Not all... you still have tourism, camping, parks, etc etc. True, the revenue from those bits of activity dont come close to the forestry, but they exist.
Private investments (or debts) are generally short term things, with singular expected results. Shareholders are like a capitalistic vampire, always sucking at your neck.
We use Visual Source Safe at work. Yes, its horrid, I hate it, and I lobby against it every chance I get.
Eclipse also has really nice source tree browsing through CVS and a small host of other nice features that emacs integration lacks. I have used Emacs with CVS before, and it works, but its nice to use the shiny GUI for big projects.
What, precisely, has Google done other than make a really really good search engine, and a bunch of accessory software packages that dont go anywhere. We get a lot of press about Google labs and all that stuff, but does anyone here actually use it?
I have a gmail account, but i'll confess that I dont use it at all. It was cool to have all the storage, but since all the other providers followed suit, there isn't any real advantage to using google's implimentation, especially with that BETA tag still hanging on there. Yahoo's spam filter blows gmail's away too.
Don't get me wrong, I like the guys and all - but the only thing I see from them is a search engine.
The perl plugin for Eclipse has done better for me than Emacs. Not that the Eclipse plugin really has any better features in the Emacs plugin, but Eclipse's integration with source control makes it worthwhile.
Mac game, not PC. Bungee was originally going to release it on Mac, from what I recall. Makes a lot more sense for Microsoft to have bought them then.
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From what I recall, P-Code wasn't JIT'd. So by being very specific about his qualifications, the OP does seem to have a point. Kind of like when car commercials tell you its the "best in its class", and then you do a bit of research and find there are a total of 3 cars in its class, and both are made by the same guy, and some aren't even for consumer sale, just used to justify the "best" qualifier on the real one.
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I am curious as to what platform you are running your webservices on, that requires object destruction before spitting stuff back across the wire. Sure, you _can_ do it this way, but I am unaware of any such requirement.
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I love java. I dislike java zealots, which frequently translates into me appearing as if I were bashing java.
I'm a C++ guy, by training and preference. I currently code in.NET and Perl at work, and do my fun C++ at home. I like interpreted languages (or "managed" as microsoft has buzzworded it), and they have their place. Most user applications should be written in them. They are safer, more secure, blah blah blah. It just irks me when zealots declare language X as efficient as my pretty optimized binary. C++ has its place. If you want to scream and bleed, its the only way to go.
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I know someone who works at GE Medical on one of their monitor products. The user interface is being written in Java. They had to get a custom VM from IBM in order to get the reaction speeds required of a said monitor.
So, yeah. You can write Java apps to be real time, if you get a custom implimentation of the VM.
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I find thats usually due to the fact that perl is fairly unique in the way it lets you tackle problems. Most people already have experience with the strong/static typing languages like Java, C++, C#, etc. My university doesn't even offer a course in Perl, or any language similar to it for that matter. Yet we have plenty on C++ and Java. Uber-OO languages are in right now, so no one is taught how to use other ways of thinking.
Heck, I learned more ML and Prolog at the university than Perl. Sad, really. I currently spend about half my time at work coding in Perl, and I love it.
1. If there are commas in a field, it must be surrounded by double quotes. 2. If there are double quotes in a double quoted field, they must be escaped with a second double quote.
Like so
"95,123",100,"Test ""data"" in here",I was bored
The number of data providers in this world who have no clue how to produce a proper CSV is staggering.
I maintain a somewhat large Perl framework at my workplace. Designed properly, Perl can be very maintainable. Its particularly awesome for the kinds of hack jobs the financial industry demands.
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What, you dont like objects?
Quite frankly, a cleaned up object model is just what perl needs. Well, in addition to some standardized handling of threads, and some other features that most OO languages have.
Perl isn't Ruby. Perl isn't Python. Perl isn't PHP. Perl is its own animal/vegetable/mineral. It may not be your cup of tea, which is quite obvious, but thats a Good Thing. It means that Perl isn't giving into peer pressure from other programming languages and simply becoming a weak amalgam of language X/Y/Z with a few more dollar signs strewn about.
I like Perl. It truly makes coding a fun event for me. I am not bound by many of the restrictions of other languages, unless I want to be. It allows me to write a program in a form that more closely resembles the ideas and designs I have in my head than any other language I have tried.
RTS has always stood, and will most likely always stand for Real Time Strategy. Its a freaking acronym. TBS is the acronym for Turn Based Strategy, use it.
I bought Tales of Symphonia, popped it in, and was immediately apalled at the so called "2 player" mode they had in battles. The camera doesn't even track the second player, and he has no idea where he is going or what he is doing. Add to that the fact that the battle system is a wierd hacky everquest type thing, and you get me not ever playing it again.
I still own it, and may pick it up again at some point, but its going to be a while...
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Not all ... you still have tourism, camping, parks, etc etc. True, the revenue from those bits of activity dont come close to the forestry, but they exist.
Private investments (or debts) are generally short term things, with singular expected results. Shareholders are like a capitalistic vampire, always sucking at your neck.
Your results may vary.
Because Larry and the Perl community didn't make Ruby. Its like saying .NET should be Java's successor. It pisses people off.
