"It's" -- with the apostrophe -- is a contraction for "it is." EXAMPLE: I think it's amazing how so many people who know C++ syntax don't grok English.
"Its" -- sans apostrophe -- is the possessive form of the pronoun "it." EXAMPLE: Slashdot is famous for the load its users can put on a web server.
I'll download it, and *then* see what comes with the download. Um... sure.
I'm not whining. I'm just saying that if you are releasing a new language, you need to attract developers. If you want to attract developers, you need to make the things they need (e.g. documentation), readily available.
Macromedia also has Dreamweaver and Director, but perhaps you forgot these:
* Fireworks and Freehand -- software for creating graphics. Maybe MS wants to take on Adobe (Photoshop, Illustrator)?
* Contribute -- a content-management system that lets you publish to the web without knowing HTML. As someone who has worked on many clients' websites, I can tell you this is going to be *big*.
and, since the Macromedia bought Allaire, they could get these too:
* ColdFusion -- a widely-used, tag-based web application server and language (and the easiest to learn, at that). Unlike ASP, it comes with things like administrating through a web interface, sending email, uploading files, verity searches, etc.
* JRun -- a popular J2EE Server.
* Homesite -- a great text editor that isn't as bulky as VS.NET, but is oriented toward code, unlike Notepad and Wordpad.
"for... new user and expert" -- that's two projects, not one.
My mom wants menus and buttons. I want keybindings and no clutter. She wants an icon to double-click and a minimum of options. I want to customize the hell out of how my stuff looks and works.
Fine, you can have a Basic/Advanced switch, or enormous Preferences tabs, but then that's still two projects and not one.
The "interview" is absurdly short, but I Debian can successfully tackle this as a single project, much less a "(Debian Desktop) Subproject"
Why are PHP and Perl paired together so often? (I like both languages; don't get me wrong.)
After spending some time toying around with both, their syntactic similarities seem superficial, like the fact PHP has that "$" prefix on its variables and that they use the ugly "->" operator for OOP.
They seem like distant (free, open-source) cousins at best.
And if they were intentional bugs, why not introduce more subtle, complex ones? Simple flaws are more likely to be found by engineers reading over his plans.
Slashdot Mirror
OK, then next time I'll post it anonymously, so people don't think I'm trying to show off to all the English groupies reading Slashdot.
All things considered, shouldn't he use the correct grammar?
I mean, I posted an explanation, not just some j00 != 1337 gr4mm0r h4X0r! w00t! Strunk & White 0wnz j00!!!! shit.
But maybe you're right -- it's more important to be ignorant than to be corrected; that's always been the Slashdot mantra, eh?
Not "through it's" -- you mean "through its."
"It's" -- with the apostrophe -- is a contraction for "it is." EXAMPLE: I think it's amazing how so many people who know C++ syntax don't grok English.
"Its" -- sans apostrophe -- is the possessive form of the pronoun "it." EXAMPLE: Slashdot is famous for the load its users can put on a web server.
Can they include it and then set it defaulted to "off" for "security" reasons?
Or millions of geeks going "Dammit! Where's the Slashdot discussion, so I can whine publicly!"
Thanks for reminding me why I read Slashdot at a threshold of 3+. :)
Nooooo!
Apparently their rational was its popularity in China: bugzilla comment, despite some initial qualms with the idea.
I still like My Yahoo, though I very rarely go to just-plain Yahoo.
Email, weather, news, scores, stocks, fantasy NBA standings for me are all on one page. It's convenient.
And since I'm there so often (it's set as "home" in Mozilla), yes, I'll sometimes use their search instead of Google's.
Guido van Rossum, creator of Python, is my hero.
And he's Dutch to boot!
How'd KRO overlook a homegrown hero like that? ;)
Why not issue a fatwah, and save me the trouble?
Funny how in BTTF, the bad guys were Muslim terrorists after nuclear weapons. How little has changed in 20 years ...
I'll download it, and *then* see what comes with the download. Um ... sure.
I'm not whining. I'm just saying that if you are releasing a new language, you need to attract developers. If you want to attract developers, you need to make the things they need (e.g. documentation), readily available.
Macromedia also has Dreamweaver and Director, but perhaps you forgot these:
.NET, but is oriented toward code, unlike Notepad and Wordpad.
* Fireworks and Freehand -- software for creating graphics. Maybe MS wants to take on Adobe (Photoshop, Illustrator)?
* Contribute -- a content-management system that lets you publish to the web without knowing HTML. As someone who has worked on many clients' websites, I can tell you this is going to be *big*.
and, since the Macromedia bought Allaire, they could get these too:
* ColdFusion -- a widely-used, tag-based web application server and language (and the easiest to learn, at that). Unlike ASP, it comes with things like administrating through a web interface, sending email, uploading files, verity searches, etc.
* JRun -- a popular J2EE Server.
* Homesite -- a great text editor that isn't as bulky as VS
Bah. Blink tag is nothing.
Does anyone else remember the MARQUEE tag (scrolling text)?
It was worse than BLINK and IE-only!
Oh, wait, they don't have one in the U.K.
Your lack of self-promotional whoring is a breath of fresh air.
No, Beavis, lower down.
Argh! My liver, my liver!
Joe
Not only is it yet another scripting language, there is no documentation on their site!
Joe
http://josephgrossberg.blogspot.com
"for ... new user and expert" -- that's two projects, not one.
My mom wants menus and buttons. I want keybindings and no clutter. She wants an icon to double-click and a minimum of options. I want to customize the hell out of how my stuff looks and works.
Fine, you can have a Basic/Advanced switch, or enormous Preferences tabs, but then that's still two projects and not one.
The "interview" is absurdly short, but I Debian can successfully tackle this as a single project, much less a "(Debian Desktop) Subproject"
Joe Grossberg
http://josephgrossberg.blogspot.com
1999 Advertising/PR/design/new media (purty websites and flash):
IT dept. of 4 people for 120 employees.
2000 New media/games development:
IT dept. of 3 people for 100 employees.
2001-2002 ColdFusion development/Python software:
IT dept. of 2-3 people for 30 employees.
Joe Grossberg
http://josephgrossberg.blogspot.com
Why are PHP and Perl paired together so often? (I like both languages; don't get me wrong.)
After spending some time toying around with both, their syntactic similarities seem superficial, like the fact PHP has that "$" prefix on its variables and that they use the ugly "->" operator for OOP.
They seem like distant (free, open-source) cousins at best.
Joe
http://josephgrossberg.blogspot.com/
They even have a 5k version of Wolfenstein.
And most of the entries work in IE only. :(
Joe
http://josephgrossberg.blogspot.com
Even geniuses mess up.
And if they were intentional bugs, why not introduce more subtle, complex ones? Simple flaws are more likely to be found by engineers reading over his plans.
http://josephgrossberg.blogspot.com