Then we'll have a CPU with a size of a frig eating enough power to make small african country happy and a couple of rooms of peripherals. It will run Sun Linux of course. And there we'll be a host of terminals connected to it. And admin will slap your little hands on your every move.
You obviously never tried coding anything for some 8-bit chip? In assembler, of course. Let me tell you that using more than one register for a number sucks badly. Say nothing about address spaces. If you want to address more than 4Gigs without kludges you'll need more than 32bits! (Or you should address words, not bytes - than you'll have 16Gigs, but that sucks also)
Flag - 1 bit used Char - 8/16 bits used Your average int - about 5-15 bits used....
There must be some data on average number (and dispersion for that matter) of USEFULL bits per a piece of computer data (word?) in average computing task. Now it's obvious (for me at least) that if you'll get a 256 bit (or whatever) CPU - you'll actually be LOSING bandwidth compared to your average 32 bits one as you'll be tossing absolutely useless zeroes all around your computer.
Question: Can someone calculate the OPTIMAL number of bits per word? Bandwidth-wise.
Now I hope that when 64 bits arrive in volume (and given that we'll still be alive) this #@$% 32-bit floating point rush that we have today will go away.
REAL MEN USE SCALED INTEGERS - SUCKERS GO WITH FP!
(Oh, I meant games and 3d-stuff if you didn't get it)
Judging from ads you can buy a "Pentium-II class PC" for under $300 or even $200, but would you? I feel it's just the same thing.
PS: Hey you, bastards, publishing those ads;-) Now go to my boss and try to explain why I buy "expensive" HW, when we "can buy" those PCs. (No, it's not that bad really;)
C - is a portable assembler and not many more IMHO. It's good for OS kernel and stuff, but doing something as complex as, say, a simple window manager in C is not justified. No, I can't point you a good alternative, but it MUST BE without 'pointer' concept. I'm 100% sure about that. Runaway pointer is a cause of almost all fatal program errors.
C++ - is just a monster. Akin to PL/1 on old IBM's. Akin to M$.
Now I really like to have Delphi for Linux (or close equivalent). Just look how much good software have been written in Delphi - quite a proof of its value.
On the other hand I'm absolutely sure that Borland will screw it. Somehow.
So the question is: Are there some alive free projects of RAD tools for Unix? No interpreters or c/c++, pls.
>>I think that one of the real important features of linux is that >>it is easy to use. Typing ntsysv is _so_ much easier than >>going start...setting...control panel...services.
>I really hope this is just dry humor.
Why? Or you never used a windows machine for more than a couple of hours straight and don't know what palm/finger pain is? Mice are good for some special purposes - not constant use!
Now, who owns GPL? Obviously nobody. Then who can go to court and sue corel (and others) for violating GPL? If I somewhat understand jurisprudence;-) then some damages (or whatever) must be seeked etc... Now, can I (or you) sue 'em? No? Then who can?
And this is exactly the same thing that I originally meant - we don't use it -- browsers (and graphics apps for that matter) don't bother to have proper support - old story:-(
And may I insist that OS/Format comparison *is* proper in our case - what you think linux (and some other insignificant;-) projects) would be now if it hasn't got such a developer and user (it's important also) base?
And I think that if we don't see *any* switch from gif now then we'll not see it anytime at all.
Slashdot Mirror
You mean Horium.
(Horrorium, Hornyum... I'm going to bed, it's way too late here)
Then we'll have a CPU with a size of a frig eating enough power to make small african country happy and a couple of rooms of peripherals.
It will run Sun Linux of course.
And there we'll be a host of terminals connected to it.
And admin will slap your little hands on your every move.
Welcome back to the future.
(Arrgh. I miss personal computers)
If this Hammer really will be of x86 line it will be a 4-IN-1 chip:
;)
1. 16 bit - 'real' mode
2. 16 bit - prot. mode
3. 32 bit - prot. mode
4. 64 bit
Gee. I'm glad it won't have UNIAC instruction set at least.
