a mapping between the file format and the internal representation of the data. Unless Microsoft Office and OpenOffice use the same internal representation
I don't understand.
If I have a flat table, of, say, contact information, and I have a mapping that puts the flat table in some 3rd Normal Form, why would my internal representation have to be the same as the original file format, as long as the transformation is fully reversible? I assume we're Unicode througout, but what else do you mean?
I think the reason PalmOS is better than Windows is that it focuses more on doing the PDA thing simply, and well.
Of course, the market is a chrome-and-tailfin race. WinCE, or whatever they're calling it now, is the "SUV" approach, in contrast to PalmOS's "basic transportation" attitude.
Because it's just not a/. thread without a tedious car analogy, no?
I've had occasional Treo600 crashes, and haven't lost data to them.
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brought pure functional programming to the masses
Disagree.
The masses are about procedural programming, not functional.
Functional programming, IMHO, has a longer learning curve, and not all brains can do it as quickly, if ever.
This is more my empirical observation than an elitist assertion.
First there is no NEED whatsoever to spend 5 billion to develop a test a drug! 5 billion is 5 billion! The argument that you need so much money to bring out a drug is bogus! The biotech industry can do with less, but because it is so easy to pump the clientel it is done!
Oh, come on.
There is so much money in pharma, that everyone, at every level of the economy, from the FDA, to lobbyists, to insurance companies, to advertisers, to sharks, to doctors, to resorts hosting boondoggles is in on the act. Of course it's going to cost 5 billion. Welcome to the scam.
Oh, and the actual product does about as much as Dr. Foobar's Miracle Cure-All from the early 1900's? You can't expect anything costing that much to be worthwhile, can you?
Well, fa(ir|re) is what you pay to ride a bus.
I, for one, thought El Presidente had a far more appropriate input for the heave.
If Redmond didn't own the DOJ, the DOJ might have the sack to break Redmond into OS and application companies, which would go a long way to improving competition and free enterprise.
If you own much MSFT, you won't agree, but I contend that, while arguably unfair, the idea has the virtue of simplicity and enforceability.
Go, !MicroSoft.
Even more interesting will be what happens in subsequent years. If it's not just a veiled early-ante-prior-pre-interview, its effects could snowball and lead to much weeping and gnashing of teeth in Redmond.
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All I ever wanted was a python api to read/write the various data files after a sync.
"Well, we had them in the 'emacsscame' section, but all of the pizza-faced teenagers thought it was an acne cure, so we had to come up with something shorter."
Dunno. http://www.gty.org/cgi-bin/store/2235.html raises the question of whom GP works for at length and, in detail. WARNING: papists pretty much guaranteed to be offended.
Or, you end up with Gene Wolfe's classic "Loyal to the Group Of 17" story in The Book of the New Sun, where, in a highly constrained language situation, a new language evolves atop.
Any system implies a work-around.
Oh, sure, you can plug COM objects in pretty trivially; my point is specific to writing automation against Word itself; the object model is just a bit byzantine. For example, you can search for text, and even formatting, but the search facility is nowhere near a full-on Perl-esque regex engine. Now, if you know to set a reference to VBScript.RegularExpressions in your VBA module, you get such a facility, but lose the ability to locate Styles and such.
As far as stability goes, writing a batch mode utility to search lots of.doc files crapped out after a handful, for me, without any indication as to the problem, which I'd infer is a memory allocation thing, but who knows?
I, too, am an American. As far as extended characters go, get some emacs in your résumé: C-x 8 ' e yields the é character, a nice mnemonic.
I've been writing some non-trivial VBA macros of late, and, if some of the personality leaking out of the Word binary is any indicator, integrating a Lisp interpreter would be a non-trivial undertaking, for a relatively small market.
MicroSoft doesn't have a lot of history in doing substantial projects for niche markets...
Customer: Well, then, have you got any Venezuelan Beaver Cheese? Owner: Sir, this is a self-respecting establishment. I shall thank you not to imply we should traffic in VB, much less, even mention the foul product.
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If I have a flat table, of, say, contact information, and I have a mapping that puts the flat table in some 3rd Normal Form, why would my internal representation have to be the same as the original file format, as long as the transformation is fully reversible? I assume we're Unicode througout, but what else do you mean?
