I don't like the naming convention of firstSecondThird. first_second_third is simply more readable That's personal preference. I personally hate moving my finger so far out of the letters to get to the underscore. Also, nothing stops you from naming things in java any old way you like.
I do like . notation and I'm happy it's spread to every other language. sure, sure.
I don't like try, catch. It's important to roll up errors but try, catch just turns into a mess usually. Perl's "or die()" way of doing things isn't great but I do like it better. The propogation of try...catch throughout a system is a design mistake, not the fault of the language. People that treat exceptions like non-exception error handling are the culprit here.
I don't like strongly typed languages. Dealing with an overloaded object as a basic type that automatically does what you would do normally, usually requiring less variable names and code is a win. This statement makes no sense. Perhaps the concept of polymorphism is unheard of in your world? Not sure. The thing is, that whole second sentence is one of the greatest features of java, and all other object oriented languages. As a matter of fact, it's part of the definition.
There's too much overhead in Java. True enough
I believe that the only sufficient documentation for code is code. Here, you simply have no idea what you're talking about.
Comments can be wrong and never telly you precicely what is happening so a good programmer never relies on them, you have to read the code to figure out what is going on. And code can be obtuse and completely unreadable, forcing you to spend hours deciphering what someone tried to write in a blur of speed.
Things should be represented consisely so they can be read and understood quickly. Properly designed software ends up like this, with low level plumbing going on behind high level code that is concise, clear, and hopefully descriptive, if the names are chosen correctly. You can make an ugly mess out of any language. As a perl devotee you cannot disagree.
What it comes down to is you are complaining about poor java code, not java itself.
The quote is correct, but only for certain degenerate values of correct. You have to get yourself deep into managerspeak before something like that can be accepted with a good conscience.
Caveat: I am a developer, and I am aware that the only software that has zero bugs is unwritten software.
What I don't understand and have not had anyone else point out to me in any realistic fashion is, where is that good paying job simular to the one I just had coming from.
Prepare yourself - I'm about to be harsh.
You don't deserve a job. No one owes you a living. You have to earn it. If you lose your job to outsourcing, you did not provide the value you needed to provide. It sucks, but it is perfectly just. Adapt. Whining is not adaptation. Whining does not pay the bills. Whining does not feed you.
Flipping burgers will allow you to live, just not at the level you feel you deserve. Here is the truth of life in the capitalist world: you deserve nothing at all. If this is something you cannot live with, then no one can help you.
Also, there is no such thing as ensuring our future. The future is always uncertain. The most you can do is try to chart a course that should keep you off the rocks. It's not exact, and not everyone gets it right.
There aren't tremendous amounts of (overpaying) tech jobs because there aren't people with more money than brains throwing everything they own into the latest 1..2..3 Profit!!! business plan anymore.
That's not grim, that's reality. To expect otherwise is to live with your head up your rear.
...and we're NOT better off than we were ten years ago...
I sure as hell am. Of course, that's because I'm not a bottom-dwelling scum-sucker with the attitude that I'm entitled to being taken care of by those with the acumen to make themselves into something.
Of course, I'm often vilified for this mindset, mainly by those who want the handouts and the easy way. What is the ratio of/. readers who were EXCESSIVELY overpaid during the boom to readers who expect companies to take care of them now? That's the unworkable point of view that produces the OP's blather.
Not that I'm pointing a finger or anything...
Remember, being an American worker is not an entitlement, it's a privilege that must be actively maintained. Contrary to apparent opinion, bitching is not maintenance.
I was going to do this AC, but screw it, my karma can take the hit.
One more thing:
With outsourcing trends as they are, we are rather likely to get what Neal Stephenson describes in Snow Crash as an globally-distributed layer of what a Pakistani bricklayer would call prosperity. Unfortunately for us in the US, *we* will call it "abject poverty".
Or the US will no longer be the economic leader. That's hardly the end of the world. In my opinion, that's inevitable. Nature tends toward equilibrium. The fear of global competition does nothing to head it off.