A video game is not a social service.
He could just take his money elsewhere. You know, that whole free market kind of thing that we seem to be so proud of over here in the United States.
We use Visual Source Safe at work. Yes, its horrid, I hate it, and I lobby against it every chance I get.
Eclipse also has really nice source tree browsing through CVS and a small host of other nice features that emacs integration lacks. I have used Emacs with CVS before, and it works, but its nice to use the shiny GUI for big projects.
Opera is free now. Go check. Its shiny and stuff. No ads.
Plus Opera's mouse gestures rock.
What, precisely, has Google done other than make a really really good search engine, and a bunch of accessory software packages that dont go anywhere. We get a lot of press about Google labs and all that stuff, but does anyone here actually use it?
I have a gmail account, but i'll confess that I dont use it at all. It was cool to have all the storage, but since all the other providers followed suit, there isn't any real advantage to using google's implimentation, especially with that BETA tag still hanging on there. Yahoo's spam filter blows gmail's away too.
Don't get me wrong, I like the guys and all - but the only thing I see from them is a search engine.
The perl plugin for Eclipse has done better for me than Emacs. Not that the Eclipse plugin really has any better features in the Emacs plugin, but Eclipse's integration with source control makes it worthwhile.
My favourite language is Perl, and I dislike lisp's syntax. That says something.
Mac game, not PC. Bungee was originally going to release it on Mac, from what I recall. Makes a lot more sense for Microsoft to have bought them then.
From what I recall, P-Code wasn't JIT'd. So by being very specific about his qualifications, the OP does seem to have a point. Kind of like when car commercials tell you its the "best in its class", and then you do a bit of research and find there are a total of 3 cars in its class, and both are made by the same guy, and some aren't even for consumer sale, just used to justify the "best" qualifier on the real one.
I am curious as to what platform you are running your webservices on, that requires object destruction before spitting stuff back across the wire. Sure, you _can_ do it this way, but I am unaware of any such requirement.
I love java. I dislike java zealots, which frequently translates into me appearing as if I were bashing java.
.NET and Perl at work, and do my fun C++ at home. I like interpreted languages (or "managed" as microsoft has buzzworded it), and they have their place. Most user applications should be written in them. They are safer, more secure, blah blah blah. It just irks me when zealots declare language X as efficient as my pretty optimized binary. C++ has its place. If you want to scream and bleed, its the only way to go.
I'm a C++ guy, by training and preference. I currently code in
I know someone who works at GE Medical on one of their monitor products. The user interface is being written in Java. They had to get a custom VM from IBM in order to get the reaction speeds required of a said monitor.
So, yeah. You can write Java apps to be real time, if you get a custom implimentation of the VM.
I find thats usually due to the fact that perl is fairly unique in the way it lets you tackle problems. Most people already have experience with the strong/static typing languages like Java, C++, C#, etc. My university doesn't even offer a course in Perl, or any language similar to it for that matter. Yet we have plenty on C++ and Java. Uber-OO languages are in right now, so no one is taught how to use other ways of thinking.
Heck, I learned more ML and Prolog at the university than Perl. Sad, really. I currently spend about half my time at work coding in Perl, and I love it.
A correct CSV file must ensure that
1. If there are commas in a field, it must be surrounded by double quotes.
2. If there are double quotes in a double quoted field, they must be escaped with a second double quote.
Like so
"95,123",100,"Test ""data"" in here",I was bored
The number of data providers in this world who have no clue how to produce a proper CSV is staggering.
Buy your employees away and/or buy you out from your parent company.
I would imagine it depends how big the studio is. Microsoft darent fsck with id Software. If they released on Mac first, I would go out and buy a mac.
People respond differently to refresh rates. Simpy because you get headaches at 60Hz doesn't mean everyone does.
I maintain a somewhat large Perl framework at my workplace. Designed properly, Perl can be very maintainable. Its particularly awesome for the kinds of hack jobs the financial industry demands.
What, you dont like objects?
Quite frankly, a cleaned up object model is just what perl needs. Well, in addition to some standardized handling of threads, and some other features that most OO languages have.
Perl isn't Ruby. Perl isn't Python. Perl isn't PHP. Perl is its own animal/vegetable/mineral. It may not be your cup of tea, which is quite obvious, but thats a Good Thing. It means that Perl isn't giving into peer pressure from other programming languages and simply becoming a weak amalgam of language X/Y/Z with a few more dollar signs strewn about.
I like Perl. It truly makes coding a fun event for me. I am not bound by many of the restrictions of other languages, unless I want to be. It allows me to write a program in a form that more closely resembles the ideas and designs I have in my head than any other language I have tried.
Go Perl.
What are you smoking?
RTS has always stood, and will most likely always stand for Real Time Strategy. Its a freaking acronym. TBS is the acronym for Turn Based Strategy, use it.
I bought Tales of Symphonia, popped it in, and was immediately apalled at the so called "2 player" mode they had in battles. The camera doesn't even track the second player, and he has no idea where he is going or what he is doing. Add to that the fact that the battle system is a wierd hacky everquest type thing, and you get me not ever playing it again.
...
I still own it, and may pick it up again at some point, but its going to be a while