cost of entry into the programming world, why don't you start with your web browser, a text editor and a good book on Javascript.
.js file and an html file and simply load the html file into your browser. Any changes you make to your code would be viewable by simply refreshing the page.
Javascript is not the world's best language to get started with (not sure what is really), but it's good for instant graphical gratification. Make a
Another good language to start off with assuming you have a Windows setup is VBScript. This would be a better option teaching you control flow and how to structure a program. In spite of its reputation, it's a good "starter language". (Please, no replies about viruses or other results given from VBScript over the years--I'm being serious. As a teaching tool, it's a good start)
To compliment his German accent, Larry Ellison has also donned a monical and top hat and is now carrying a cane with a silver cobra head on it and was last seen wearing a black flowing cape. He was quoted as saying: "I'm just trying to look the part of evil genius now".
Yes, but a polite refusal would have been fine. The email he sent to the guy was clearly immature.
How can you say that his reply represents open source? The projects I've been involved with or have been a user of have never ever replied to any of my inquiries that way. Perhaps in your book, it does.
Then I hope that more responsible web app developers take that as their spec for developing their AJAX sites. Nice to see someone else gets it.
This also gives me some hope that we can add AJAX to the UI for our site.
AJAX is by far the closest thing to making a browser behave like a desktop app. But, I don't think that it will threaten the desktop itself any more than applets were supposed to back in the late 1990s.
I don't think a full AJAX app wouldn't meet all the guidelines of an accessible website. A small population needs to have web accessible apps (there are three people in my department of 200 that use braille browsers) in order to be able to do their work. I have a hard time believing that an AJAX site would fully meet their needs.
Now, that's not to say it can't be done. An accessible site can be built on top of an AJAX site and conversely. But it depends on the developer who takes the time to plan that part of his/her site.
Furthermore, I expect that there will be more AJAX sites out there. I don't expect that the SCTs and PeopleSofts of the world will be rushing to implement that functionality in their web packages (ever heard the story of the visually impared guy who tried to use his browser to do what is otherwise a 5 minute task in PeopleSoft? it took him 35 minutes or so--PeopleSoft since has allegedly addressed their html to make it more accessible).
Bottom line: sites should be planned to be accessible. It's a hinderance to me (I'd like to do our site in AJAX entirely but I can't) but it's the most fair for everyone.
I'll be danged...
Must be why it's so much cheaper.
Bookpool has this book for $24.95 with no club to join. Bn.com has it for $39.95 (save $5 if you're a club member).
This book is cheaper at bookpool.com ($22.50) than at bn.com ($27.96 bn price/$25.16 member price). Get it there and save a few $$.
For an off-the-shelf implementation, batch files/cmd files work for simple work flows. But can be really clumsy if they get large and you need to do a lot of branching. In this case, VBScript is a better choice (in spite of its reputation).
If a really complex workflow is needed, why not try using Ant? It's not just a build tool (look at the list of tasks that come with it, specifically FTP) .
Web services should use SOAP and not XMLRPC. SOAP::Lite has this capability.
Depends on the tape you use. I used some off a roll of 3M about 10 years ago for my stereo and they haven't caused me any trouble.
1. Cable ties
2. Masking tape to label the cables in the ties.
You can get cable ties anywhere (Lowe's, Home depot).
Uh, in the post above, please read 'string' as 'text'.
REXX is by far the best for templating strings. I used it a lot to prototype stuff on the mainframe before writing the, well, you know...
It was also great for writing quick mf applications (code generators, code behind ispf panels, etc.). And, like so many other posts already said, it's somewhat portable to other platforms but without compilation. Very cool indeed.
I'm sure you can explain the series of "Using Mac OS X with your Mac mini" articles at IBM then. They don't even mention IBM's commercial compiler and use Apple's provided GCC version.
No, I can't.
Could it be their giving developers a low cost option to work with;
With a few exceptions (eclipse, iTunes, etc.) there is nothing low-cost about IBM or Apple. There is no altruistic motive behind this, although it looks like one on the surface.
Well, now i've seen everything.
Since IBM is hosting this article, I'm not that surprised that this was done. IBM has always seen Apple as a threat, not an ally. If you could run Linux on all Apple hardware (which has been done for years I know) then that hurts Apple in IBM's book.
How come no one has figured out how to install Linux on an iPod yet?
Having written code in Perl and other languages (COBOL, C++, Java, VB, TCL), I have come to the conclusion that Perl as a language is more concerned with being clever than getting the job done. The language has some of the most untechnical keywords (e.g. bless, chomp and others) and it makes it completely laughable (like a toy almost). Also, just look at any of the books and or documention written about perl. They all read like Tom Baker scripts from the 1970s Dr. Who episodes.
While the TIMTOWTDI philosophy of perl is cute in theory, it seems to have backlashed and its now total anarchy. I look at some perl and it's total alphabet soup. And the lame excuse of "just because you can do it this way doesn't mean you should" is like putting warnings on cigarette boxes (just because you can smoke these doesn't mean you should).
This book is not going to save perl. It's way too late for that. Perl will continue to be written poorly by people who think they're smarter than everyone else and will try to write their code to read like Tolstoy rather than for what it is.
I never found Verity Stob's article the least bit amusing whatsoever. In fact, after seeing more and more similar content in DDJ I cancelled my subscription. I was disappointed, but it was clear the emphasis had shifted from good technical articles (like a real journal would have) towards a political and entertainment medium. This may have been driven by the publishers, but it wasn't what I wanted to spend my money on.
But, VS isn't funny like User Friendly isn't funny. (that'll get me modded down for sure)
C++ doesn't have a 'propaganda campaign.'
What do you call this article & discussion thread then?