To be fair, Perl 5's OOO implementation does feels like it was tacked on at the very last minute. It doesn't even qualify as OOO by some definitions (lack of encapsulation, for example).
Having said that, OOO in Perl is VERY clever in the sense that it extends the language in a big way with very minor changes. bless and @ISA might look unintuitive on a first glance but are very simple at their core and integrate with existing language seamlessly.
I have so called "geek" friends who keep insisting this is the best show ever.
Please, check out The IT Crowd instead. Not only that show is hilarious in ways BBT simply cannot be, but it is also a much more accurate portrayal of the geek life.
The funny thing is that it doesn't look any good either. The F-22 is a mean looking plane, the F-35 is like his chubby brother trying to live up to it.
They are equally good. They just have different scope (...)
That was a great answer, thank you:)
Don't get me wrong, i greatly enjoyed TFW and think it deserves a rightful spot on the military sci-fi hall of fame. But i consistently see Starship Troopers regarded as the best in the genre and listed on pretty much every top 10 sci-fi list to boot. - with good reason, i might add.
The A-29 is a thoroughly modern, well equipped aircraft which just happens to use a prop. I know one Brazilian airforce pilot who flies it and has nothing but praise for the plane.
After the dumb decision of shelving the A-10 in favor of the F-35 the USAF would do good in considering the Super Tucano as a COIN/CAS alternative. Hell, at $4 millon a pop you can even write them off as minor losses on the F-35 program
It is kind of a big whoop - there's plenty of use cases for a watch that require more than a days worth of juice. Ever took a long flight?
I'm not a hater. I can see a lot of interesting use cases for a smart watch. But it is a watch nevertheless, and 1.5 days of usability is awful for something you're supposed to wear to read the time every now and then.
I know the has been beaten to death, but this is still an abysmal battery life for a watch. Even the Pebble, which sacrificed "smartness" for battery performance, still struggles to reach 4 days on a charge.
For a device you're intended to wear i find this unacceptable and limits the usefulness of smart watches pretty much to urban environments only. We're a far cry away from having solar smart watches or miniature long-lasting batteries.
Sorry, no, it's not that at all. If there was any serious suspicion about that then the weenies would be all over the binary blobs with decompilers. Cost is no object for that sort of thing.
I have no proof, but i also have no doubt this already happens. That, and reverse engineering the actual silicon.
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Well played, sir. Well played.
To be fair, Perl 5's OOO implementation does feels like it was tacked on at the very last minute. It doesn't even qualify as OOO by some definitions (lack of encapsulation, for example).
Having said that, OOO in Perl is VERY clever in the sense that it extends the language in a big way with very minor changes. bless and @ISA might look unintuitive on a first glance but are very simple at their core and integrate with existing language seamlessly.
Same experience here. Say what you want about Perl 5 but it is still one of the fastest interpreted languages around.
I do a lot of prototyping in Python. But if i want speed, i usually use Perl.
It's an exaggeration, of course. The main difference betwen TITC and BBT is that The IT Crowd actually manages to be funny. Hilarious at times.
I have so called "geek" friends who keep insisting this is the best show ever.
Please, check out The IT Crowd instead. Not only that show is hilarious in ways BBT simply cannot be, but it is also a much more accurate portrayal of the geek life.
Probably one of the worst sitcoms I've ever tried to watch. Go to youtube and search "big bang theory without laugh track" and see what I mean.
Good God that was awful.
The funny thing is that it doesn't look any good either. The F-22 is a mean looking plane, the F-35 is like his chubby brother trying to live up to it.
I love SAP.
Come on now. Lets no say things we can't take back afterwards.
It's been a TV show for five years now. And i doubt this will work as well as it did there.
Close call, but try Starship Troopers instead.
They are equally good. They just have different scope (...)
That was a great answer, thank you :)
Don't get me wrong, i greatly enjoyed TFW and think it deserves a rightful spot on the military sci-fi hall of fame. But i consistently see Starship Troopers regarded as the best in the genre and listed on pretty much every top 10 sci-fi list to boot. - with good reason, i might add.
Not only they're built as bricks but they have excellent Linux compatibility all across the board.
The A-29 is a thoroughly modern, well equipped aircraft which just happens to use a prop. I know one Brazilian airforce pilot who flies it and has nothing but praise for the plane.
After the dumb decision of shelving the A-10 in favor of the F-35 the USAF would do good in considering the Super Tucano as a COIN/CAS alternative. Hell, at $4 millon a pop you can even write them off as minor losses on the F-35 program
Close call, but try Starship Troopers instead.
It is kind of a big whoop - there's plenty of use cases for a watch that require more than a days worth of juice. Ever took a long flight?
I'm not a hater. I can see a lot of interesting use cases for a smart watch. But it is a watch nevertheless, and 1.5 days of usability is awful for something you're supposed to wear to read the time every now and then.
I know the has been beaten to death, but this is still an abysmal battery life for a watch. Even the Pebble, which sacrificed "smartness" for battery performance, still struggles to reach 4 days on a charge.
For a device you're intended to wear i find this unacceptable and limits the usefulness of smart watches pretty much to urban environments only. We're a far cry away from having solar smart watches or miniature long-lasting batteries.
Funny that you mention that with Perl on your sig. It has offered reference-based garbage collection for decades now.
Claiming that MTGOX is proof that bitcoin has poor security is like saying bank robberies are proof that money has poor security.
I don't get why Lua never became more popular than it did. It's Python after a marathon diet.
Hear, hear. I'd also add that if you come from the x86/8x-64 world, ARM assembler feels like a godsend.
Was going to state the same. A lot of commonly used languages sported GC way before Java made it trendy.
1, 2, 3, X, 5, 6. Guess the value of X... Congratulations, you just interpolated the right answer.
Cool. Was it 3782?
That, and sonic booms over populated areas.
Is reverse engineering not illegal. If it is illegal then any discovered result is unusable in court
It is if you happen to implement reverse-engineered tech covered by patents. As SuricouRaven succinctly put it, on graphics this is a minefield area.
Sorry, no, it's not that at all. If there was any serious suspicion about that then the weenies would be all over the binary blobs with decompilers. Cost is no object for that sort of thing.
I have no proof, but i also have no doubt this already happens. That, and reverse engineering the actual silicon.
We know that the developers were pretty sure that the last version of TrueCrypt was still secure.
The last version of TrueCrypt passed a public security audit with flying colors.