Ok, now its ActiveX and not COM...:) What I meant is that the _meaning_ (of more complex components) is not really clear. Of course you can query all methods but the use of it is an other matter. As a matter of fact I once tried to write a scripting host (like IE is for example) but found the documentation _very_ lacking, finally I found a working example somewhere but it was very VC specific etc. While it is quite easy to add an ActiveX control somewhere this does not mean that is it clear how the interface of more complex components interact, especially if you intend to write you own. To make this clear: It is easy to use IE somewhere but it would be very difficult to write a compatible (!) IE replacement.
Good point. I won't actually call it "a joy" but it is easy enough to use and the doc is quity good (much better than the usual UNIX API doc at least). I would think that "opening" the Windows API makes no sense, it is already open, the core API at least. What is not so well documented is the COM API provided by IE, Office etc., _that_ should be opened. The interaction between OS and IE/Explorer etc. is unclear to say at least and should be revealed but the OS API is ok.
the socialistic european countries You don't mean that, do you? (I hope it's just a joke. On the other hand... that would again strengthen all prejudices...:)
Just curious: What optimizations can be done at runtime which cannot be done at compiletime? This would imply that the runtime compiler has additional knowledge which is not available at compiletime. I tried to think of some but found none (variable values for example cannot be used for optimization (after all they are _variables_:) and Java doesn't really know "const", "final" is weaker)
Actually low-level does mean neither OS nor "small" code. There are some applications/libraries where you have to do some nasty pointer tricks to get what you want and the code is actually quite large so it wouldn't be fun to code this in C. When you restrict these dangerous language features (like Java does) you can loose a lot of performance and need much more memory. (Trust me, I had to develop similar complex functionality in Java and C++:)
Some garbage collectors can handle most of the problems generated by casts but you might get some problems when the garbage-collector is invoked to late (for example if your object holds an OS handle). I especially _hate_ languages where it is impossible to call the destructor myself. (Bad experiences...:) Of course you can work around these things but than again you have to think about memory management which is exactly what garbage collection tried to prevent, so I think an optional garbage collector is a better choice.
Actually a 10 city TSP can be solved by a normal computer in decent time. 10 citys can even be solved by brute force, 10! is something like 3*10^6 which can be computed. And there are much better solutions than brute force.
It's not at all hard to remember that the US Eastern time zone is GMT -0500. It's one of the two most commonly-used time zones in the world, so you SHOULD know it.
I'm a little bit amused by this. Have you ever considered that the majority of world's population lives outside the US and really doesn't care to learn the names of US timezones?
Profit, by its very nature, means taking more then you give back to the community
That's not necessary true. Trade for example is normaly a win-win situation, both parties gain from trading. One party usualy makes profit (meaning cash) and the other party gains some service or something like this. Both parties make profit from trading otherwise they wouldn't trade. (Just for completness: Of course there are situations when one is forced into trading etc. but this is not the rule)
Since god (if he exists) is not part of out universe he is also not part of time. So no one has to create him because there simply is no "before" (at least not as we know it). Similar there is no time before the big bang, time started there.
Certainly not. Still there are a lot of problems: - Who shall pay the rent for the old? (Is it really called rent? I wonder...:) - less people, less customers. - Who will actually work? Whern 95& of the population are retired you have a problem... etc.
There is a problem if the population is to large and a problem if it is to small.
>That is a contradiction. Perhaps they are >capable of independant though, but Christian >religion itself discourages independant thought. >Christianity tells one what to think, what to >do, even what to love. So? I'm surprised. Could you give some quotes to proof this? As I read it you are free to do and think what you want. This point is actually emphasised, you are free to do evil. Of couse you _should_ not do so but you may and it is your decission.
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Ok, now its ActiveX and not COM... :) What I meant is that the _meaning_ (of more complex components) is not really clear. Of course you can query all methods but the use of it is an other matter. As a matter of fact I once tried to write a scripting host (like IE is for example) but found the documentation _very_ lacking, finally I found a working example somewhere but it was very VC specific etc. While it is quite easy to add an ActiveX control somewhere this does not mean that is it clear how the interface of more complex components interact, especially if you intend to write you own. To make this clear: It is easy to use IE somewhere but it would be very difficult to write a compatible (!) IE replacement.
Good point. I won't actually call it "a joy" but it is easy enough to use and the doc is quity good (much better than the usual UNIX API doc at least). I would think that "opening" the Windows API makes no sense, it is already open, the core API at least. What is not so well documented is the COM API provided by IE, Office etc., _that_ should be opened. The interaction between OS and IE/Explorer etc. is unclear to say at least and should be revealed but the OS API is ok.
the socialistic european countries :)
You don't mean that, do you? (I hope it's just a joke. On the other hand... that would again strengthen all prejudices...
Just curious: What optimizations can be done at runtime which cannot be done at compiletime? This would imply that the runtime compiler has additional knowledge which is not available at compiletime. I tried to think of some but found none (variable values for example cannot be used for optimization (after all they are _variables_ :) and Java doesn't really know "const", "final" is weaker)
Actually low-level does mean neither OS nor "small" code. There are some applications/libraries where you have to do some nasty pointer tricks to get what you want and the code is actually quite large so it wouldn't be fun to code this in C. When you restrict these dangerous language features (like Java does) you can loose a lot of performance and need much more memory. (Trust me, I had to develop similar complex functionality in Java and C++ :)
:)
Some garbage collectors can handle most of the problems generated by casts but you might get some problems when the garbage-collector is invoked to late (for example if your object holds an OS handle). I especially _hate_ languages where it is impossible to call the destructor myself. (Bad experiences...
Of course you can work around these things but than again you have to think about memory management which is exactly what garbage collection tried to prevent, so I think an optional garbage collector is a better choice.
Actually a 10 city TSP can be solved by a normal computer in decent time. 10 citys can even be solved by brute force, 10! is something like 3*10^6 which can be computed. And there are much better solutions than brute force.
I'm a little bit amused by this. Have you ever considered that the majority of world's population lives outside the US and really doesn't care to learn the names of US timezones?
That's not necessary true. Trade for example is normaly a win-win situation, both parties gain from trading. One party usualy makes profit (meaning cash) and the other party gains some service or something like this. Both parties make profit from trading otherwise they wouldn't trade. (Just for completness: Of course there are situations when one is forced into trading etc. but this is not the rule)
Since god (if he exists) is not part of out universe he is also not part of time. So no one has to create him because there simply is no "before" (at least not as we know it). Similar there is no time before the big bang, time started there.
>This doesn't mean the end of the human race
:)
Certainly not. Still there are a lot of problems:
- Who shall pay the rent for the old? (Is it really called rent? I wonder...
- less people, less customers.
- Who will actually work? Whern 95& of the population are retired you have a problem...
etc.
There is a problem if the population is to large and a problem if it is to small.
>That is a contradiction. Perhaps they are >capable of independant though, but Christian >religion itself discourages independant thought. >Christianity tells one what to think, what to >do, even what to love.
So? I'm surprised. Could you give some quotes to proof this?
As I read it you are free to do and think what you want. This point is actually emphasised, you are free to do evil. Of couse you _should_ not do so but you may and it is your decission.