I think you went about things the wrong way. Why would you ever look at the nitty gritty syntax rules first when trying to learn a language. First do some simple examples to get the general feel of the langauage. Then learn the nitty gritty stuff as required.
"IMO, "the right job" for perl is about 2% of all programming tasks out there."
76 percent of all statistics..... You get the point. You really dont have any valid point here, every language is designed to do certain things, and people will use it for those things and more. Trying to say whats the best langague out there is stupid. Trying to say what percent of projects perl should be used on is also stupid.
"It can accomplish this, but not without the reader having to go through the mental gyrations of what could be best called linguistic decompression."
Have you tried to program in a logical language lately? Have you tried to program in a functional language lately? Have you tried to program in anything but your standard imperical/oo language lately? There are tons of styles of languages, and each one required its own linguistic decompression. Which one feels more natural its a matter of opinion.
wtf... who ever modded this up was retarted, viruses and spyware are not "software", you dont knowingly download and install them, or use them for your own purpose. They are peices of bad code that spread due to holes in MS software.
threading is considered to be more lightweight, using less memory, which is a good thing for servers with heavy loads. In reality not all threading implementations are really lightweight though(ex perl ithreads)
the nicest part about programming in threads is the ability to share data without having to do crazy ipc stuff. This is used alot in servers, one client connects, changes the state of the server slightly, and the other clients and admin want to know what happened.
Well by using mac address filtering and/or wep its really a non issue. Some would say wep is insecure, which it is if you have a month or two to listen to packets(aka neighbor). But that doesn't qualify as war driving.
take your shiny new LCD and plug it into a different computer that you know works just fine. Also swap cables with one that you know works just fine. Try taking your cable and hooking up between a different computer/lcd that works fine.
If at this point you still have a problem see if it is a driver problem, try on a computer with a different OS.
If you do all of these things and still "lag" then go and get your money back.
P. S. consider calling tech support, sometimes they are actaully helpfull.
If you read the grandparents comment he is talking about the interface(crappy bubble style control panel etc, that may or may not be present) and the funky dissapearing icons in the start menu. All of which makes it harder to help people with windows problems.
None of this has to do with "fucking up your configuration" or "figuring out how to run windows without it crashing on you". It has to do with useability and quality of software. Further more how do you figure the grandparent is a "Linux-loving Slashdotter", he/she seems to be quite familiar with windows and its operation, also his/her whole family uses it.
I read that whole article, that was possibly the dumbest thing I have ever heard.
ask what would happen to the wealth of the nation if, say, a gifted neurosurgeon liquidated his physical assets--his scalpels, his diagnostic machines, his examining rooms--and gave the resulting monies to the Sierra Club or to United Nations agencies.
Administrators at these agencies would be better off, but society would be poorer because this gifted neurosurgeon stripped himself of the tools he needs to do for others what he is proven to do best.
This example is stupid. There is a difference between donating wealth that you have accumulated and donating the tools/resources you need to do your job.
Im pretty sure in Bills case he has a hefty amount of personal wealth.
Somehow I have a feeling that if Bill Gates donated a load of money it would not reduce microsofts ability to produce and market software. Im not saying that he should donate 30 billion like the article says, but 20 million really is a drop in the bucket.
Recently I spent some time with a CIA guy. He said that the Bush administration was very unhappy with the CIA for the first two years becuase the CIA wasn't delivering "correct" answers regarding Iraq and Afghanistan. Then after 2 years or so Bush and Cheney created a "intelligence unit" inside the whitehouse to "evaluate intelligence issues", and guess what, they started coming up with data that showed iraq had wmd's and such.
My point is, dont blame the CIA for getting the facts wrong, blame bush's intelligence(committee)
You honestly think Bush isn't praying for another terrorist attack? Also I think Bush could easily get his self apppointed "intelligence committee" to come up with some juicy terrorist plot(2 days before the elections).
whoever modded this informative is crazy. K is a SI unit prefix which stands for kilo which means 1000. Its a standard, it will never change. so 1 KB is 1 * 1000 Bytes. End of Story.
You need a hobby, or a girlfriend, or something. I cheer for non windows alternatives as loud as the next person, and I use linux at home. But what OS my school uses doesn't really matter to me.
this guy is a tard, the is a huge fucking difference between linux and windows. Maybe not for playing minesweeper, but if you ever actually do anything with the two, you will see the differnce.
You have a point. Everyone needs to have fun. Everyone needs to live a balanced life.
The situation this article is talking about is not about having fun(Why wouldn't they tell her the actuall premise of the show outright?). This is about creating a culture that demeans intellectual people. I think that mainstream culture today glorifies joe sixpack/beergut. That in my opinion is wrong.
I can write two programs to do the same thing... one that takes a second one that takes a year. Both written in C of course. If optimized C takes a year and perl takes a second... there ya go... counterexample.
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Make them work for dell customer support for the rest of there lives.
I think you went about things the wrong way. Why would you ever look at the nitty gritty syntax rules first when trying to learn a language. First do some simple examples to get the general feel of the langauage. Then learn the nitty gritty stuff as required.
"IMO, "the right job" for perl is about 2% of all programming tasks out there."
76 percent of all statistics..... You get the point. You really dont have any valid point here, every language is designed to do certain things, and people will use it for those things and more. Trying to say whats the best langague out there is stupid. Trying to say what percent of projects perl should be used on is also stupid.
