Any language in which a programmer has to manage the memory rather than a garbage collector is doomed to have memory leaks, _no matter how good the programmer thinks he is_.
Nobody can catch everything, and to assume a "good" programmer won't write code which leaks memory is very naive. Why do you think people are trying to retrofit C and C++ with rudimentary GCs now?
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The freshmen courses are all C++, but the upperclass courses are taught mostly in Java. Though it might seem the exact opposite way to do things, I think it's a good idea to get people to wrap their heads around the concept of pointers *before* eliminating the need to worry about them. The upperclass courses focus less on the semantics of the language and more on proper coding style, team coding, and good OO practice -- the *important* stuff, IMO.
For team coding, Java just makes things easier. I can take home my piece of code and work on it on my Linux box; another person can test the code in Windows or Solaris. The final project can be run on anything. It greatly simplifies things, since you don't have to worry about platform or implementation idiosyncrasies.
Also, I think it's _REALLY_ not important what language you learn, but the overall programming concepts you retain. Once I knew C++, it was simple to learn Java, Perl, etc. Even Lisp was easy to pick up, once I understood recursiveness. Learning every bit of a language seems a *tremendous* waste of time, to me, especially if it's at the expense of learning how to code properly.
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I know it was developed in what basically amounts to a "clean-room" setting. That doesn't mean it's safe from patent-wielding lawyer scum, does it?
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Well, I'll tell you what _not_ to watch.
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About 6 years ago now, I went through a "moderate" Anime phase. I quickly learned to stay away from The Guyver series. Poorly drawn, badly dubbed, and, for some reason, I ended up renting about a half dozen of the damned things.
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Maybe this'll fix things. My card didn't work at all until I forced the board to give it IRQ 5. Also try and put it in a PCI slot whose "sister" PCI slot (as far as IRQ sharing goes) is empty. Some sound cards get bitchy when they share IRQs. I honestly don't know how well this'll work for you though, but it solved my problems.
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Installed it at the beginning of this month, an upgrade from a K6-2 450. The most flawless upgrade I've ever done. Every single thing works beautifully.
My uptime so far: 6:06pm up 21 days, 25 min, 11 users, load average: 0.06, 0.05, 0.01
I (and a bunch of hardware sites) highly recommend this board, especially if you don't want that STUPID, WORTHLESS "AMR" slot and built-in AC97 ("what's a s/n ratio?") audio.
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No idea, but I imagine these auction pulls piss off the buyers a lot more than a couple $20 copies of Win98. The Neumann u87, for example, routinely sells (when Neumann _allows_ them to, apparently) for over $1000 (each, not per pair) on eBay, and they cost about $1600 or so new, so this isn't a small investment by any means.
I just checked eBay now, actually, and there are at least a half dozen pulled Neumann auctions.
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Neumann, maker of *very* expensive, *very* high-quality studio microphones, has gotten on the horn with eBay a number of times and had auctions pulled, claiming trademark and copyright infringements. Do a search on eBay for "Neumann", and, chances are, a lot of the links you click will say "this auction is no longer in our database".
Apparently you're no longer allowed to sell things you've bought.
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Go here to see if prices really do go up. This page tracks and graphs the prices of CPU, SDRAM, and RDRAM and has done so for a couple of years now. Very interesting site.
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Is there any way to get this story removed? It seems 99% of the comments point out the fact that ten cents is by no means a "skyrocket" in price, and, it also seems to me that spreading this type of rumor is *exactly* the way to ensure an artificial, significant rise in prices *does* occur.
Slashdot has a few hundred thousand casual readers. If just a few percent of them make a "run" on RAM and stock up on it *for no good reason*, it *might* affect dealer prices a lot more than if this story hadn't run.
Maybe I'm just a little too paranoid...
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If they get rid of Napster, it certainly will be impossible to transfer files on the Internet.
If they enact a bunch of laws, it certainly will be even _more_ impossible to transfer files!
