Indeed, for anyone who would use "the technology cares for you" as an excuse not to come, "the people working in your retirement home are caring for you" is an even better excuse. Especially if they can add "and you have also so many other people living there to talk to."
Of course you have to understand what you are doing. But that's true in any language. Yes, you can also leak memory in Java (not in the strict sense that there's no reference to it, but in the weaker sense that it is still referenced, but there's no program path which will ever access it again, and thus it should be discarded).
And, while C++ will always necessarily be faster to execute, there's no question that the other three languages will be faster and more straightforward to develop in. (Which, in general, makes them a net win, as programmer time is almost always more expensive than computer time, except in certain corner cases which should be obvious.)
Why? Three words: Automatic memory management.
If you have problems managing your memory in C++, you must not have heard of RAII. Or of container classes.
Well, let's look at their list: * C++: compiled to machine code, doesn't have GC. * Go: compiled to machine code, does have GC * Java, Scala: compiled to bytecode, does have GC.
So except for the bytecode/GC combination, each class has only one language inside. For machine code/no GC, they should at least have added Fortran (which is often considered the fastest for numerics; it would be interesting if that claim still holds). For machine code/GC, they could e.g. have added D.
And of course they should have tested with a set of algorithms representing different types of algorithms (I guess the performance characteristics differ greatly whether you look e.g. at numerics or string handling).
In a radio broadcast in Germany not long ago, the online security of banks was described to be the equivalent of putting the money in a carton box on the street (if you understand German: Here's a transcript as PDF).
After reading this story, I think the carton box would actually provide more safety.
Besides faster boot, you also keep all your open programs. That is, not only is the actual boot time shorter, but in addition you spare yourself the time to re-open everything you need to get productive again.
Tjhat's "standby", just like your TV is on standby if you can switch it on with the remote. "Off" means "no power", period. And it doesn't change just because someone at Microsoft or Apple (I don't know who uses that idiotic naming) thinks they can redefine the word's meaning.
Again: Standby = consuming mimimal power, in order to receive external switch-on signals.
They have tidal sources which France used to generate hundreds of megawatts back in the 60's out of a single installation -- ignoring the efficiency increases of what we can do today.
I'm pretty sure the tides of the Mediterranean Sea are much lower than the tides of the Atlantic Ocean which France uses.
If in ten years, you see lots of houses with their lights constantly blinking, don't worry. Those people just didn't find out how to set the clock on their lights. If you look closer, you'll see the lights forming a "12:00" pattern.
Android recently shipped on its 100 millionth unit. iOS has recently shipped on its 200 millionth unit.
That's irrelevant. The relevant question is how many of the units are in use. Given that iOS is longer on the market than Android, it's not unlikely that there are more abandoned iOS devices than abandoned Android devices.
How many do you know which don't have at least one switch, which allows to switch it off (or at least to standby)?
But more to the point, you normally don't operate your TV in situations where there's absolutely no light. You quite frequently operate your lights in such situations (namely in order to change that).
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Still waiting for my change. I am getting a little worried it isn't going to come.
What? After he was voted, he changed his complete political agenda by 180 degrees. What more change could there be?
This is the point where it passes into 'hilarious' .....
we are now living in a monty python comedy skit - not real life any more.
Well, in that case ... just tell the government: "And now for something completely different!"
Indeed, for anyone who would use "the technology cares for you" as an excuse not to come, "the people working in your retirement home are caring for you" is an even better excuse. Especially if they can add "and you have also so many other people living there to talk to."
IBM: Let's build a smarter oven.
International Burning Machines?
Of course you have to understand what you are doing. But that's true in any language. Yes, you can also leak memory in Java (not in the strict sense that there's no reference to it, but in the weaker sense that it is still referenced, but there's no program path which will ever access it again, and thus it should be discarded).
Which is exactly the point. You compare performance exactly in order to create evidence one way or the other.
If you have problems managing your memory in C++, you must not have heard of RAII. Or of container classes.
Well, let's look at their list:
* C++: compiled to machine code, doesn't have GC.
* Go: compiled to machine code, does have GC
* Java, Scala: compiled to bytecode, does have GC.
So except for the bytecode/GC combination, each class has only one language inside.
For machine code/no GC, they should at least have added Fortran (which is often considered the fastest for numerics; it would be interesting if that claim still holds).
For machine code/GC, they could e.g. have added D.
And of course they should have tested with a set of algorithms representing different types of algorithms (I guess the performance characteristics differ greatly whether you look e.g. at numerics or string handling).
The cyber criminals were sophisticated, but they couldn't use their sophistication because the bank made it depressingly simple for them.
In a radio broadcast in Germany not long ago, the online security of banks was described to be the equivalent of putting the money in a carton box on the street (if you understand German: Here's a transcript as PDF).
After reading this story, I think the carton box would actually provide more safety.
You know, I could write a kick-ass Duke game. Oh, wait, that would be illegal.
A kick-ass Duke game? So instead of shooting, he now kicks asses? :-)
Besides faster boot, you also keep all your open programs. That is, not only is the actual boot time shorter, but in addition you spare yourself the time to re-open everything you need to get productive again.
Tjhat's "standby", just like your TV is on standby if you can switch it on with the remote. "Off" means "no power", period. And it doesn't change just because someone at Microsoft or Apple (I don't know who uses that idiotic naming) thinks they can redefine the word's meaning.
Again:
Standby = consuming mimimal power, in order to receive external switch-on signals.
I'm pretty sure the tides of the Mediterranean Sea are much lower than the tides of the Atlantic Ocean which France uses.
And how much is the German government paying for nuclear power?
Coordinating the whole building is not the same as centrally controlling the whole building.
If in ten years, you see lots of houses with their lights constantly blinking, don't worry. Those people just didn't find out how to set the clock on their lights. If you look closer, you'll see the lights forming a "12:00" pattern.
That's irrelevant. The relevant question is how many of the units are in use. Given that iOS is longer on the market than Android, it's not unlikely that there are more abandoned iOS devices than abandoned Android devices.
Having said that, StatCounter still shows more iOS than Android, although far from twice as much.
How many do you know which don't have at least one switch, which allows to switch it off (or at least to standby)?
But more to the point, you normally don't operate your TV in situations where there's absolutely no light. You quite frequently operate your lights in such situations (namely in order to change that).
No he wouldn't. Do you know how hard it is to shake a head with a brain the size of a planet?
He just would be very, very depressed.
Well, he certainly aged while waiting for the release. What did you expect? :-)
But the whole point of a game is being fun to play. Which according to the review DNF isn't.
No, his verb is "to still". However I wonder how you can still into an app. :-)
I get with "off" you mean "standby"? Because if really switched off (i.e. power consumption zero), you cannot do a wake on LAN on a PC either.
The driver combinations shouldn't matter. If each driver just properly re-initializes the hardware it is responsible for, everything should work well.