That's why most of my programs are still at the Ruby 1.8.x revision level. A lot of admin scripts and things that I can afford to take performance hits since they automatically run after hours. My Rails implementation has relatively low user load as well. If I had to upgrade to 1.9 to get that performance boost I've seen a good amount of areas in my code that would be borked. Backwards compatibility is a concern when that times comes. It's one thing deprecating and gracefully warning you. Some of my code testing proved quite _interesting_.
Nope that distinction didn't find its place until the Intel 80486 line of CPU's. Back during the 80386 days it was only differntiating between 16 and 32 bit handling --> http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/386+DX.
I just downloaded the VMWare image for Mono running on OpenSUSE and will give it a test drive come January. It has been a few years since I checked in on Mono and if they are only perhaps one.NET version behind that might be worth a look. Checking their website I see they have methods to open up Visual Studio solution files and convert them to Mono and other neat bells and whistles that I wasn't aware of awhile back...
Reading all of these comments and then seeing them modded as Troll or as Flamebait. When actually the comments are pretty much correct. Who really uses Mono? After all, isn't it loosely based on.NET version 1.1 still? What's the point?
For Windows-based development you can fire up Visual Studio 2005 or 2008 Express edition without paying a dime and those are based on.NET 2.0 or 3.x, correct?
Unless Mono has upped the ante and has actually moved beyond 2003-era frameworks I don't see its relevance...
but what is the compelling reason that developers still stick with Perl, when there are more elegant languages out there? Python, Ruby and a few other scripting languages come to mind. I realize that Perl is a mature option, with lots of libraries/modules available. But at this point I can say the same about some of the others.
Perhaps because it would be too tough to totally revamp a project and rewrite it from the ground up? Even then the syntax and logic behind Python, Ruby, etc. are close enough that a decent developer could wrap their head around the nitty gritty details.
All I know is when I review some old Perl code I've written back around 1999 or 2000 and then place it alongside of similar work in Ruby I get cross-eyed over the asthetic ugliness of the Perl code. To each their own I suppose, so like I said it's not a troll. Just my US $0.02:-)
Actually to be more correct it would be posting a rumor of a new recipe. Say, posting hushed rumblings of a new idea for Upside Down Flint Rubble Bubble Cake...
Not unless you consider the GNAA Last Measure a trojan:-/
It's been awhile since I've been Goatse-ed, and I should've known better to check the link first. Very nice way to round out my afternoon with my cube-mates...sigh...
Or are Blackberrys the equivalent of the Palm Pilots of years gone by? A hardware platform that at the time was innovative and ground-breaking, only to be surpassed by the next wave of competing devices. Most of the people I know with a Blackberry are a few fries short of a Happy Meal when it comes to technology. So perhaps that's the right device for them. But with other alternatives out there why settle for one that's also bundled with a somewhat-unreliable back end infrastructure?
As well as the iPhone. I have a handful of corporate iPhone users and can remotely wipe their phones to a clean install from an admin console on our Exchange Server.
Just wondering why this was modded as Flamebait. It's 100% spot-on accurate. How hard is it to check if the story is still current/valid before posting it? If site this was a legit news site that'd be akin to posting a story about a big hostage standoff going on, when actually the hostage was already released and chilling out in a chair sipping coffee and eating donuts with the Five-Oh.
This isn't that much of an exaggeration. Actually I am one of the legion of Facebook junkies and I actually might have to break down and read a book, watch a TV show, or clean my house. Egads!!!
Actually I mistyped this TLA (Three Letter Acronym). Should've been PETA. Most of the office staff would parade around wearing faux-fur coats and whine about the poor spotted owl and the mid-Atlantic one-eyed trouser trout...
True in a lot of ways. Perhaps a _brief_ outage would put people's lives in perspective. In all actuality you really aren't that important and being in constant contact with the rest of the world in real time through your hip-holstered cell phone isn't that important either.
People seriously need a "mental health" to unplug from the grid and take a chill pill. What better time of year than right leading into the Holidays to do this?
Reminds me of places I've done IT support. Our core billing systems, inventory systems, accounting systems, etc. would be down and it was a PITA to the end users. But god forbid if Internet or e-mail access was down. You'd think that the CHQ was on fire and Milton was running away from the scene.:-/
Just like Obama's Nobel Prize, Android is going to be a great OS. Similar to how Obama is going to end global warming along with bringing about unilateral nuclear disarmament.
And I likewise am going to morph into Brian Austin Green, just so I can love me some Megan Fox...sigh...
I recall smoking cheap cigars and reading the warning label on the packaging. It might cause cancer in the state of California. Glad I smoked 'em in Florida. Made me rest a hell of a lot easier, ya know?
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Feel like having another...
You ever see a grown man naked?
Plus you have this guy as the train's engineer!
That's why most of my programs are still at the Ruby 1.8.x revision level. A lot of admin scripts and things that I can afford to take performance hits since they automatically run after hours. My Rails implementation has relatively low user load as well. If I had to upgrade to 1.9 to get that performance boost I've seen a good amount of areas in my code that would be borked. Backwards compatibility is a concern when that times comes. It's one thing deprecating and gracefully warning you. Some of my code testing proved quite _interesting_.
