Weather is expressed in terms of complex probability functions, as are many systems. But, at the end of the day, you're summing over all future possibilities. To say that a 70% chance will lower later on is, to me, very strange. I suppose it is equivelent to saying "Well, we're not able to calculate what the odds are of it lowering, but it will". However, since we are talking about what you so aptly named "weather", it seems strange that there wouldn't be a probabilty associated with it. Especially since I assume the original 70% is derived from the same sorts of models. Savvy?
I don't really disagree with what you're getting at but again, you're saying "better code". That really doesn't make any sense. For what I do (which is write applications that require performance, security, and portability), you're going to be hard pressed to produce something my customer will use let alone appreciate with C# (which isn't to say people don't try). I'm not holding onto C++ for dear life because I don't want to change; I understand the value of even-higher-level languages. But don't make the mistake of thinking this is about garbage collection or time to market. That's fine for the program of the week. You're going to have a tough time selling me that serious and complex applications are going to be running for the C# (or worse, java) bandwagon anytime soon. Sure, it's hard work and requires actually understanding the details but in my experience those are usually signs of a job well done.
Yeah, but why give up the performance?? So Intel can sell more chips? And please, let's compare apples to apples: a competent programmer writing the same quality code in C++ and C#. And if you're writing hoggish C# you have my deepest sympathies.
Seriously, I find this entire thread hard to believe. Anyone who has to deal with performance or security in any meaningful way whatsoever is laughing at the suggestion that C++ is "old school". And anyone who wants to try and explain that a "sandbox" actually creates security needs to go back to school.
I think you're making the mistake of assuming you can escape the system of natural selection, which you can't. If stupid people reproducing is a problem then it will be dealt with by natural selection. Otherwise, a glitch so large will be introduced that the system will simply fail to recover from it (extinction). It is common to think that man can introduce "non-natural" selection into the system. This is not the case as man and all of his productions (including genetic engineering of any type) is part of the same system. Evolution is the game that you have to play. In fact, it turns out, even if you kill yourself, you've simply played into evolution's hands.
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Weather is expressed in terms of complex probability functions, as are many systems. But, at the end of the day, you're summing over all future possibilities. To say that a 70% chance will lower later on is, to me, very strange. I suppose it is equivelent to saying "Well, we're not able to calculate what the odds are of it lowering, but it will". However, since we are talking about what you so aptly named "weather", it seems strange that there wouldn't be a probabilty associated with it. Especially since I assume the original 70% is derived from the same sorts of models. Savvy?
Currently it is estimated for a 70% chance of launch on Wednesday, with the chances lowering later in the week
Yeah, this makes no sense at all. Eighty percent of the time, it's guaranteed to work every time.
I don't really disagree with what you're getting at but again, you're saying "better code". That really doesn't make any sense. For what I do (which is write applications that require performance, security, and portability), you're going to be hard pressed to produce something my customer will use let alone appreciate with C# (which isn't to say people don't try). I'm not holding onto C++ for dear life because I don't want to change; I understand the value of even-higher-level languages. But don't make the mistake of thinking this is about garbage collection or time to market. That's fine for the program of the week. You're going to have a tough time selling me that serious and complex applications are going to be running for the C# (or worse, java) bandwagon anytime soon. Sure, it's hard work and requires actually understanding the details but in my experience those are usually signs of a job well done.
Yeah, but why give up the performance?? So Intel can sell more chips? And please, let's compare apples to apples: a competent programmer writing the same quality code in C++ and C#. And if you're writing hoggish C# you have my deepest sympathies.
Seriously, I find this entire thread hard to believe. Anyone who has to deal with performance or security in any meaningful way whatsoever is laughing at the suggestion that C++ is "old school". And anyone who wants to try and explain that a "sandbox" actually creates security needs to go back to school.
I think you're making the mistake of assuming you can escape the system of natural selection, which you can't. If stupid people reproducing is a problem then it will be dealt with by natural selection. Otherwise, a glitch so large will be introduced that the system will simply fail to recover from it (extinction). It is common to think that man can introduce "non-natural" selection into the system. This is not the case as man and all of his productions (including genetic engineering of any type) is part of the same system. Evolution is the game that you have to play. In fact, it turns out, even if you kill yourself, you've simply played into evolution's hands.