"It can accomplish this, but not without the reader having to go through the mental gyrations of what could be best called linguistic decompression."
Have you tried to program in a logical language lately? Have you tried to program in a functional language lately? Have you tried to program in anything but your standard imperical/oo language lately? There are tons of styles of languages, and each one required its own linguistic decompression. Which one feels more natural its a matter of opinion.
not anymore, they decided to drop their next series of higher Ghz chips, sorry to lazy to find link
wtf... who ever modded this up was retarted, viruses and spyware are not "software", you dont knowingly download and install them, or use them for your own purpose. They are peices of bad code that spread due to holes in MS software.
threading is considered to be more lightweight, using less memory, which is a good thing for servers with heavy loads. In reality not all threading implementations are really lightweight though(ex perl ithreads)
the nicest part about programming in threads is the ability to share data without having to do crazy ipc stuff. This is used alot in servers, one client connects, changes the state of the server slightly, and the other clients and admin want to know what happened.
Well by using mac address filtering and/or wep its really a non issue. Some would say wep is insecure, which it is if you have a month or two to listen to packets(aka neighbor). But that doesn't qualify as war driving.
So democrats were misinformed also. The real question is did they have the same level of access to information that Bush did?
take your shiny new LCD and plug it into a different computer that you know works just fine. Also swap cables with one that you know works just fine. Try taking your cable and hooking up between a different computer/lcd that works fine.
If at this point you still have a problem see if it is a driver problem, try on a computer with a different OS.
If you do all of these things and still "lag" then go and get your money back.
P. S. consider calling tech support, sometimes they are actaully helpfull.
If you read the grandparents comment he is talking about the interface(crappy bubble style control panel etc, that may or may not be present) and the funky dissapearing icons in the start menu. All of which makes it harder to help people with windows problems.
None of this has to do with "fucking up your configuration" or "figuring out how to run windows without it crashing on you". It has to do with useability and quality of software. Further more how do you figure the grandparent is a "Linux-loving Slashdotter", he/she seems to be quite familiar with windows and its operation, also his/her whole family uses it.
Bottom line whoever modded this up is on crack.
Any bets on whether the winner will be using Linux or XP? I am cheering for the linux people myself.
If you are going to insult Perl at least spell it right.
I read that whole article, that was possibly the dumbest thing I have ever heard.
ask what would happen to the wealth of the nation if, say, a gifted neurosurgeon liquidated his physical assets--his scalpels, his diagnostic machines, his examining rooms--and gave the resulting monies to the Sierra Club or to United Nations agencies.
Administrators at these agencies would be better off, but society would be poorer because this gifted neurosurgeon stripped himself of the tools he needs to do for others what he is proven to do best.
This example is stupid. There is a difference between donating wealth that you have accumulated and donating the tools/resources you need to do your job.
Im pretty sure in Bills case he has a hefty amount of personal wealth.
Somehow I have a feeling that if Bill Gates donated a load of money it would not reduce microsofts ability to produce and market software. Im not saying that he should donate 30 billion like the article says, but 20 million really is a drop in the bucket.
just becuase you have a job doesn't mean that many other people didn't loose there jobs or take paycuts or both
Recently I spent some time with a CIA guy. He said that the Bush administration was very unhappy with the CIA for the first two years becuase the CIA wasn't delivering "correct" answers regarding Iraq and Afghanistan. Then after 2 years or so Bush and Cheney created a "intelligence unit" inside the whitehouse to "evaluate intelligence issues", and guess what, they started coming up with data that showed iraq had wmd's and such.
My point is, dont blame the CIA for getting the facts wrong, blame bush's intelligence(committee)
get a bunch of gps units and plant them on all the cop cars in my city(I live in a smaller city). Oh my god that would kick ass.
*speeding down main drag
*hears a blip from script that beeps when cop is ahead but still out of sight
*slow down or turn
Thanks for the post, informative. My question is does that apply to all states though?
You honestly think Bush isn't praying for another terrorist attack? Also I think Bush could easily get his self apppointed "intelligence committee" to come up with some juicy terrorist plot(2 days before the elections).
probably your classic apps(word excel etc etc) plus any exe file or windows scripting file that did not come native with install
whoever modded this informative is crazy. K is a SI unit prefix which stands for kilo which means 1000. Its a standard, it will never change. so 1 KB is 1 * 1000 Bytes. End of Story.
You need a hobby, or a girlfriend, or something. I cheer for non windows alternatives as loud as the next person, and I use linux at home. But what OS my school uses doesn't really matter to me.
I agree that tax cuts for the poor is pointless. I also agree that 85k income is not super wealthy and 33k is a bit steep for taxes.
However, I never understand justification for giving a tax cut to someone who earns more then 300k a year.
this guy is a tard, the is a huge fucking difference between linux and windows. Maybe not for playing minesweeper, but if you ever actually do anything with the two, you will see the differnce.
You have a point. Everyone needs to have fun. Everyone needs to live a balanced life.
The situation this article is talking about is not about having fun(Why wouldn't they tell her the actuall premise of the show outright?). This is about creating a culture that demeans intellectual people. I think that mainstream culture today glorifies joe sixpack/beergut. That in my opinion is wrong.
Thank you for the excellent post. You just made my day a good one.
in a word... no
I can write two programs to do the same thing... one that takes a second one that takes a year. Both written in C of course. If optimized C takes a year and perl takes a second... there ya go... counterexample.
Of course I would have to see it to believe it.