If you're looking for a technology that can handle persistent/shared sessions for clustering, then you're definately going to need Java. Or PHP (with MySQL+sessions). Or Python (ZEO, just as one example- there's always using an RDBMS keyed on a session-key). Or Perl (as above).
PHP especially (though I am not a fan) makes this as transparent as HTTPSession (and I've set up enough J2EE servers in my time to know that it's not easy, nor is it in anyway standard across vendors.)
If I were you, I would avoid saying that things are 'impossible' in any programming language that's turing complete.
Everyone (save the Ob. MySQL/PHP flames) seems to have liked the 1st Ed of this book, and is talking about ordering this edition for their co-workers/colleagues/selves.
What am I missing? My GF was learning PHP, and she was going through the book and asking me questions when she got stuck, and during the first half (the language basics), the amount of times I had to say, 'That's a contrived example', or 'You don't do that in real code', or 'That's just an error in the book, it doesn't even parse properly', is un-funny.
With the above parsing problem, several code examples are incorrect, and also the authors use code fragments without introducing what the variables that are introduced in them are for. These variables are presumably set outside the scope of the fragment, but to what values is not made explicit.
Would it hurt to take a reasonable example, write all the code up-front, and disect it, so the user can see what input is being used to create what output?
Philip Greenspun http://philip.greenspun.com - has a section on his site called 'Internet Application Workbook'. I started Helen (the aforementioned GF) reading this, and she was put off by his tone and the lack of actual depth into languages (this book will not teach you ADP/ASP/JSP/PHP, just how to write web applications), but I think everyone should be made read this.
Perhaps Clockwork Orange style forced-reading is required.
Just a quick note to say that we (we as in Fizzer Task Force/IRC Unity) now control the update page, and have posted a mirror of the http://www.debugoutput.com/fizzer.php site on the geocities website that fizzer uses to update itself.
We have also postted a fizzer cleaner to the actual URL that the bot downloads its updates from, as a self extracting and running executable. We're crossing our fingers that the bots are looking for an executable to update themselves..
Well not so much your own genes, but those of your children. I'm hardly opposed to science and how it progresses, but it's scary to think that with this information out there it could be abused. Of course, so can everything.
Who doesn't want a smart strong son? Or a pretty and smart daughter?
Though of course, better we all know than the select few control things. Does anyone have any interesting links about altering the genes of the already living (in Genetic terms, 17 is old;)). I can think of one or two improvements.
Slashdot Mirror
Do you post the above message often?
If you're looking for a technology that can handle persistent/shared sessions for clustering, then you're definately going to need Java. Or PHP (with MySQL+sessions). Or Python (ZEO, just as one example- there's always using an RDBMS keyed on a session-key). Or Perl (as above).
PHP especially (though I am not a fan) makes this as transparent as HTTPSession (and I've set up enough J2EE servers in my time to know that it's not easy, nor is it in anyway standard across vendors.)
If I were you, I would avoid saying that things are 'impossible' in any programming language that's turing complete.
Everyone (save the Ob. MySQL/PHP flames) seems to have liked the 1st Ed of this book, and is talking about ordering this edition for their co-workers/colleagues/selves.
What am I missing? My GF was learning PHP, and she was going through the book and asking me questions when she got stuck, and during the first half (the language basics), the amount of times I had to say, 'That's a contrived example', or 'You don't do that in real code', or 'That's just an error in the book, it doesn't even parse properly', is un-funny.
With the above parsing problem, several code examples are incorrect, and also the authors use code fragments without introducing what the variables that are introduced in them are for. These variables are presumably set outside the scope of the fragment, but to what values is not made explicit.
Would it hurt to take a reasonable example, write all the code up-front, and disect it, so the user can see what input is being used to create what output?
Philip Greenspun http://philip.greenspun.com - has a section on his site called 'Internet Application Workbook'. I started Helen (the aforementioned GF) reading this, and she was put off by his tone and the lack of actual depth into languages (this book will not teach you ADP/ASP/JSP/PHP, just how to write web applications), but I think everyone should be made read this.
Perhaps Clockwork Orange style forced-reading is required.
Hey Scott!
Remember me? That's assuming you're the SComps I'm thinking of.
Aaron of t2.ph...
Just a quick note to say that we (we as in Fizzer Task Force/IRC Unity)
now control the update page, and have posted a mirror of the
http://www.debugoutput.com/fizzer.php site on the geocities website that
fizzer uses to update itself.
We have also postted a fizzer cleaner to the actual URL that the bot
downloads its updates from, as a self extracting and running executable.
We're crossing our fingers that the bots are looking for an executable
to update themselves..
We'll keep you updated..
Regards,
--
John McGarrigle
IC5 Networks
Well not so much your own genes, but those of your children. I'm hardly opposed to science and how it progresses, but it's scary to think that with this information out there it could be abused. Of course, so can everything.
;)). I can think of one or two improvements.
Who doesn't want a smart strong son? Or a pretty and smart daughter?
Though of course, better we all know than the select few control things. Does anyone have any interesting links about altering the genes of the already living (in Genetic terms, 17 is old