I'm getting really irked by people blaming OS X for their slow graphics programs. If you knew some basic graphical algorithms and would take ten minutes to learn the architecture you would be able to take responsibility for the performance of your programs instead of blaming it on the operating enviroment.
It's attitudes like yours that give Java a bad name because you're using the ease-of-development of the platform as a substitute for real programming ability.
No. And if I change readme.txt to readme.jpg, does it in fact become a compressed image?
I'm just saying that filename extensions are a natural extension (no pun intended) of common language made precise enough for a computer to understand.
"There are three people in this room with me. Their names are: John, Sarah, and Matt"
Just by telling you their names, you also know something about their types:
John is male
Sarah is female
Matt is male
Duh. A name is supposed to describe the object it represents. Including the type of an object with its name has been around a lot longer than file systems.
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It's attitudes like yours that give Java a bad name because you're using the ease-of-development of the platform as a substitute for real programming ability.
No. And if I change readme.txt to readme.jpg, does it in fact become a compressed image?
I'm just saying that filename extensions are a natural extension (no pun intended) of common language made precise enough for a computer to understand.
Then again, common language can be pretty dumb.
Just by telling you their names, you also know something about their types:
John is male
Sarah is female
Matt is male
Duh. A name is supposed to describe the object it represents. Including the type of an object with its name has been around a lot longer than file systems.