Their GCC optimization probably isn't that hot, though.
One of the really nice things about VMS is the Common Language Environment. This makes it possible to create executables out of object files written in multiple languages: C, Bliss, Macro/Asm, BASIC, COBOL, FORTRAN, Ada, etc. All of the language parsers create an intermediary language which the GEM common backend code generator takes and uses to build.obj files.
Yes,.NET does that, and so does GCC 4, to a degree, but VMS has had it for 10 years...
DDS (-1, -2, -3, -4, -5) have all been upwardly compatible for reading. Frequent problem is that you need to find/run the original software.
One of the great things about VMS (and probably OS/MVS nee z/OS & DOS/VSE) is it's stability. So, since OpenVMS/Alpha and OVMS/Itanium still use the same "tar format" as VAX/VMS did, tapes written on DLT (-1) drives 20 years ago are still readable by the tape drives in one of production clusters.
1,300 Seagate tape drive and expensive tapes were very unreliable compared
Sure, because Seagate made small-business tape drives. DEC (now Quantum) makes excellent tape drives, and remembers that business needs data 10/15/20 years from now, too.
Of course, they were expensive as hell, which is probably why you didn't buy one.
they are really an example of the way the Americans will go to any length to glorify their own exploits over the rest of the world
Read your own link again, snot-brain:
The Wright brothers... were the first to achieve the important conjunction of four criteria with their 260-m flight: it was manned, powered, heavier-than-air and (to some degree) controlled.
Great. So now let's put Clinton in jail, and officially apologize to the families of MLK and Clement Vallandigham.
Leftists & "libertarians" make me sick.
When stare decisis goes your way (like in Roe v. Wade), then goddammit, precedent is The Law Of The Land!!!, but when it goes against you, "Nope, that's wrong, gotta change that."
Make up your (well, not yours specifically, Jesus 2.0) mind. Either stick with stare decisis or don't.
That's seems to be the pervading theme in our (US) culture. I work for a multi-national, and I can say that my contemporaries in Europe and SA don't have the same attitude. I'm not saying they do bad work or don't work hard. It's simply they seem to view work as a means to an end, where the US seems to view work as that end.
Three words: Puritan Work Ethic.
Even if you're born in California, and your parents are New Age weirdos, the phrases "a little work never killed anyone" and "no one ever drowned in their own sweat" have been part of (European) America since 1620.
More stopping power per shot, meaning there's a higher likelihood that any shot would take him down, so you have to shoot less often, meaning there's less likelyhood that 3rd parties could get hit by a stray.
I'd have no problem convicting you of manslaughter.
Hah!!! Double Hah!
Some bad guy is in my house, threatening my family? Black letter and case law are firmly on my side, even if I ventilate him.
Cop: Why'd you shoot him 9 times? Me: I was sooo nervous, I aimed and just pulled the trigger.
Though, I'd be looking at hard time if I "ventilated him", reloaded, and then really tuned him into hamburger.
How many of these users will complain instead of getting a work around?
Politely complaining is actually a very effective tactic, since "they" know that for every complainer, there's a hundred who stay silent and move to a different business. It has worked for me in on-line banking.
"Hi, Your web banking app doesn't load properly with Mozilla 1.blah. I really like this bank, but for security reasons refuse to use IE. So, please configure your site to not be dependent on security disaster IE. Sincerely, blah blah
Yes, you mentioned that it was a recommendation, but not that it would have been voluntary and restricted to Muslims or it had already been definitively rejected.
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Are you a priest? Or just celibate?
Anglican or Roman? Since the show is based in England, my first thought was that it the show was about an Anglican priest.
Rember, of the High Churches, only RC mandates celibacy.
FORTRAN? Ada? Pascal?
.obj files.
.NET does that, and so does GCC 4, to a degree, but VMS has had it for 10 years...
Their GCC optimization probably isn't that hot, though.
One of the really nice things about VMS is the Common Language Environment. This makes it possible to create executables out of object files written in multiple languages: C, Bliss, Macro/Asm, BASIC, COBOL, FORTRAN, Ada, etc. All of the language parsers create an intermediary language which the GEM common backend code generator takes and uses to build
Yes,
Don't use C!
DDS (-1, -2, -3, -4, -5) have all been upwardly compatible for reading. Frequent problem is that you need to find/run the original software.
One of the great things about VMS (and probably OS/MVS nee z/OS & DOS/VSE) is it's stability. So, since OpenVMS/Alpha and OVMS/Itanium still use the same "tar format" as VAX/VMS did, tapes written on DLT (-1) drives 20 years ago are still readable by the tape drives in one of production clusters.
