>another language that's a bit like C++? Yes. How many do we have that's like C++ ? None. We have Java,C#,Python and similar things. BUT, they're interpreted or JIT'ed languages. But really none(save perhaps objective-c) in the same league as C and C++.
>2: Why does the ENTIRE app need to redraw itself (using huge amounts of >network bandwidth) every time I obscure it with a window or hop to >another virtual desktop??? The damned thing is already wasting traffic >updating when I'm not even lookin g at it, why does it need to redraw >AGAIN when I view the window again???? Now onto my final gripe for >right now. Toolkit problem. Don't blame that on X.
>Gripe 3: If X is such a truly network independent application why the >hell can't I simply redirect the output of an already running process >to any X-term??? Cause ther's a lot of state residing on the X server about every application/Xwindow. And there is no current way of transferring that state to another X server.
Just fyi, D is really a frontend. It generates C code, which is then compiled with your ordininary gcc. Nice imho so you get great speed, and don't have to write a compiler again;)
No. Its a very nice feature. Just about anything you need, there's a C library for it. Think nice things like opengl,pam,openssl,GUI librairies, database libraries, and heaps more. Having access to those is very nice, and you don't have to wait anyone to port those to a new language(which probably won't happen anyway.) I'd imagine how far C++ had gotten if it couldn't use C libraries..
No. It pretty much depends on what the code does as well. If you have a really cool way of computing the normals of thousands of polygons in 10 lines of code, that might be _alot_ slower than a great algorithm doing it in 100 lines. By your argument, the code in the story should run 100'ds of times faster than any of the recent commercial FPS games..
Story also here Small info: * Sedna is about three-fourths the size of Pluto. * It takes 10,000 years to orbit the Sun. * Sedna spins on its axis once every 20 Earth-days.
Have people here played Jak'n' Daxter (or Jak II) on the PS2 ? It features an enormous world, with many levels. And no loading time between them. Roaming around the world, and among diffrent levels etc. is totally smooth. Developers got a thing or two to learn from it.
>Patents are good and they have a reason. It protects personal IP and guarantees that other companies gonna pay licenses for using these patents. This is good and desirable for what reason ?
I'll agree on beeing very very careful to put it out in the wild. But ban it ? Nope. The benefits can be huge. And unless recearch is done, we will never know anything about the effects.
Anyway, most of us already eat genetically modified wheat, wear clothes from modified cotton plants and lots of other stuff.
Mankind have done genetically modifications for 1000's of years already(look at all the dog/cat races, orange trees that produces big and juicy oranges, etc.). Just that now we can control it a lot better to our benefit. Nice imho, no a very big deal if one takes the needed precausions.
Uhm,, because the D3D API plainly sucks ? Really. There are many reasons, personal preference, more OpenGL experience. Favor C over C++ etc.
The real alternative is SDL for portability, handling input, windowing and other small things, OpenGL(ofcourse) for the grahics, and OpenAL for sound.
Re:Java on top of OpenGL is happening...
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Hold it.. Faster ? Yes, if one have installed the OpenGL drivers for the specific cards you have. Many cards (on Linux) doesn't have hw accelerated drivers, and we are stuck with Mesa. Which means software rendering. Which means slow as hell.
You defintly should start fidling with NetBSD as well:-) Its much cleaner, and more stable than any other OS's I've tried.
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I don't see that as a much lesser chance. My mail is filled with virus mails, wether they come from windows or linux(root or non-root) users doesn't make much diffrence.
Since Sony have the uber all control over publishing(only legal way you can make a CD/DVD "boot" on PS2 is for Sony to produce it) I have a hard time seeing the ps2dev.org community do that. Lets not also forget that Sony has their own community with the ps2 linux kit.
Some info at http://ps2dev.org/kb.x?T=691 Basically, you need a modchip, or use the PSO Exploit, or get a memory card with some special files on it.
You have to realize this is made by "l337" people who have noe clue whatsoever on how to write docs.
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On the other hand, Red Hat makes a damn fine stable product. Well tested and with lots of enterprise features. You can pay for it and get support,(and not to mention "support" redhat). Or you can get it for free - www.whiteboxlinux.org
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You are indeed right :-/
It only uses gcc for linking..
>another language that's a bit like C++?
Yes. How many do we have that's like C++ ?
None. We have Java,C#,Python and similar things.
BUT, they're interpreted or JIT'ed languages.
But really none(save perhaps objective-c) in the
same league as C and C++.
