I am not sure what you mean here, but I think you are talking about asynchronous IO, test, waits, etc. If so, you are right in that C does not give you much help, but C with a thread library is just about as easy as any other language. We are talking about something that is fundamentally quite difficult to do efficiently anyway.
Can you give an example of an optimisation technique that you would use in C that is a "bad decision" in a higher level language? I can think of many that are unnecessary (like moving expressions that don't change outside a loop, writing calculations so that constant expressions are separated out, algorithm strength reduction, etc.) but not bad. In many cases these will be cleaner anyway.
Trying to argue that you extensive knowledge of Pascal, JAVA and Assembly for the given platform means you will be able to work efficiently anyways, since you'll very quickly pick up the C knowledge needed, probably won't get you hired, even if it is true.
Only it's not true. A programmer who doesn't know C is either very lazy or, given the relativeabundanceof each language suffers from some weird form of autism.
There's no denying it, C is the basis of everything in computing. Anyone who has studied or done any professional work in computing has had contact with the C language at some time. A programmer who never had at least the curiosity to learn C, if only to understand some function he downloaded from the web, will never, ever, be a competent programmer.
Is that still true? A decade or so ago it would have been, but we have some bright young programmers who have only seen Pascal (from early training), Java, Python, and C#. Many examples now are in one of these languages or pseudocode.
Well they have the bargaining power. Like, if you don't supply us with an OS install feature you better get nervous when you see an aircraft flying towards your headquarters. Or maybe you won't see a thing. Accidents happen you know
They hit slashdot. They will become major in a few days. Don't worry. This one will actually succede!
Right, because everyone knows that Slashdot posters are social dynamos, followed by hundreds of fans who will willingly follow them onto the new network.
Poster has small GPL project
Poster takes employment to develop project into a solution
Employer claims copyright of solution and original GPL code incorporated
Now as the author of the code the poster could release it to someone on terms other than GPL (dual licensing). The question is whether he has done so, intentionally or otherwise. It is certainly possible that the contract of employment said that all the copyright of all sources used in the solution will belong to them. The only ting they can't do is remove the GPL from the original project, other people will still have the right to use and develop that.
You do realise that a) we're talking about speed cameras here and not CCTV and b) it was CCTV that helped capture the man behind the recent bomb attempt in New York by catching pictures of him, don't you? Guns wouldn't have helped in either of those situations.
The UK has 6,000 speed cameras. From daily mail:
Drivers were clobbered with 1.23million tickets in 2008, of which 1.03million were issued by speed cameras, the Home Office report revealed.
The tickets raised more than £73million for the Treasury that year, or £200,000 a day.
In total, 16million tickets have been issued since 1997, raising £913million.
I actually prefer speed cameras to speed bumps, at least they don't damage the cars. In the UK they now have to be bright yellow and can't be hidden - this change has made me a lot happier about them.
I am a locksmith, and I have one key that fits my house.... and my mother's house... and my brother's house... and my father's house... and two of my friends' houses./p>
If your anything like the locksmith who came when I locked myself out you have a little set of tools that will open most people's locks anyway! Seriously, he took 30 seconds to open my door, which had a modern cylindar lock. I asked what kind he couldn't pick and he sold me one of these avocet locks with a warning that if I lose my keys with this lock it will require drilling and a serious charge!
I really hope a single cruise missile can't take out an aircraft carrier, if they can, then you have far bigger problems that missiles in merchant ships. They or their escorts should have the defenses to evade or destroy most missile types.
I put this down to marketing hype. It probably means that it would stand a chance of killing some older small carriers on a good day. I doubt if a fully updated Nimitz-class carrier would have much to worry about, at most they will be on a slightly higher state of alert when coming close to unrecognised container ships.
A lie can cause serious damage to someone. Some neighbours of mine had their home vandalised because they had been falsely accused of being involved in animal experimentation. If you post such a lie deliberately then aren't you in some way responsible for the harm suffered?
But Google is offering to allow people to post whatever they want maliciously, and offering to hide their identity from everyone - even themselves. If Google is going to allow people to do this, then why are they not taking on responsibility for the harm themselves?
By that argument the mail service should open and check all letters and the phone company listen to all phone calls. You can use both to spread malicious lies anonymously.
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Though the RT2500 support has been slow in coming it has been stable for over a year now.
If I ever have any balloons that need driving I will certainly consider linux.
I can see yu have been modded funny, but I sadly think it is probably true.
I am not sure what you mean here, but I think you are talking about asynchronous IO, test, waits, etc. If so, you are right in that C does not give you much help, but C with a thread library is just about as easy as any other language. We are talking about something that is fundamentally quite difficult to do efficiently anyway.
Can you give an example of an optimisation technique that you would use in C that is a "bad decision" in a higher level language? I can think of many that are unnecessary (like moving expressions that don't change outside a loop, writing calculations so that constant expressions are separated out, algorithm strength reduction, etc.) but not bad. In many cases these will be cleaner anyway.
