I really don't know why, but GNUStep doesn't seem to be very popular.
I see two reasons
Because it's completely written in Objective C, which people are just beginning to "rediscover"
Because it isn't backed by companies like SUN backs GNOME (which is a good thing_TM...IMHO)
...but I still think GNUStep is great and could be something better than GNOME/KDE
It already is. Compared to GNOME, there is no library mess^Wconfusion like GTK, GTK--, GTK++ and whathaveyou, and compared to KDE, it doesn't look like it's trying to re-implement the look and feel of Windows;-)
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He was extremely impressed by a very detailed report on some UFO fragments that had been shown to be some kind of metal of such extreme purity that it could not possibly have originated on Earth.
AFAIK, even today, scientists are not able to flawlessly reproduce Wootz (ultra high carbon steel, first produced in ancient India and the base for Damascene steel) - so clearly it must have come from outer-space... Gee, get real.
Virtual no-one above the age of 25 can hear anything over 18 or 20khz.
I do. A friend of mine runs a high-end stereo shop and we made a few tests. You know, the fun stuff, like "how 'high' and 'low' can you hear" and "where's the sub-woofer hidden" games.
Those that do are the exceptions, not the rule. And none of them listen to rock music at a concert. Ever.
I do. Granted, I consider myself audiophile and prefer Classic, but I do listen to rock, like Metallica and *gasp* Slayer...
Eiffel, being that syntax, among other things, was intended to make you think in terms of types of objects sending messages to each other to get work done.
I realise that I'm biased here, based on experience made about 10 years ago, when Eiffel (though already about 7 years old back then) was still in it's infancy. Heck, we got new updated compilers nearly on a weekly basis...
Yet, old habits die hard, as They say and frankly, personally, I don't see any reason to switch back. I do (and did) however recommend to take a look at Eiffel when asked about OOP as it does provide a relatively easy entry point to OO programming.
It is. However, the (in my opinion, no doubt) quite cumbersome way of accessing functions/methods in libs - I vaguely remember having to specify a full path - the long compilation time and hugh (compared to C, Assembler or anything else for that matter) made Eiffel not worth the bother, for me personally.
Eiffel IS a good way to teach the concepts of OOP, no doubt, but it was (is? dunno) not an effective programming language when it comes to real life.
Around 94/95 (can't remember) when I came in contact with Objective-C I switched - and never looked back.
Eifel is simply the best language I ever saw on paper...
Exactly... on paper... I used it while at university and back then (92/94) it sucked raw eggs through a straw and it probably hasn't changed much. It's nice to teach the concept of OOP to "newcomers" - but it's absolutely useless for doing any 'real life' projects with it. Heck, a simply "Hello World" in Eiffel turned out to be a 500K binary...
The "size" of the black hole refers to the size of its event horizon (a.k.a the Schwarzschild Radius), which is R = GM/2c^2.
... but close... it's actually r = 2GM / c^2, where G is the Gravitation constant and M the mass for the main contributor to the gravitational field, the black hole. For a more detailed explanation, see here.
GNU step can be used to run OS X applications on other UNIX platforms, but not Windows yet.
No. GNUstep can be used to write applications that can be compiled - and run - on MacOSX. Getting GNUstep to work on Windows is in progress.
I just do not understand what exactly is GNU step. Is it a language, a complier, an operating system, an emulator?
It's an API (Application Program Interface), a collection of libraries, header files,... based on the original OpenStep specification provided by NeXT, Inc. (now Apple), in a way somewhat similar to Qt or GTK. You can use GNUstep to write portable applications for a variety of different hardware platforms, that either have GNUstep, or NeXT/OpenStep, and even MacOSX installed. A good example would be GNUMail.app.
Of course, if you're talking about the actual sum, then 7 is yellow, or maybe yellowy-green in the right context.
Come to think about it, it does have a yellowy tint to it, though I would still call it 'green'.
It concludes that while chromographemic synaesthetes don't all share the same perceptions[...]
Yes I know. From talking with others, I seem to have a slightly different perception. Eg. I don't "see" letters as colours at all, while others have that "problem" with numbers.
Of course they laughed, you twit. 5+2 is obviously a sort of yellow-gold color! 4+3 is green!Yes, that's right folks, synaesthetic arithmetic follows its own rules.
Very funny... Seriously though, I would like to know how others perceive numbers. My guess is, everyone has his or her own colour scheme.
It sounds like it could be fun, and maybe even useful[...]
Useful? Certainly. Fun? Not so. I remember way back at Elementary, when we got asked how much "5+2" is, and I said "green"... I can still hear them laughing at me...
The thing that bothers me about applications/ desktops/ wm's/ etc that are made to look exactly like microsoft applications [...] and less emphasis on making something unique and earth shatteringly ground breaking.
To a Brit, spending £50 ($80 approximately) is equiv to a middle class American spending about £250 ($350). For those who do not believe me, if you're a Brit, go live in the US for a few years.
OTOH, if your talking about other user interfaces such as KDE, WinXP, MacOS 9,X, then you might get only one raised eyebrow instead of two at the prospect of GNOME.
