Check out VAULT. It's very much like C, but it's incorporates research into modern languages like ML. The compiler makes a lot of bugs (for example null pointers and memory leaks) simply impossible to compile. The compiler isn't available yet, but they claim it'll be available in "a couple months".
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The major difference is that vi uses "command mode" where what you type gets interpreted as commands instead of letters to insert. To insert text, you have to go into "insert mode". Because of command mode, in vi/vim you don't need to hold down the control key in order to enter commands like page up, delete block, end of line, etc. I have used both editors for years, and I prefer vi simply because holding down the control key all the time in emacs makes my hands start to hurt. vi/vim instead requires you to frequently hit the escape key -- which doesn't make my hands hurt. So for me, command mode is the only relevant difference, since it helps prevent carpal tunnel.
For all of you who think there's no sexism in techie circles, think a little harder about what is implied by this offhand comment. I dropped out of school to become a coder, and I'm certainly not a man, young or otherwise.
I don't know what salary ceiling you're talking about. I'm making 90/hr as a contractor, and I'm only 23. My last permanent position (a startup) offered me 90k/year plus 1% equity to stay -- and I turned it down. Maybe attitudes are different where you live (I'm in Boston). Or maybe you just aren't as technically skilled as I am -- I dropped out of high school five years ago and I've been doing C++ and Java ever since.
If we ignore IP laws, claiming that "information wants to be free", then why isn't it okay for people to use GPL'ed software in commercial applications? After all, it doesn't harm the original author if someone else makes a profit off of their work.
If people really believe that intellectual property isn't property at all, then it doesn't make sense to have any license for software -- whether it be GPL, BSD, Artistic, or EULA. The only thing that would make any sense would be releasing all software into the public domain. The best you could do is ask that people respect your wishes, even though they have no legal requirement to do so.
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Check out VAULT. It's very much like C, but it's incorporates research into modern languages like ML. The compiler makes a lot of bugs (for example null pointers and memory leaks) simply impossible to compile. The compiler isn't available yet, but they claim it'll be available in "a couple months".
The major difference is that vi uses "command mode" where what you type gets interpreted as commands instead of letters to insert. To insert text, you have to go into "insert mode". Because of command mode, in vi/vim you don't need to hold down the control key in order to enter commands like page up, delete block, end of line, etc. I have used both editors for years, and I prefer vi simply because holding down the control key all the time in emacs makes my hands start to hurt. vi/vim instead requires you to frequently hit the escape key -- which doesn't make my hands hurt. So for me, command mode is the only relevant difference, since it helps prevent carpal tunnel.
For all of you who think there's no sexism in techie circles, think a little harder about what is implied by this offhand comment. I dropped out of school to become a coder, and I'm certainly not a man, young or otherwise.
Last time I checked, it was completely feasible to create and run a customized freenet server that had some documents that it refused to delete.
I don't know what salary ceiling you're talking about. I'm making 90/hr as a contractor, and I'm only 23. My last permanent position (a startup) offered me 90k/year plus 1% equity to stay -- and I turned it down. Maybe attitudes are different where you live (I'm in Boston). Or maybe you just aren't as technically skilled as I am -- I dropped out of high school five years ago and I've been doing C++ and Java ever since.
If we ignore IP laws, claiming that "information wants to be free", then why isn't it okay for people to use GPL'ed software in commercial applications? After all, it doesn't harm the original author if someone else makes a profit off of their work.
If people really believe that intellectual property isn't property at all, then it doesn't make sense to have any license for software -- whether it be GPL, BSD, Artistic, or EULA. The only thing that would make any sense would be releasing all software into the public domain. The best you could do is ask that people respect your wishes, even though they have no legal requirement to do so.
There was a reference to such a beast in Brave GNU World #11. However at that time it was still vaporware, and I can find no other mention of it.