Ah ignore that post .... I confused two threads sorry
Only it's not true. A programmer who doesn't know C is either very lazy or, given the relative abundance of each language suffers from some weird form of autism.
There's no denying it, C is the basis of everything in computing. Anyone who has studied or done any professional work in computing has had contact with the C language at some time. A programmer who never had at least the curiosity to learn C, if only to understand some function he downloaded from the web, will never, ever, be a competent programmer.
Is that still true? A decade or so ago it would have been, but we have some bright young programmers who have only seen Pascal (from early training), Java, Python, and C#. Many examples now are in one of these languages or pseudocode.
Well they have the bargaining power. Like, if you don't supply us with an OS install feature you better get nervous when you see an aircraft flying towards your headquarters. Or maybe you won't see a thing. Accidents happen you know
Just link your shop account with your Nintendo.com account and you can re download anything. Simple as that. It's an ounce of prevention. NEXT.
Well, as long as the USAF want to upload all their software to the nintendo shop that's a great idea.
You'd be surprised at how easy it is for your mom to "log in".
I don't know about that...your mom expressed difficulty in getting my log in.
"I hope it doesn't load too fast!" "Don't worry, baby."
Don't worry, I've given her a magnifying glass. She should have better luck next time.
They hit slashdot. They will become major in a few days. Don't worry. This one will actually succede!
Right, because everyone knows that Slashdot posters are social dynamos, followed by hundreds of fans who will willingly follow them onto the new network.
Lost your phone? We've got an app for that .... wait damn it's in flash.
Bill Gates Funds Seawater-Spraying Cloud Machines
I think he's just pissing in the wind.
As I see it the situation is this:
Poster has small GPL project
Poster takes employment to develop project into a solution
Employer claims copyright of solution and original GPL code incorporated
Now as the author of the code the poster could release it to someone on terms other than GPL (dual licensing). The question is whether he has done so, intentionally or otherwise. It is certainly possible that the contract of employment said that all the copyright of all sources used in the solution will belong to them. The only ting they can't do is remove the GPL from the original project, other people will still have the right to use and develop that.
You do realise that a) we're talking about speed cameras here and not CCTV and b) it was CCTV that helped capture the man behind the recent bomb attempt in New York by catching pictures of him, don't you? Guns wouldn't have helped in either of those situations.
The UK has 6,000 speed cameras. From daily mail:
Drivers were clobbered with 1.23million tickets in 2008, of which 1.03million were issued by speed cameras, the Home Office report revealed. The tickets raised more than £73million for the Treasury that year, or £200,000 a day. In total, 16million tickets have been issued since 1997, raising £913million.
I actually prefer speed cameras to speed bumps, at least they don't damage the cars. In the UK they now have to be bright yellow and can't be hidden - this change has made me a lot happier about them.
Yes that seems insane to me. Will they repeal the law against theft because someone might get shot preventing a robbery?
It's been suggested that it's "less secure"
I am a locksmith, and I have one key that fits my house.... and my mother's house... and my brother's house... and my father's house... and two of my friends' houses. /p>
If your anything like the locksmith who came when I locked myself out you have a little set of tools that will open most people's locks anyway! Seriously, he took 30 seconds to open my door, which had a modern cylindar lock. I asked what kind he couldn't pick and he sold me one of these avocet locks with a warning that if I lose my keys with this lock it will require drilling and a serious charge!
I hope you are talking about an exchange for a static IP address, otherwise your post might be seen as offtopic
I really hope a single cruise missile can't take out an aircraft carrier, if they can, then you have far bigger problems that missiles in merchant ships. They or their escorts should have the defenses to evade or destroy most missile types.
I put this down to marketing hype. It probably means that it would stand a chance of killing some older small carriers on a good day. I doubt if a fully updated Nimitz-class carrier would have much to worry about, at most they will be on a slightly higher state of alert when coming close to unrecognised container ships.
I have/had a book written in the 1880's describing the failures of the priests
You got someone to write a book in the 1880s? Jesus Crap, you're old.
No he's The Doctor. Not sure who his ex is, but the latest episode seems to hint at it.
Once people accept that morals are relative
Should you really be telling everyone to accept that morals are relative. They may be relative for you but not to them. ;-)
I think that's what they call this, the Pope making an issue out of Internet transparency out of nowhere.
It depends on who the they are. You and I might call it wagging the dog but Catholics call it divine revelation or papal prerogative.
A lie can cause serious damage to someone. Some neighbours of mine had their home vandalised because they had been falsely accused of being involved in animal experimentation. If you post such a lie deliberately then aren't you in some way responsible for the harm suffered? But Google is offering to allow people to post whatever they want maliciously, and offering to hide their identity from everyone - even themselves. If Google is going to allow people to do this, then why are they not taking on responsibility for the harm themselves?
By that argument the mail service should open and check all letters and the phone company listen to all phone calls. You can use both to spread malicious lies anonymously.
Every time I hear someone proclaim 'the should be a law against saying X' a little part of me dies...
You clearly need a law against saying "there should be a law againt saying".
Would this be the first law that breaks itself?