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  1. Re:speaking of Japan and Ruby on Mac OS X Ruby/Objective-C Bridge Updated · · Score: 1

    Yes, very few people actually take the time to look at source code examples written by people who know what they're doing.

    Incidentally, there are very few really good programmers. Must just be coincidence.

  2. Re:Haven't seen this question on Pike Scripting Language · · Score: 1

    Perl6 will, and it should be able to match Pike's features via quantum superpositions.

    Though some might argue that in a well-behaved program, typing a variable as any one of a selection of types should either be accomplished using a single "parent" or "base" class, or should not be done at all.

  3. Yes, there's P2P software for Mac, but... on P2P Software for the Mac? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    As others have said, don't. Not only is there the issue of it being theft, which is debatable, but it's also just a bad situation. Software makers and most of the media creation industry are in an arms race replete with deception and dirty practices. It's not worth the aggravation, much like e-mail is becoming with the continued proliferation of spam.

  4. Re:Harrumph on Mac OS X Dec 2002 Developer Tools · · Score: 1

    Wasn't GCC 3.1 included with the Jaguar Dev Tools already? If so, does this mean the new package will install GCC 3.1 on 10.1.x machines as well?

  5. Re:Merits of PHP compared to Perl? on Professional PHP4 · · Score: 1

    Actually, I believe that Perl is parsed into a tree form, and then interpreted. Perl6 will be compiled to Parrot bytecode, which will then be executed by the Parrot virtual machine.

    As for embedded scripting languages for web usage, if you're coming from a Perl background, eRuby and mod_ruby might be a better fit.

    From everything I've heard, mod_ruby runs more efficiently than mod_perl or mod_php. Additionally it will give you smooth handling of regular expressions - something you may be taking for granted with Perl. It wraps the Ruby language, so you can use the same code in plain old scripts, without any extra markup. Definitely worth a look.

    The only cns may be fewer libraries available, but last I checked there were good interfaces for all of the buzzwords(databases, XML, SOAP, etc.)

  6. Re:My recommendations on Homepage Usability · · Score: 1

    I've found that text resize generally doesn't work with pages with font sizes set in CSS.

  7. Re:though the suggestions might be usefull... on Homepage Usability · · Score: 1

    There are lots of reasons to avoid frames. bookmarking problems ugly scrollbars in the middle of the page Javascript complications making a site work with older or less feature-rich browsers is a concern with frames, but certainly not anywhere near the most important one. Frames generally make a page harder to use especially if you have a frames-capable browser.

  8. Re:Huh? on Apple's New, Improved Airport · · Score: 1

    Actually, Macs run Linux(Mklinux, LinuxPPC, Yellow Dog, Mandrake, SuSE, Debian...) quite nicely.

  9. Re:Just dont visit msn sites on MSN Blocks Mozilla, Other Browsers [updated] · · Score: 1

    I spent quite a while looking for just such a post. Going to any kind of effort for access to Microsoft's mediocre web offerings? Some people are just pathetic.

  10. Re:Answer the freakin' question, people... on A Strategic Comparison of Windows Vs. Unix · · Score: 1
    What AppleScript does so well (candygrammar aside)
    If I recall correctly, at least in OS X, the Applescript syntax can be replaced all together with(thus far) Javascript or BASIC syntax.