(Spelling could be wrong
You obviously never tried coding anything for some 8-bit chip? In assembler, of course. Let me tell you that using more than one register for a number sucks badly.
Say nothing about address spaces. If you want to address more than 4Gigs without kludges you'll need more than 32bits! (Or you should address words, not bytes - than you'll have 16Gigs, but that sucks also)
And now for something completely serious...
Flag - 1 bit used
Char - 8/16 bits used
Your average int - about 5-15 bits used....
There must be some data on average number (and dispersion for that matter) of USEFULL bits per a piece of computer data (word?) in average computing task.
Now it's obvious (for me at least) that if you'll get a 256 bit (or whatever) CPU - you'll actually be LOSING bandwidth compared to your average 32 bits one as you'll be tossing absolutely useless zeroes all around your computer.
Question:
Can someone calculate the OPTIMAL number of bits per word? Bandwidth-wise.
256-bit?!
Wow!
If I store a flag in 'int' I'll have 0.39% efficiency. Cool!
Now I hope that when 64 bits arrive in volume (and given that we'll still be alive) this #@$% 32-bit floating point rush that we have today will go away.
REAL MEN USE SCALED INTEGERS - SUCKERS GO WITH FP!
(Oh, I meant games and 3d-stuff if you didn't get it)
Hmmm...
;-) ;)
Judging from ads you can buy a "Pentium-II class PC" for under $300 or even $200, but would you?
I feel it's just the same thing.
PS: Hey you, bastards, publishing those ads
Now go to my boss and try to explain why I buy "expensive" HW, when we "can buy" those PCs.
(No, it's not that bad really
Inaproprate tools!
C - is a portable assembler and not many more IMHO.
It's good for OS kernel and stuff, but doing something as complex as, say, a simple window manager in C is not justified. No, I can't point you a good alternative, but it MUST BE without 'pointer' concept. I'm 100% sure about that. Runaway pointer is a cause of almost all fatal program errors.
C++ - is just a monster. Akin to PL/1 on old IBM's. Akin to M$.
Why?!
I hope they won't! XLib and own widget drawing/handling is the way to go IMHO... VCL is a layer itself akin to QT.
Now we all see that everyone have different opinions and (quite probably) Borland tools for *X is not to be.
On the other hand I'm absolutely sure that Borland will screw it. Somehow.
So the question is: Are there some alive free projects of RAD tools for Unix? No interpreters or c/c++, pls.
Yeahh!
Windoze is so easy to use! Every user can screw it!
(And than call for me to repair)
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I'm-not-assenizator-bert
>>I think that one of the real important features of linux is that
>>it is easy to use. Typing ntsysv is _so_ much easier than
>>going start...setting...control panel...services.
>I really hope this is just dry humor.
Why? Or you never used a windows machine for more than a couple of hours straight and don't know what palm/finger pain is?
Mice are good for some special purposes - not constant use!
Now, who owns GPL? Obviously nobody. Then who can go to court and sue corel (and others) for violating GPL? ;-) then some damages (or whatever) must be seeked etc...
If I somewhat understand jurisprudence
Now, can I (or you) sue 'em? No? Then who can?
And this is exactly the same thing that I originally meant - we don't use it -- browsers (and graphics apps for that matter) don't bother to have proper support - old story :-(
;-) projects) would be now if it hasn't got such a developer and user (it's important also) base?
And may I insist that OS/Format comparison *is* proper in our case - what you think linux (and some other insignificant
And I think that if we don't see *any* switch from gif now then we'll not see it anytime at all.
Ahem. In Russian (and probably other slavic languages) 'ebi' would mean 'f@ck' (sorry).
;-)
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Why don't people use hexadecimal in daily life
> I can compile a kernel in 3 minutes flat.
.. and that does NOT sound impressive.
My K6-233 (Not K6-2 even) does compile in under 5 minutes
with somewhat old HDD