Of course, all this ignores the fact that LISP and XML can't be directly compared anyway, since one is a programming language and the other is a data format!
Try again, grasshopper. In lisp, the program is the data is the program. There is no distinction. XML is simply s-expressions without the ability to execute them.
You are aware that religious fundamentals *want* the second coming, right?
The apocalypse is the precursor to judgment day, when the righteous will enter paradise, while the rest go to hell. If you consider yourself righteous, what's not to like?
Not really. Disney is a household name. His creations are cultural icons.
If you *have* to compare, Carmack is closer to somebody like Jean-Michel Jarre. Quite well-known to people who dig his kind of music, but not outside that circle.In fact, scratch that - even Jarre is probably better-known than Carmack.
Uh, let me clarify this: "Language Merits" as defined by me. Other people might consider different things more important. For me, the ease of writing a parser is of prime importance - and that's really the big shortcoming of C++.
If we're really being fair - it's popular by default, not by virtue. The reason C++ took off was that it was (sorta, kinda) OO, and (drumroll!) backwards compatible with C.
On pure language merits, it's a poor language - Objective C is (IMHO) a better successor by far.
But if you (like Stroustroup does) consider backwards compatibility your main goal, C++ is indeed a great achievement.
Thank Bjarne Stroustroup for the fact that there's no refactoring support for C++.
Bascially, the grammar of C++ is such a pain to parse that only very few people manage to write a decent parser - and those guys work for the compiler vendors.
Throw in the obstacles that CPP style macros generate (there are a couple of theses on just this topic!), and the pain is not worth the gain.
"has as one of it's main goals to create an environment where it's safe to do business and keep profits"
Thankfully, we're still a democracy, and I'd like to change that. (And you smart-alecks saying "no, we're a republic", please do me a favor and shut up - that completely misses the point)
"That means businesses are given many priveledges(sp?) at the expense of individuals."
And you consider this a good thing? That a fictional entity that cannot be hold responsible for its actions has privileges over real human beings?
"I'm really interested to know who influenced you to form this kind of opinion"
Tit for tat - I'll give you my background, you give me yours.
I'm a programmer. I've worked in different areas before, service & manufacturing. I've worked as a consultant, an employee of small companies, an employee of publicly traded companies, and I ran my own business.
I've lived in a capitalist society. (USA). I've lived in a "socialist" society. (West Germany). I've had relatives behind the iron curtain.
All these experiences shaped my opinion - and I do believe that unless there is a way to ensure punishment for corporate misbheavior isn't completely meaningless, corporations enjoy too many rights.
They were a tool of the industrial revolution. Like many of those tools (Taylorism, anyone?), it has become outdated and needs to be replaced.
"For the getter have it put @hibernate.property in there"/"run an ant task to generate the XML files" - Thanks! That's a great idea, and I can't believe I didn't think of it myself.
I'll blame it on the fact I only do Java once every blue moon - but still, that's extremely useful..
I've heard of refactoring, and I'm using it. It's news to me that it automatically *adds* fields everywhere, though. That's a damn smart tool your using!
Add field to Object Model: Modify hibernate config & DomainObject.java. Futz with XML file for Java Bean/Spring.
Now make it visible, so go edit your JSP file. You actually want a validation action on it? Back to java.
Show me a Spring/JSP solution where I can add a field by just changing a single file (or two, if we separate presentation and object model) - otherwise I'll be inclined to think *you* are blowing smoke.
Yes, getting something out of the door is important. That's why Spring/JSP are not exactly a good solution. (I've got to change 8 files or so to add a new field? Java and XML? Puleeeze!)
For small stuff, my money is on Ruby-on-Rails. For large stuff, I've got to suck it up and do Spring/JSP/Hibernate. It's not a good environment, but it's the best one out there...
"haven't", not "havent". "run-on" has that annoying little dash there. "sentences", not "sentances". "misspellings", not "mispelings". "they are" or "they're", not "theyre". "annoying", not "anoying". Unless it came from God Himself, it would probably be an article, not an Article.
And I'd really want it written well.
I'm glad to see you've dedicated yourself to decent writing on the 'net...
But it isn't a killer. The average user got Word/Office preinstalled, or "an old copy" from his brother's cousin's best friend. Price is not really a problem.