You are kidding, right? Or do you really want to imply GNOME's superiority over Mac OS X ?
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I see two reasons
It already is. Compared to GNOME, there is no library mess^Wconfusion like GTK, GTK--, GTK++ and whathaveyou, and compared to KDE, it doesn't look like it's trying to re-implement the look and feel of Windows ;-)
AFAIK, even today, scientists are not able to flawlessly reproduce Wootz (ultra high carbon steel, first produced in ancient India and the base for Damascene steel) - so clearly it must have come from outer-space... Gee, get real.
Make that "They do exists, just as you said, they aren't necessarily alien"
I do. A friend of mine runs a high-end stereo shop and we made a few tests. You know, the fun stuff, like "how 'high' and 'low' can you hear" and "where's the sub-woofer hidden" games.
Those that do are the exceptions, not the rule. And none of them listen to rock music at a concert. Ever.I do. Granted, I consider myself audiophile and prefer Classic, but I do listen to rock, like Metallica and *gasp* Slayer...
Sounds exactly like ObjC to me ;-)
I realise that I'm biased here, based on experience made about 10 years ago, when Eiffel (though already about 7 years old back then) was still in it's infancy. Heck, we got new updated compilers nearly on a weekly basis...
Yet, old habits die hard, as They say and frankly, personally, I don't see any reason to switch back. I do (and did) however recommend to take a look at Eiffel when asked about OOP as it does provide a relatively easy entry point to OO programming.
It is. However, the (in my opinion, no doubt) quite cumbersome way of accessing functions/methods in libs - I vaguely remember having to specify a full path - the long compilation time and hugh (compared to C, Assembler or anything else for that matter) made Eiffel not worth the bother, for me personally.
Eiffel IS a good way to teach the concepts of OOP, no doubt, but it was (is? dunno) not an effective programming language when it comes to real life.
Around 94/95 (can't remember) when I came in contact with Objective-C I switched - and never looked back.
Exactly ... on paper...
I used it while at university and back then (92/94) it sucked raw eggs through a straw and it probably hasn't changed much. It's nice to teach the concept of OOP to "newcomers" - but it's absolutely useless for doing any 'real life' projects with it. Heck, a simply "Hello World" in Eiffel turned out to be a 500K binary...
... but close ... it's actually r = 2GM / c^2, where G is the Gravitation constant and M the mass for the main contributor to the gravitational field, the black hole. For a more detailed explanation, see here.
No. GNUstep can be used to write applications that can be compiled - and run - on MacOSX. Getting GNUstep to work on Windows is in progress.
I just do not understand what exactly is GNU step. Is it a language, a complier, an operating system, an emulator?
It's an API (Application Program Interface), a collection of libraries, header files, ... based on the original OpenStep specification provided by NeXT, Inc. (now Apple), in a way somewhat similar to Qt or GTK. You can use GNUstep to write portable applications for a variety of different hardware platforms, that either have GNUstep, or NeXT/OpenStep, and even MacOSX installed. A good example would be GNUMail.app.
No, but GNUstep is.
Come to think about it, it does have a yellowy tint to it, though I would still call it 'green'.
It concludes that while chromographemic synaesthetes don't all share the same perceptions[...]
Yes I know. From talking with others, I seem to have a slightly different perception. Eg. I don't "see" letters as colours at all, while others have that "problem" with numbers.
Very funny... Seriously though, I would like to know how others perceive numbers. My guess is, everyone has his or her own colour scheme.
Useful? Certainly. Fun? Not so. I remember way back at Elementary, when we got asked how much "5+2" is, and I said "green"... I can still hear them laughing at me...
Yea, that's why Fritz won the Computer Chess World Championship in 1995 against Deep Blue. SCNR.
Check the article at SpaceFlight Now.
The thing that bothers me about applications/ desktops/ wm's/ etc that are made to look exactly like microsoft applications [...] and less emphasis on making something unique and earth shatteringly ground breaking.
Not true
No, it means that "smells like teen spirit" gets ;-)
a whole new meaning
... we use sort of a planetarian approach.
All main servers are named after suns (eg Sol),
secondary servers after planets (eg Terra),
third-level servers after planetoids (eg Moon),
and so on
... who I'm NOT going to vote for next Tuesday.
Thats amazing considering none of the 4.4BSD derivitives have existed as long as Linux. Nice try though.
Following your way of thinking, Windows would have to be more mature than both, Linux and BSD....
I don't see how 'maturity' and 'time of existence' are possibly related.
P.S. Once again, it must be pointed out that virii is not a word (and actually makes no sense linguistically).
It does make sense. As the singular word virus stems from Latin, it's plural version actually is virii.
Oh wow, finally it pays off having to take Latin as first language ... ;-)
To a Brit, spending £50 ($80 approximately) is equiv to a middle class American spending about £250 ($350). For those who do not believe me, if you're a Brit, go live in the US for a few years.
I am, I do, and you are absolutely right.
If you're one of the affected asians, you'll have to stick with the version you have, or learn English
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Uhm, his/her posting looked English to me
You are kidding, right? Or do you really want to imply GNOME's superiority over Mac OS X ?
*rotfl* Thanks, you made my day ...