1,300 Seagate tape drive and expensive tapes were very unreliable compared
Sure, because Seagate made small-business tape drives. DEC (now Quantum) makes excellent tape drives, and remembers that business needs data 10/15/20 years from now, too.
Of course, they were expensive as hell, which is probably why you didn't buy one.
Unless you're the BOfH, in which case you have a tape safe. But you can't use that to store tapes - its not climate controlled
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but ever tried to read a 10-year-od tape on a new machine?
Yes. DLT.
prevent private sector usage because it could be used by the "terrorists" to kill us all!
My first though, upon reading this was that the "improved" model would be the perfect tool for pervs to stalk with.
My second thought was that Janet Reno would have given her left nut for technology like this.
All BSDs and all commercial Unicies (... VMS, etc.) can trace their lineage back directly to AT&T Unix
Bemused snikering at people who have forgotten what VMS is, and how important DEC was to the growth of computing.
so they dumped some DLT drives and a ciprico array for some LTO drives and some xserves?
wow.
this is news how??
Especially since the DLT7000 is 1995 technology.
according to him, by 2010 even blue collar workers stand a pretty good chance of being caught under the the AMT.
And then we can push for a consumption tax, and do away with the IRS!
Read your own link again, snot-brain:
When you're talking about GPRS, even transatlantic sneakernet would be faster (and cheaper).
"Never underestimate the bandwidth of a stationwagon full of tapes."
or the updated "Never underestimate the bandwidth of a 747 filled with DVDs".
Or the even more updated "Never underestimate the bandwidth of a 747 filled with 500GB HDDs".
Actually, Lincoln was a Republican.
Yeah, so?
Great. So now let's put Clinton in jail, and officially apologize to the families of MLK and Clement Vallandigham.
Leftists & "libertarians" make me sick.
When stare decisis goes your way (like in Roe v. Wade), then goddammit, precedent is The Law Of The Land!!!, but when it goes against you, "Nope, that's wrong, gotta change that."
Make up your (well, not yours specifically, Jesus 2.0) mind. Either stick with stare decisis or don't.
That's seems to be the pervading theme in our (US) culture. I work for a multi-national, and I can say that my contemporaries in Europe and SA don't have the same attitude. I'm not saying they do bad work or don't work hard. It's simply they seem to view work as a means to an end, where the US seems to view work as that end.
Three words: Puritan Work Ethic.
Even if you're born in California, and your parents are New Age weirdos, the phrases "a little work never killed anyone" and "no one ever drowned in their own sweat" have been part of (European) America since 1620.
iirc VB does the same thing. I was actually shocked and apalled to find it non-functional in C and Python.
It's understandable why C wouldn't do it, since "power" is a library call, not an operator.
As for Python, it follows the FORTRAN syntax.
Surely a new operator is in order. I nominate ^.
I remember using ^ back in the 80s. GW-BASIC, I think.
Europeans and their 12-day-long 31-month years...Sheesh!
Dammit! They should be more like Us!
It's using the date format dd/mm/yyyy
Which is very similar to the OpenVMS and Eeeeevil American Military
dd-aaa-yyyy format.
Sure.
More stopping power per shot, meaning there's a higher likelihood that any shot would take him down, so you have to shoot less often, meaning there's less likelyhood that 3rd parties could get hit by a stray.
I'd have no problem convicting you of manslaughter.
Hah!!! Double Hah!
Some bad guy is in my house, threatening my family? Black letter and case law are firmly on my side, even if I ventilate him.Though, I'd be looking at hard time if I "ventilated him", reloaded, and then really tuned him into hamburger.
I have complained but their response was to explain that their website is designed only for IE users.
Remind them that it is their fiduciary responsibility to not make you depend on such a security nightmare.
Politely complaining is actually a very effective tactic, since "they" know that for every complainer, there's a hundred who stay silent and move to a different business. It has worked for me in on-line banking.
Yes, you mentioned that it was a recommendation, but not that it would have been voluntary and restricted to Muslims or it had already been definitively rejected.
Yes, but that was spelled out in the article.
Doh! (Slaps head) Forgot this is Slashdot...
That was to be voluntary, only for Muslims, and in any case was NOT implemented.
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And I did indicate that it was a recommendation.
Let's talk, then, about Canadian freedom from politically incorrect speech.
http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/bernstein20
http://www.zerointelligence.net/archives/000565.p
http://www.canadianfreespeech.com/battles/vancouv