The fact that OOo crashes more frequently than Office (and that's an achievement in itself!) matters.
For professional users, the price doesn't matter either. If it helps me do my job, I'll happily shell out money for it - and Office isn't exactly expensive as far as major companies are concerned...
The fact that OSS advocates run around accusing people to be idiots because they disagree doesn't help either. Well, it sort of does - it tells the average user *exactly* what support is going to be like.
And nobody except Slashdot readers is "realizing that OOo is what you should be using". If you RTFA, you'll find it's anything but a glowing review. It's not a slam, either - but that ain't good enough
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Lest we forget, Microsoft is still making money hand over fist, and its profits continue to rise.
You haven't exactly seen the last quarterly report, have you? It's mediocre growth, that's it. And MS lives on the fact that they can retain superstars who give their all, hoping to cash out on stocks in a couple of years.
Either you've neither seen a Sony API, or you're the most brilliant cynic I've ever seen. I almost fell of my chair laughing. "I'm sure the API will be beautiful" - yeah, right.
I can't really answer for the original author, but in my case:
I don't make those patches because I can (gasp!) buy the software that does all that stuff. Even if I were only paid at minimum wage, adding all those options would be more expensive in terms of work I couldn't get done than buying the packages I need.
I know, a strange concept for slashdot - but I've got a family to feed, and other side projects that are more important to me.
In short - anybody who really *needs* a vocoder and pitch matching is making more money using the commercial software (by leaps!) than he'd save by writing his own. If you want to pay me to create an OSS solution, feel free to go ahead.
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Try again, grasshopper. In lisp, the program is the data is the program. There is no distinction. XML is simply s-expressions without the ability to execute them.
You are aware that religious fundamentals *want* the second coming, right?
The apocalypse is the precursor to judgment day, when the righteous will enter paradise, while the rest go to hell. If you consider yourself righteous, what's not to like?
Not really. Disney is a household name. His creations are cultural icons.
If you *have* to compare, Carmack is closer to somebody like Jean-Michel Jarre. Quite well-known to people who dig his kind of music, but not outside that circle.In fact, scratch that - even Jarre is probably better-known than Carmack.
Dude, who's this Lennon guy you're talking of? I bet Carmack could code circles around him!
Seriously though - the comparison is invalid. Game developers never get in front of the audience, and hence will never be as revered.
Uh, let me clarify this: "Language Merits" as defined by me. Other people might consider different things more important. For me, the ease of writing a parser is of prime importance - and that's really the big shortcoming of C++.
If we're really being fair - it's popular by default, not by virtue. The reason C++ took off was that it was (sorta, kinda) OO, and (drumroll!) backwards compatible with C.
On pure language merits, it's a poor language - Objective C is (IMHO) a better successor by far.
But if you (like Stroustroup does) consider backwards compatibility your main goal, C++ is indeed a great achievement.
Thank Bjarne Stroustroup for the fact that there's no refactoring support for C++.
Bascially, the grammar of C++ is such a pain to parse that only very few people manage to write a decent parser - and those guys work for the compiler vendors.
Throw in the obstacles that CPP style macros generate (there are a couple of theses on just this topic!), and the pain is not worth the gain.
"has as one of it's main goals to create an environment where it's safe to do business and keep profits"
Thankfully, we're still a democracy, and I'd like to change that. (And you smart-alecks saying "no, we're a republic", please do me a favor and shut up - that completely misses the point)
"That means businesses are given many priveledges(sp?) at the expense of individuals."
And you consider this a good thing? That a fictional entity that cannot be hold responsible for its actions has privileges over real human beings?
"I'm really interested to know who influenced you to form this kind of opinion"
Tit for tat - I'll give you my background, you give me yours.
I'm a programmer. I've worked in different areas before, service & manufacturing. I've worked as a consultant, an employee of small companies, an employee of publicly traded companies, and I ran my own business.
I've lived in a capitalist society. (USA). I've lived in a "socialist" society. (West Germany). I've had relatives behind the iron curtain.
All these experiences shaped my opinion - and I do believe that unless there is a way to ensure punishment for corporate misbheavior isn't completely meaningless, corporations enjoy too many rights.
