Note that the C wart is still visible, in that if you wouldn't give the length explicitly, the string would only contain "this is bad". In C++0x this could be solved by a user-defined string literal, which would allow you to write something like
std::string good = "this is good\0 if provided"s;
It would be nice if the standard provided this literal definition, but looking at N3000, I couldn't find it (but then, the whole thing is huge, so I might very well not have seen it). However, it's possible to write that definition yourself.
Of course not every Wiki is MediaWiki, and even if you can't add it to MediaWiki or another existing Wiki, there's no reason why you couldn't create another Wiki based on EtherPad. It won't be used for Wikipedia, of course, but neither is MoinMoinWiki, UseModWiki or any of the other Wikis except MediaWiki.
XML is abused way too often in places where it doesn't belong.
Indeed. People should think more about what the "M" in "XML" stands for.
A good litmus test for abuse of XML is: Take an XML file and remove all tags. If the result doesn't make sense (or worse, there is nothing left except whitespace), it's abuse.
I'm confident that its more likely that I'll see a stable, bug and exploit free version of Windows, from MS, under a BSD license, with no charge, in my life time than it is that my children will see a working quantum computer.
Well, there are working quantum computers. They successfully factor the number 15. The problem is, normal computers are already quite efficient at factorizing 15. As are elementary school students.:-)
What about using EtherPad for Wikis? Seems the perfect match: The learning curve is lower than for current Wiki markup (and ease of editing was one point of Wikis, after all), the history function is already included, and since it's now Open Source, the missing functionality (especially Wiki links) could easily be added.
Well, of course it is flat. Spherical Earth is just a large conspiracy. They want you to believe spherical earth so they can throw you over the border of the world if they see the need for it, and nobody will believe it.:-)
So far it seems Microsoft has been sincere about not planning to litigate against projects implementing.NET open source. I'd call that a success any day, given how the Microsoft of yesteryear would have thought about these things.
The problem with "seeming to have been sincere about not planning to" is that it's completely unreliable. Unless they make a clear, legally binding statement to this effect, you shouldn't rely on it. Even if at the moment they really don't plan to do so, who tells you they won't change their mind next year?
There isn't another language that can be compared to.net
Of course not..NET isn't a language, but a virtual machine. There are several languages targeting.NET, where C# is the best-known, but there's also C++/CLI, VB.net and F# (and possibly others).
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Compile servers are servers, too.
No, no, no, you're doing it wrong. Climbing into trees will increase your CO2 output. Stay on the floor!
And if you want to write good C++, you'll write
Note that the C wart is still visible, in that if you wouldn't give the length explicitly, the string would only contain "this is bad". In C++0x this could be solved by a user-defined string literal, which would allow you to write something like
It would be nice if the standard provided this literal definition, but looking at N3000, I couldn't find it (but then, the whole thing is huge, so I might very well not have seen it). However, it's possible to write that definition yourself.
He said C/C++ variant. Apart from superficial syntactic similarity, Java is a very different language from C++.
Of course not every Wiki is MediaWiki, and even if you can't add it to MediaWiki or another existing Wiki, there's no reason why you couldn't create another Wiki based on EtherPad. It won't be used for Wikipedia, of course, but neither is MoinMoinWiki, UseModWiki or any of the other Wikis except MediaWiki.
As long as you don't try to own Steve Jobs' farting - his are inaudible.
You mean he's violating the copyright of John Cage?
Well, the first post is just a classic first post, rightly moderated down to -1. You probably meant RTFSP.
It's the place where you put your narcotics. :-)
Indeed. People should think more about what the "M" in "XML" stands for.
A good litmus test for abuse of XML is: Take an XML file and remove all tags. If the result doesn't make sense (or worse, there is nothing left except whitespace), it's abuse.
Open Standards != Open Source.
You can implement an open standard with proprietary code.
How else would you edit raw XML, than with an editor?
Most people prefer a word processor to do that, especially MS Word is quite popular for that task.
I, for one, are hungary for goulash soup now.
Pluralis majestatis? :-)
Since this is about editing, I think you mean gnuserv.
Well, there are working quantum computers. They successfully factor the number 15. The problem is, normal computers are already quite efficient at factorizing 15. As are elementary school students. :-)
If we image things with photons, we call it a photo. Since they imaged the photons with electrons, should their image then called an electro?
What about using EtherPad for Wikis? Seems the perfect match: The learning curve is lower than for current Wiki markup (and ease of editing was one point of Wikis, after all), the history function is already included, and since it's now Open Source, the missing functionality (especially Wiki links) could easily be added.
No, shopping through the mall with cash and without customer card is.
Of course. God installed the first firewall in history at the entry of paradise, to protect his Apple.
Well, of course it is flat. Spherical Earth is just a large conspiracy. They want you to believe spherical earth so they can throw you over the border of the world if they see the need for it, and nobody will believe it. :-)
Easy solution: Find a Burger King located close to a McDonald's, then eat the Burger King food while surfing using McDonald's WiFi.
Who had thought there is so much demand for an Open Source lexer? :-)
The problem with "seeming to have been sincere about not planning to" is that it's completely unreliable. Unless they make a clear, legally binding statement to this effect, you shouldn't rely on it. Even if at the moment they really don't plan to do so, who tells you they won't change their mind next year?
Of course not. .NET isn't a language, but a virtual machine. There are several languages targeting .NET, where C# is the best-known, but there's also C++/CLI, VB.net and F# (and possibly others).
People don't mock him for saying "developers, developers, developers" but for the way how he said it.
No. You were designed many millennia ago. Only some small details were decided when you were produced.