I'm very thankful I'll never have to maintain any of your code that you might deploy in a corporate environment. Seriously, one of the reason why names should be intuitive is that you may not be the only one to look at the code. You may know that VAR = variable, but what about everyone else? 100 ambiguous variables later, and that someone's going to be pretty pissed that they have to keep referring back to your data dictionary.
And to the OP: Please print this quote out, crumple up the piece of paper, and hammer it into your head.
web content is the key phrase in your rebuttal. I use javascript constantly to manipulate my HTML documents, in service of an application. Not all of us are creating tributes to our favorite band or what have you. Sometimes pure HTML is a little too limited to make a functional UI.
So far as the variuos problems with the web app paradigm, that's another topic entirely...
I'll decide for this one like I decide for every other console. If it looks like there will good games available, then it's mine. I may not get anywhere near launch, though. These things always come down in price, and that will be a factor.
Considering the competition, I would bet this thing will drop precipitously, because the GBA SP will probably be 75 or less when this comes out.
Any word on what will be available? I haven't followed too closely.
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Well, I'll address some of this
I don't like the naming convention of firstSecondThird. first_second_third is simply more readable
That's personal preference. I personally hate moving my finger so far out of the letters to get to the underscore. Also, nothing stops you from naming things in java any old way you like.
I do like . notation and I'm happy it's spread to every other language.
sure, sure.
I don't like try, catch. It's important to roll up errors but try, catch just turns into a mess usually. Perl's "or die()" way of doing things isn't great but I do like it better.
The propogation of try...catch throughout a system is a design mistake, not the fault of the language. People that treat exceptions like non-exception error handling are the culprit here.
I don't like strongly typed languages. Dealing with an overloaded object as a basic type that automatically does what you would do normally, usually requiring less variable names and code is a win.
This statement makes no sense. Perhaps the concept of polymorphism is unheard of in your world? Not sure. The thing is, that whole second sentence is one of the greatest features of java, and all other object oriented languages. As a matter of fact, it's part of the definition.
There's too much overhead in Java.
True enough
I believe that the only sufficient documentation for code is code.
Here, you simply have no idea what you're talking about.
Comments can be wrong and never telly you precicely what is happening so a good programmer never relies on them, you have to read the code to figure out what is going on.
And code can be obtuse and completely unreadable, forcing you to spend hours deciphering what someone tried to write in a blur of speed.
Things should be represented consisely so they can be read and understood quickly.
Properly designed software ends up like this, with low level plumbing going on behind high level code that is concise, clear, and hopefully descriptive, if the names are chosen correctly. You can make an ugly mess out of any language. As a perl devotee you cannot disagree.
What it comes down to is you are complaining about poor java code, not java itself.
Looks like the developers are involved in the DP of all time - boned by the publishers and the players. Almost makes me wonder why they bother.
The quote is correct, but only for certain degenerate values of correct. You have to get yourself deep into managerspeak before something like that can be accepted with a good conscience.
Caveat: I am a developer, and I am aware that the only software that has zero bugs is unwritten software.
I am impressed! Could you reply to this and tell me how many women you've plowed with your courageous superlong cock?
What I don't understand and have not had anyone else point out to me in any realistic fashion is, where is that good paying job simular to the one I just had coming from.
Prepare yourself - I'm about to be harsh.
You don't deserve a job. No one owes you a living. You have to earn it. If you lose your job to outsourcing, you did not provide the value you needed to provide. It sucks, but it is perfectly just. Adapt. Whining is not adaptation. Whining does not pay the bills. Whining does not feed you.
Flipping burgers will allow you to live, just not at the level you feel you deserve. Here is the truth of life in the capitalist world: you deserve nothing at all. If this is something you cannot live with, then no one can help you.