>2: Why does the ENTIRE app need to redraw itself (using huge amounts of
>network bandwidth) every time I obscure it with a window or hop to
>another virtual desktop??? The damned thing is already wasting traffic
>updating when I'm not even lookin g at it, why does it need to redraw
>AGAIN when I view the window again???? Now onto my final gripe for
>right now.
Toolkit problem. Don't blame that on X.
>Gripe 3: If X is such a truly network independent application why the
>hell can't I simply redirect the output of an already running process
>to any X-term???
Cause ther's a lot of state residing on the X server about every
application/Xwindow. And there is no current way of transferring
that state to another X server.
Just fyi, D is really a frontend. It generates C code, which is then ;)
compiled with your ordininary gcc. Nice imho so you get great speed,
and don't have to write a compiler again
No. Its a very nice feature.
Just about anything you need, there's a C library for it.
Think nice things like opengl,pam,openssl,GUI librairies, database
libraries, and heaps more.
Having access to those is very nice, and you don't have to wait anyone
to port those to a new language(which probably won't happen anyway.)
I'd imagine how far C++ had gotten if it couldn't use C libraries..
No.
It pretty much depends on what the code does as well. If you have a
really cool way of computing the normals of thousands of polygons in 10
lines of code, that might be _alot_ slower than a great algorithm doing it in 100 lines.
By your argument, the code in the story should run 100'ds of times faster than any of the recent commercial FPS games..
Story also here
Small info:
* Sedna is about three-fourths the size of Pluto.
* It takes 10,000 years to orbit the Sun.
* Sedna spins on its axis once every 20 Earth-days.
Use version control ?
Edit at your local site, have a (subversion/cvs)server at the office.
Hmm, honest question, why a troll mod ? the link points to http://people.freebsd.org/~phk/
which actually IS poul henning kamp's homepage..
Link is broken. A real picture is here.
Have people here played Jak'n' Daxter (or Jak II) on the PS2 ?
It features an enormous world, with many levels. And no loading time
between them. Roaming around the world, and among diffrent levels etc. is totally smooth.
Developers got a thing or two to learn from it.
No we won't. We'll get crappy games from EA Games licensing famous titles, just like ïn the past.
>Patents are good and they have a reason. It protects personal IP and guarantees that other companies gonna pay licenses for using these patents.
This is good and desirable for what reason ?
The ones that glow in the dark ?
I'll agree on beeing very very careful to put it out in the wild.
But ban it ? Nope. The benefits can be huge. And unless recearch is
done, we will never know anything about the effects.
Anyway, most of us already eat genetically modified wheat, wear
clothes from modified cotton plants and lots of other stuff.
Mankind have done genetically modifications for 1000's of years
already(look at all the dog/cat races, orange trees that produces big
and juicy oranges, etc.).
Just that now we can control it a lot better to our benefit.
Nice imho, no a very big deal if one takes the needed precausions.
Uhm,, because the D3D API plainly sucks ?
Really. There are many reasons, personal preference,
more OpenGL experience. Favor C over C++ etc.
The real alternative is SDL for portability, handling input, windowing and other small things, OpenGL(ofcourse) for the grahics, and OpenAL for sound.
Hold it..
Faster ? Yes, if one have installed the OpenGL drivers for the specific cards you
have. Many cards (on Linux) doesn't have hw accelerated drivers, and we are stuck with Mesa.
Which means software rendering.
Which means slow as hell.
>Subject: Announcing the New NetBSD logo
;)
>To: None
>From: Hubert Feyrer
>List: netbsd-advocacy
>Date: 04/01/2004 00:15:39
Lets take a look at the Date header again
Hmm.. pondering about how this releates to this
You defintly should start fidling with NetBSD as well :-)
Its much cleaner, and more stable than any other OS's I've tried.
I don't see that as a much lesser chance. My mail is filled with
virus mails, wether they come from windows or linux(root or non-root) users doesn't make much diffrence.
Hmm, sounds exactly like the early 2.4 kernels. ;)
Did MS borrow some MM code here perhaps ?
Since Sony have the uber all control over publishing(only legal way
you can make a CD/DVD "boot" on PS2 is for Sony to produce it) I have
a hard time seeing the ps2dev.org community do that.
Lets not also forget that Sony has their own community
with the ps2 linux kit.
Some info at http://ps2dev.org/kb.x?T=691
Basically, you need a modchip, or use the PSO Exploit, or
get a memory card with some special files on it.
You have to realize this is made by "l337" people who
have noe clue whatsoever on how to write docs.
On the other hand, Red Hat makes a damn fine stable product. Well tested
and with lots of enterprise features.
You can pay for it and get support,(and not to mention "support" redhat).
Or you can get it for free - www.whiteboxlinux.org