I think the reason PalmOS is better than Windows is that it focuses more on doing the PDA thing simply, and well. /. thread without a tedious car analogy, no?
Of course, the market is a chrome-and-tailfin race. WinCE, or whatever they're calling it now, is the "SUV" approach, in contrast to PalmOS's "basic transportation" attitude.
Because it's just not a
I've had occasional Treo600 crashes, and haven't lost data to them.
The masses are about procedural programming, not functional.
Functional programming, IMHO, has a longer learning curve, and not all brains can do it as quickly, if ever.
This is more my empirical observation than an elitist assertion.
As with packet-switched networks, it will simply never work.
Oh, wait...
There is so much money in pharma, that everyone, at every level of the economy, from the FDA, to lobbyists, to insurance companies, to advertisers, to sharks, to doctors, to resorts hosting boondoggles is in on the act. Of course it's going to cost 5 billion.
Welcome to the scam.
Oh, and the actual product does about as much as Dr. Foobar's Miracle Cure-All from the early 1900's? You can't expect anything costing that much to be worthwhile, can you?
Recommendation: pull your head out of there, you!
Well, fa(ir|re) is what you pay to ride a bus.
I, for one, thought El Presidente had a far more appropriate input for the heave.
If Redmond didn't own the DOJ, the DOJ might have the sack to break Redmond into OS and application companies, which would go a long way to improving competition and free enterprise.
If you own much MSFT, you won't agree, but I contend that, while arguably unfair, the idea has the virtue of simplicity and enforceability.
Go, !MicroSoft.
Even more interesting will be what happens in subsequent years. If it's not just a veiled early-ante-prior-pre-interview, its effects could snowball and lead to much weeping and gnashing of teeth in Redmond.
All I ever wanted was a python api to read/write the various data files after a sync.
Concur. His Art of Unix Programming book is balanced and readable.
Can't wait to show this to my MS sales weenie/kool-aid vendor chum.
DC scrotum,
Hollywood rectum.
I feel your research into the topic of editor theology may be incomplete.
"Well, we had them in the 'emacsscame' section, but all of the pizza-faced teenagers thought it was an acne cure, so we had to come up with something shorter."
Dunno. http://www.gty.org/cgi-bin/store/2235.html raises the question of whom GP works for at length and, in detail. WARNING: papists pretty much guaranteed to be offended.
God save us from the fury of the Winged Grammar Nazis of Dreldarion!
Or, you end up with Gene Wolfe's classic "Loyal to the Group Of 17" story in The Book of the New Sun, where, in a highly constrained language situation, a new language evolves atop.
Any system implies a work-around.
Are we not men? We are Devo!
Your fragile, vulnerable neck is covered, but what of the rest of your body? Slashcode getting you down?
Exactly. GP accepts a null hypothesis that you have perfect knowledge of every last Thing That Can Go Ronngg.
Good luck.
Oh, sure, you can plug COM objects in pretty trivially; my point is specific to writing automation against Word itself; the object model is just a bit byzantine. For example, you can search for text, and even formatting, but the search facility is nowhere near a full-on Perl-esque regex engine. Now, if you know to set a reference to VBScript.RegularExpressions in your VBA module, you get such a facility, but lose the ability to locate Styles and such. .doc files crapped out after a handful, for me, without any indication as to the problem, which I'd infer is a memory allocation thing, but who knows?
As far as stability goes, writing a batch mode utility to search lots of
I, too, am an American. As far as extended characters go, get some emacs in your résumé: C-x 8 ' e yields the é character, a nice mnemonic.
I've been writing some non-trivial VBA macros of late, and, if some of the personality leaking out of the Word binary is any indicator, integrating a Lisp interpreter would be a non-trivial undertaking, for a relatively small market.
MicroSoft doesn't have a lot of history in doing substantial projects for niche markets...
you're welcome
The nobles are vastly over-rated. How about a Vincent Price instead?
Befits the mad scientist theme of TFA better, anyway.
Customer: Well, then, have you got any Venezuelan Beaver Cheese?
Owner: Sir, this is a self-respecting establishment. I shall thank you not to imply we should traffic in VB, much less, even mention the foul product.