Also, there is no such thing as ensuring our future. The future is always uncertain. The most you can do is try to chart a course that should keep you off the rocks. It's not exact, and not everyone gets it right.
auditoria
Or do you think that Madona just grunts and craps out a pile of CDs?
Are you sure you don't want to recast that particular phrase?
...and the whole theater was balling.
What kind of theater was this?
Just knock up a short shell script to compile the source before you run it.
That would be so much faster than Java, it astonishes me. Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.
I take it the people who modded this up haven't completed high school chemistry yet?
Offtopic and flamey, but...
There aren't tremendous amounts of (overpaying) tech jobs because there aren't people with more money than brains throwing everything they own into the latest 1..2..3 Profit!!! business plan anymore.
That's not grim, that's reality. To expect otherwise is to live with your head up your rear.
...and we're NOT better off than we were ten years ago...
/. readers who were EXCESSIVELY overpaid during the boom to readers who expect companies to take care of them now? That's the unworkable point of view that produces the OP's blather.
I sure as hell am. Of course, that's because I'm not a bottom-dwelling scum-sucker with the attitude that I'm entitled to being taken care of by those with the acumen to make themselves into something.
Of course, I'm often vilified for this mindset, mainly by those who want the handouts and the easy way. What is the ratio of
Not that I'm pointing a finger or anything...
Remember, being an American worker is not an entitlement, it's a privilege that must be actively maintained. Contrary to apparent opinion, bitching is not maintenance.
I was going to do this AC, but screw it, my karma can take the hit.
One more thing:
With outsourcing trends as they are, we are rather likely to get what Neal Stephenson describes in Snow Crash as an globally-distributed layer of what a Pakistani bricklayer would call prosperity. Unfortunately for us in the US, *we* will call it "abject poverty".
Or the US will no longer be the economic leader. That's hardly the end of the world. In my opinion, that's inevitable. Nature tends toward equilibrium. The fear of global competition does nothing to head it off.
a fully-loaded 2003 server running dreamweaver
That could be the most appropriate use of a server I've ever seen.
Are there alternate sources to get Freenet in the first place?
Home?
What about the fact that Goldeneye virtually defined stealth action? I think that is really where it set itself apart from the pack.
as soon as a chicken can carry a human baby to term, your troll stops being retarded.
For the record, I would never personally have an abortion. Mainly because I have no biological capability.
Are you sure it's incest, and not masturbation?
Makes me want to p**k
I am having an impossible time figuring out what new, exciting curse you censored here. Give a brother a hand, will you?
Also, relax. That was 60 freaking years ago. I don't think that IBM assists anyone in processing jews anymore.
this as they miss the other car's bumper by 6 inches
If they miss, 6 inches is as good as a mile.
And what happens when you're on a team of 100, and you don't know everyone's contributions?
Your attitude just doesn't scale.
Actually, there is a privacy provision that prevents release of certain information deemed personal. I don't know the exact details on that, however.
I'm very thankful I'll never have to maintain any of your code that you might deploy in a corporate environment. Seriously, one of the reason why names should be intuitive is that you may not be the only one to look at the code. You may know that VAR = variable, but what about everyone else? 100 ambiguous variables later, and that someone's going to be pretty pissed that they have to keep referring back to your data dictionary.
And to the OP: Please print this quote out, crumple up the piece of paper, and hammer it into your head.
web content is the key phrase in your rebuttal. I use javascript constantly to manipulate my HTML documents, in service of an application. Not all of us are creating tributes to our favorite band or what have you. Sometimes pure HTML is a little too limited to make a functional UI.
So far as the variuos problems with the web app paradigm, that's another topic entirely...
I'll decide for this one like I decide for every other console. If it looks like there will good games available, then it's mine. I may not get anywhere near launch, though. These things always come down in price, and that will be a factor.
Considering the competition, I would bet this thing will drop precipitously, because the GBA SP will probably be 75 or less when this comes out.
Any word on what will be available? I haven't followed too closely.
I want more Castlevania for my GBA. That is the greatest portable series ever.