They were a tool of the industrial revolution. Like many of those tools (Taylorism, anyone?), it has become outdated and needs to be replaced.
It's a first step towards acknowledging that corporations should have no rights - at least not unless they're willing to take on responsibilities too.
(Yes, I'm a hopeless optimist...)
"For the getter have it put @hibernate.property in there"/"run an ant task to generate the XML files" - Thanks! That's a great idea, and I can't believe I didn't think of it myself.
I'll blame it on the fact I only do Java once every blue moon - but still, that's extremely useful..
I've heard of refactoring, and I'm using it. It's news to me that it automatically *adds* fields everywhere, though. That's a damn smart tool your using!
Add field to Object Model: Modify hibernate config & DomainObject.java. Futz with XML file for Java Bean/Spring.
Now make it visible, so go edit your JSP file. You actually want a validation action on it? Back to java.
Show me a Spring/JSP solution where I can add a field by just changing a single file (or two, if we separate presentation and object model) - otherwise I'll be inclined to think *you* are blowing smoke.
Yes, getting something out of the door is important. That's why Spring/JSP are not exactly a good solution. (I've got to change 8 files or so to add a new field? Java and XML? Puleeeze!)
For small stuff, my money is on Ruby-on-Rails. For large stuff, I've got to suck it up and do Spring/JSP/Hibernate. It's not a good environment, but it's the best one out there...
"So if you have a large enough head, you can talk all you want."
As far as I know, that was true even before cell phones...
Yep, the whole abstaining thing isn't working out at all. That's why teen-pregnancies are at an all-time low, right?
"haven't", not "havent". "run-on" has that annoying little dash there. "sentences", not "sentances". "misspellings", not "mispelings". "they are" or "they're", not "theyre". "annoying", not "anoying". Unless it came from God Himself, it would probably be an article, not an Article.
And I'd really want it written well.
I'm glad to see you've dedicated yourself to decent writing on the 'net...
Go there and tell him what things bother you.
They post it to marrow? Like, right into your spine? I wants me one of those!
But it isn't a killer. The average user got Word/Office preinstalled, or "an old copy" from his brother's cousin's best friend. Price is not really a problem.
The fact that OOo crashes more frequently than Office (and that's an achievement in itself!) matters.
For professional users, the price doesn't matter either. If it helps me do my job, I'll happily shell out money for it - and Office isn't exactly expensive as far as major companies are concerned...
The fact that OSS advocates run around accusing people to be idiots because they disagree doesn't help either. Well, it sort of does - it tells the average user *exactly* what support is going to be like.
And nobody except Slashdot readers is "realizing that OOo is what you should be using". If you RTFA, you'll find it's anything but a glowing review. It's not a slam, either - but that ain't good enough
You haven't exactly seen the last quarterly report, have you? It's mediocre growth, that's it. And MS lives on the fact that they can retain superstars who give their all, hoping to cash out on stocks in a couple of years.
That's not the case any more.
Yep. We're trying to quickly roll it back to pre-1789.
With a constitutional monarchy and all the benefits that brings. I can hardly wait!
I'm not surprised.
Amazon has convinced me that they'll be heading downhill to crappy service when they added a *mail-in* rebate for Tiger.
Hello? This is 2005? Mail-in rebate for online orders?
I asked about it, they didn't even bother to reply - so I decided to not buy from them. Smart choice, it seems....
Uh - "surge", according to http://www.answers.com/surge&r=67
"4. To increase suddenly"
Bwahaaha!
Either you've neither seen a Sony API, or you're the most brilliant cynic I've ever seen. I almost fell of my chair laughing. "I'm sure the API will be beautiful" - yeah, right.
I can't really answer for the original author, but in my case:
I don't make those patches because I can (gasp!) buy the software that does all that stuff. Even if I were only paid at minimum wage, adding all those options would be more expensive in terms of work I couldn't get done than buying the packages I need.
I know, a strange concept for slashdot - but I've got a family to feed, and other side projects that are more important to me.
In short - anybody who really *needs* a vocoder and pitch matching is making more money using the commercial software (by leaps!) than he'd save by writing his own. If you want to pay me to create an OSS solution, feel free to go ahead.