Why, if they do both, I fear that we will never again be able to download an MP3, my friends!
Yes, indeed, the knowledge some human beings have about programming TCP/IP sockets code will summarily be erased from human consciousness if and when technology like Napster is outlawed.
(Get with it, corporate America.)
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All napster users know full well who and what is being downloaded from them at all times. The client tells you who has initiated a download from you and what file they're getting. Users, unless they're _morons_, also know that the client will make all MP3s in the Napster directory available for download -- that's the whole concept of Napster.
Don't make the users out to be any more or less guilty of piracy.
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The protection offered by a trademark is very narow. Most likely the "smell of fresh cut grass" is only trademarked if used on tennis balls. Other people are perfectly free to continue mowing their lawns or letting their kids get grass stains on their pants.
Sure, this sets a precedent, but it's not any more dangerous than any other trademark. "Athlon" is also a brand of public toilet partition, and, even though Warner Brothers owns several trademarks on the word "Acme", there are literally thousands of "Acme" companies all over the planet.
Don't get so excited; don't be so exciteable.
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I can -- as long as I am working on my own program.
You must not write large programs.
Why do you think people are trying to retrofit C and C++ with rudimentary GCs now?
They don't. All garbage colloection mechanisms that I have seen for C and C++ are libraries -- they don't affect the language design.
Does it really matter if it's a change to the language spec or just the simple addition of a new "malloc" procedure? It's still retrofitting.
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Nobody can catch everything, and to assume a "good" programmer won't write code which leaks memory is very naive. Why do you think people are trying to retrofit C and C++ with rudimentary GCs now?
- A.P.
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For team coding, Java just makes things easier. I can take home my piece of code and work on it on my Linux box; another person can test the code in Windows or Solaris. The final project can be run on anything. It greatly simplifies things, since you don't have to worry about platform or implementation idiosyncrasies.
Also, I think it's _REALLY_ not important what language you learn, but the overall programming concepts you retain. Once I knew C++, it was simple to learn Java, Perl, etc. Even Lisp was easy to pick up, once I understood recursiveness. Learning every bit of a language seems a *tremendous* waste of time, to me, especially if it's at the expense of learning how to code properly.
- A.P.
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Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelled of elderberries.
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My uptime so far:
6:06pm up 21 days, 25 min, 11 users, load average: 0.06, 0.05, 0.01
I (and a bunch of hardware sites) highly recommend this board, especially if you don't want that STUPID, WORTHLESS "AMR" slot and built-in AC97 ("what's a s/n ratio?") audio.
- A.P.
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I just checked eBay now, actually, and there are at least a half dozen pulled Neumann auctions.
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Neutral: Totally Legal<<<<<SOLD IT ANYWAY>>>>>>RETAIL $89.00>>REALITY $9.99
Best comment so far.
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Apparently you're no longer allowed to sell things you've bought.
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Or are you nothing more than a common troll? Oh, never mind.
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Slashdot has a few hundred thousand casual readers. If just a few percent of them make a "run" on RAM and stock up on it *for no good reason*, it *might* affect dealer prices a lot more than if this story hadn't run.
Maybe I'm just a little too paranoid...
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I guess the moderator monkies are getting restless.
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If they enact a bunch of laws, it certainly will be even _more_ impossible to transfer files!
Why, if they do both, I fear that we will never again be able to download an MP3, my friends!
Yes, indeed, the knowledge some human beings have about programming TCP/IP sockets code will summarily be erased from human consciousness if and when technology like Napster is outlawed.
(Get with it, corporate America.)
- A.P.
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Don't make the users out to be any more or less guilty of piracy.
- A.P.
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Sure, this sets a precedent, but it's not any more dangerous than any other trademark. "Athlon" is also a brand of public toilet partition, and, even though Warner Brothers owns several trademarks on the word "Acme", there are literally thousands of "Acme" companies all over the planet.
Don't get so excited; don't be so exciteable.
- A.P.
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