The manager was regarded as one of the best in the department. Major.
So, does that prove that big multinationals suck balls majorly, or that anyone may become part of a software development team, or good managers are in and far between?
Please remember that only those who can't do will send those emails. What about people who are perfectly fine using their computer systems? You and I don't hear about them.
Please don't forget that I emphasized "verrrrrry small datasets". I was trying to point out that, let's say, for three elements using a bubble-sort algorithm is faster than quicksort.
And yes, compilers aren't little magical black boxes. But the human brain is.:P
Please remember that a Windows system by default doesn't come with a shitload of libraries like any desktop linux distribution does nowadays. kTorrent's payload is
also missing the boat on the trends in language flexibility that are turning application development into "domain specific language" development. we're at a tipping point over the current 2-3 year horizon where developers are building out the language AT THE SAME time they write their application. coupled with effective reuse strategy, this will revolutionize how quickly and how functional all our apps can be.
It's the algorithm. It's straight complexity theory; C/C++ is not a panacea. If you write a 2^n or n! algorithm in C, it'll have its doors blown off by an nlogn algorithm in Python.
And here is where a couple of people would disagree with you. C/C++ has extremely well-performing optimizing compilers (alignment, instruction sets, etc.) and so for verrrry small datasets, a 2^n algorithm in C will most likely run faster than a n log n algorithm in, say, Ruby.
(I don't have data to support my hypothesis, but I will point you toward the gaming industry that has to squeeze every little bit of performance out of a system. There have been some successful attempts at using high-level languages (Lisp in Jax&Dexter 2 comes to my mind) in games, but I doubt (again, no data to support my hypothesis) that the kernels of game engines are written in anything other than a C-derived language.
By the way, not that that's a bad idea. It's just that there are some myths about high-level languages you can't get rid of. (Again, sadly, Lisp comes to my mind. (I'm biased towards Lisp, did you notice that? (One more level of brackets just to make it clear!)))):-)
But for the majority of code that's going to be run over and over again, the time you saved writing the code could be wasted 10 times over waiting for it to run.
Then why not use a language that supports churning out inefficient programs in a short time and highly-efficient programs in a bit more time?:P
When writing a program, you don't look up the meaning of a command in three sources do you? When wiring a house, you don't check three different copies of the electrical code. When working on your car, all you need is your Chilton's.
Your analogy is flawed.
When I program in three different languages, I will have to look up the meaning of a command in at least three sources. When I wire a house in two different countries, I will have to check at least two different copies of the electrical code. When I work on someone else's car, I will have to check at least one different car manual.
Your response is low on facts and high on fluff. I did a quick GoogleCheck(tm) and discovered that the studies you are talking about haven't been published in a journal yet. Are you a troll?
The extraordinary history of circumcision as a panaceaa, and before that as a rite, strongly suggest that latter-day claims of prophylaxis should be regarded with a sceptical, if not jaundiced, eye. Few if any men can be truly neutral about circumcision. The temptation to justify what was done to oneself seems almost irresistible.
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F.O.R.D.: Found On Road, Dead. ;-)
I am Canadian, too. Your attitude is wholly un-Canadian.
(Run-on sentences anyone?)
Please remember that only those who can't do will send those emails. What about people who are perfectly fine using their computer systems? You and I don't hear about them.
That's called skewed statistics.
I don't think that PHP is the best solution here. If you want sequence processing, you will need... wait for it... wait for it...
:D
Lisp!
Ich bin ein Canadian!
I 100% agree with your conclusion.
:P
Please don't forget that I emphasized "verrrrrry small datasets". I was trying to point out that, let's say, for three elements using a bubble-sort algorithm is faster than quicksort.
And yes, compilers aren't little magical black boxes. But the human brain is.
Old is new and new is old.
(I don't have data to support my hypothesis, but I will point you toward the gaming industry that has to squeeze every little bit of performance out of a system. There have been some successful attempts at using high-level languages (Lisp in Jax&Dexter 2 comes to my mind) in games, but I doubt (again, no data to support my hypothesis) that the kernels of game engines are written in anything other than a C-derived language.
By the way, not that that's a bad idea. It's just that there are some myths about high-level languages you can't get rid of. (Again, sadly, Lisp comes to my mind. (I'm biased towards Lisp, did you notice that? (One more level of brackets just to make it clear!))))
When I program in three different languages, I will have to look up the meaning of a command in at least three sources.
When I wire a house in two different countries, I will have to check at least two different copies of the electrical code.
When I work on someone else's car, I will have to check at least one different car manual.
The question is: who would want to use any of the tunnels into NYC? :P
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Holy shit, viral marketing! :P
Whoa there, if a $899 computer is what a student strives on, then what about student loans, rent, utilities, and groceries?
Get a prev-gen iMac for less than half the price and spend the rest on beer and hookers or callboys.
Please read the links I supplied before going on about this nonsense that circumcision prevents AIDS.
- from http://www.circumstitions.com/Short-HIV.html
one step forward.
(defun detect-poison (neural-activity)
(= neural-activity 0))
Wait, hold on! HOLD ON! I am confused now.
One slashdot (and engineering mantra) is: KISS - Keep It Simple, Stupid. And then you go on ragging on that guy for doing a "simple mod?"
Who the fuck are you? The Hypocrit?