Sure! As a matter of fact I'm reply to your comment through my Ruby command-line...HTTP ERROR 408 - REQUEST TIMEOUT#$(84@...NO CARRIER
Nope that distinction didn't find its place until the Intel 80486 line of CPU's. Back during the 80386 days it was only differntiating between 16 and 32 bit handling --> http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/386+DX.
Here is James Cameron's "avatar"...
I just downloaded the VMWare image for Mono running on OpenSUSE and will give it a test drive come January. It has been a few years since I checked in on Mono and if they are only perhaps one .NET version behind that might be worth a look. Checking their website I see they have methods to open up Visual Studio solution files and convert them to Mono and other neat bells and whistles that I wasn't aware of awhile back...
Reading all of these comments and then seeing them modded as Troll or as Flamebait. When actually the comments are pretty much correct. Who really uses Mono? After all, isn't it loosely based on .NET version 1.1 still? What's the point?
For Windows-based development you can fire up Visual Studio 2005 or 2008 Express edition without paying a dime and those are based on .NET 2.0 or 3.x, correct?
Unless Mono has upped the ante and has actually moved beyond 2003-era frameworks I don't see its relevance...
but what is the compelling reason that developers still stick with Perl, when there are more elegant languages out there? Python, Ruby and a few other scripting languages come to mind. I realize that Perl is a mature option, with lots of libraries/modules available. But at this point I can say the same about some of the others.
Perhaps because it would be too tough to totally revamp a project and rewrite it from the ground up? Even then the syntax and logic behind Python, Ruby, etc. are close enough that a decent developer could wrap their head around the nitty gritty details.
All I know is when I review some old Perl code I've written back around 1999 or 2000 and then place it alongside of similar work in Ruby I get cross-eyed over the asthetic ugliness of the Perl code. To each their own I suppose, so like I said it's not a troll. Just my US $0.02 :-)
Actually to be more correct it would be posting a rumor of a new recipe. Say, posting hushed rumblings of a new idea for Upside Down Flint Rubble Bubble Cake...
Not unless you consider the GNAA Last Measure a trojan :-/
It's been awhile since I've been Goatse-ed, and I should've known better to check the link first. Very nice way to round out my afternoon with my cube-mates...sigh...
...the next question that's a posted article [rubs crystal ball]Is Code Testing of Open Source Apps Necessary?[/rubs crystal ball]
Or are Blackberrys the equivalent of the Palm Pilots of years gone by? A hardware platform that at the time was innovative and ground-breaking, only to be surpassed by the next wave of competing devices. Most of the people I know with a Blackberry are a few fries short of a Happy Meal when it comes to technology. So perhaps that's the right device for them. But with other alternatives out there why settle for one that's also bundled with a somewhat-unreliable back end infrastructure?
I won't respond to Anonymous Cowards. Show the courage to log in so I'll know you get responses. I'll not waste my time.
Looks like you just did there fella...
As well as the iPhone. I have a handful of corporate iPhone users and can remotely wipe their phones to a clean install from an admin console on our Exchange Server.
Just wondering why this was modded as Flamebait. It's 100% spot-on accurate. How hard is it to check if the story is still current/valid before posting it? If site this was a legit news site that'd be akin to posting a story about a big hostage standoff going on, when actually the hostage was already released and chilling out in a chair sipping coffee and eating donuts with the Five-Oh.
This isn't that much of an exaggeration. Actually I am one of the legion of Facebook junkies and I actually might have to break down and read a book, watch a TV show, or clean my house. Egads!!!
Actually I mistyped this TLA (Three Letter Acronym). Should've been PETA. Most of the office staff would parade around wearing faux-fur coats and whine about the poor spotted owl and the mid-Atlantic one-eyed trouser trout...
True in a lot of ways. Perhaps a _brief_ outage would put people's lives in perspective. In all actuality you really aren't that important and being in constant contact with the rest of the world in real time through your hip-holstered cell phone isn't that important either.
People seriously need a "mental health" to unplug from the grid and take a chill pill. What better time of year than right leading into the Holidays to do this?
Reminds me of places I've done IT support. Our core billing systems, inventory systems, accounting systems, etc. would be down and it was a PITA to the end users. But god forbid if Internet or e-mail access was down. You'd think that the CHQ was on fire and Milton was running away from the scene. :-/
ever heard of a paragraph break? I couldn't even make it through the summary! Like reading Marcel Proust's "Remembrance of Things Past" Sheesh...
Just like Obama's Nobel Prize, Android is going to be a great OS. Similar to how Obama is going to end global warming along with bringing about unilateral nuclear disarmament.
And I likewise am going to morph into Brian Austin Green, just so I can love me some Megan Fox...sigh...
Mandrive DOESN'T EXIST
I thought this was the Linux distro that came in the shape of that cute pointy blue pill :-/
Sounds like somebody's got a case of the Mondays...
I recall smoking cheap cigars and reading the warning label on the packaging. It might cause cancer in the state of California. Glad I smoked 'em in Florida. Made me rest a hell of a lot easier, ya know?