Heh, gcc doesn't govern portability. For instance... take networking. Bsd, Linux, windows.. they all implement it differently. Maybe recently it changed, but at least 4 years ago, they were different.
Sorry but I can (and have) implemented perfectly portable networking code for all mentioned platforms. They all have an interface (available from C) to BSD-style sockets.
C isn't as portable as perl, python, php or java. C and C++ suffer from either incomplete or random interpretations of the specifications.
That is one of the most ridiculous things I've ever read. What are Perl, Python, php and Java implemented in? C! If C wasn't portable enough to run on all the platforms those languages do, those language's runtimes wouldn't compile on those platforms!
Find me a platform that runs any of those languages that doesn't also have a gcc port that allows you to write portable code in C.
OTOH, there is a right way and a wrong way of approaching this. In the example of DBC, MS would do good by providing an Eiffel implementation for their CLR. In the example of F#, MS would be more correct to introduce Scheme and LISP dialects rather than invent their own.
Bertrand Meyer is one of the biggest.NET boosters on the planet, and he already oversaw a port of Eiffel to.NET. This was available like a year ago.
There's also a Scheme compiler, called Hotdog, with a.NET backend:
Keep in mind that F# is but one of MANY language research projects going on at Microsoft Research, and there are many more going on at other sites that Microsoft is tangentially involved with.
ATI has been doing the same thing, and in fact they were also caught redhanded about a year or two ago. In ATI's case, they optimized for Quake III, but they did it solely because Q3 is often used as a benchmark.
No, in that case just the code added to the opensource project would be GPL, and only that version. The original version from windows would maintain it's original Microsoft EULA. Code can have multiple licenses.
Wrong, the code wouldn't be GPLed at all because the engineer in question doesn't have the legal authority to change its license.
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Never trust a computer proffesional that doesnt list computer as a hobby.
Maybe you should have a couple more hobbies.... For example, if you read once in a while you might realize that there is one f in professional.
Washington State has already made their choice, now they just have to understand it.
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Once you open the wrapping, you've agreed to the contract. You may think that sucks, but that's how the contract is worded and so far no challenge to such contracts has ever legally been successful in the US. It may not be 'right', but its the law of the land as it currently stands.
All I know is, if I ever get the sense that I might be dead within 24 hours, Monica Belluci better not be within driving distance of me, or she is going to get more from me than what Neo gave her.
So rape is now a celebration of the human spirit? You sick fuck.
Geez, look at the video--crates, ramps, all the old standbys. It seriously looks like Doom with mouselook, sans demons.
Earth to Romero--we've moved on.
Earth to writertype -- Red Faction wasn't designed by John Romero. This is simply a port of a PS2 and PC game that came out a couple of years ago.
There isn't a decent color scheme within any Slashdot subtopic. There are just old ugly ones we are used to and new ugly ones we aren't yet used to.. give it time.
Obviously these states aren't considering the long-term results of Open Source Software and the effects on the economy, as more and more software developers are put out of jobs in favor of using free (as in beer) code.
OSS is an OK idealist idea, but in practice what it will do is completely stall the world economy.
old peoples is sucks they have no skills for the coding workingplace. They should be staying at their home and sewing, listening to lorance welk records!!!
Were I work their is no old people working hear doing the coding because old people dont know how to make computers programs!
I'll be paying $80 a month for the next 30 years, but I wouldn't have my current (great) job if I didn't have a degree, so in the long run, there's no question. Student loans are a wonderful thing.
80$ a month for 30 years? Insightful? We need a "Sad" moderation....
There is a difference between what is being discussed and invasion of privacy. If I encrypt the feed, breaking it would be an invasion of privacy; however, the only "privacy" you get for broadcasting unencrypted signal is privacy from people without receivers.
Yeah, and if someone forgets and leaves their keys in the car, they are just ASKING me to steal it... Nice rationalization, buddy.
Most people don't even understand the implications of not encrypting the signal.. Not everyone is a geek..
SWT, like Microsoft's old Java libraries, includes things like COM and ActiveX integration -- if you use them, your program obviously will only run on certain systems (Win32). You *can* build pretty portable SWT-based apps, but the ability to make them platform specific is there for you as well.
But the GPL says nothing about "ownership", it covers DISTRIBUTION. So if you distribute the software to the renters, they have full GPL rights. Renting, buying, ownership..doesn't matter.
So, the question IS an easy one, but you're on the wrong path.
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Sorry but I can (and have) implemented perfectly portable networking code for all mentioned platforms. They all have an interface (available from C) to BSD-style sockets.
That is one of the most ridiculous things I've ever read. What are Perl, Python, php and Java implemented in? C! If C wasn't portable enough to run on all the platforms those languages do, those language's runtimes wouldn't compile on those platforms!
Find me a platform that runs any of those languages that doesn't also have a gcc port that allows you to write portable code in C.
Bertrand Meyer is one of the biggest .NET boosters on the planet, and he already oversaw a port of Eiffel to .NET. This was available like a year ago.
There's also a Scheme compiler, called Hotdog, with a .NET backend:
Keep in mind that F# is but one of MANY language research projects going on at Microsoft Research, and there are many more going on at other sites that Microsoft is tangentially involved with.
ATI has been doing the same thing, and in fact they were also caught redhanded about a year or two ago. In ATI's case, they optimized for Quake III, but they did it solely because Q3 is often used as a benchmark.
Maybe there's a difference, but in the end they're all a bunch of fags.
Go ahead and mod me down, but it's true, these guys are total fags.
What a bunch of fags.
Now shut your damn mouth!
Fuck that.
Fuckers.
Wrong, the code wouldn't be GPLed at all because the engineer in question doesn't have the legal authority to change its license.
Maybe you should have a couple more hobbies.... For example, if you read once in a while you might realize that there is one f in professional.
Washington State has already made their choice, now they just have to understand it.
Maybe you'll understand when you turn 18.
So rape is now a celebration of the human spirit? You sick fuck.
So, that would be Maya then... Thanks for the recommendation!
Earth to writertype -- Red Faction wasn't designed by John Romero. This is simply a port of a PS2 and PC game that came out a couple of years ago.
There isn't a decent color scheme within any Slashdot subtopic. There are just old ugly ones we are used to and new ugly ones we aren't yet used to.. give it time.
OSS is an OK idealist idea, but in practice what it will do is completely stall the world economy.
Sysadmin is a fancy word for computer janitor.
Were I work their is no old people working hear doing the coding because old people dont know how to make computers programs!
80$ a month for 30 years? Insightful? We need a "Sad" moderation....
WORD EM UP!
Yeah, and if someone forgets and leaves their keys in the car, they are just ASKING me to steal it... Nice rationalization, buddy.
Most people don't even understand the implications of not encrypting the signal.. Not everyone is a geek..
SWT, like Microsoft's old Java libraries, includes things like COM and ActiveX integration -- if you use them, your program obviously will only run on certain systems (Win32). You *can* build pretty portable SWT-based apps, but the ability to make them platform specific is there for you as well.
So, the question IS an easy one, but you're on the wrong path.