it optimizes the translation of to assembly opcodes. When you code the stuff you type is not in the binary that's compiled/assembled/linked.
I highly recommend you add a tiny amount of assembly programming dabbling to that list, and you will gain better understanding of how compiler optimization is not a simple affair. There are many ways to do the same thing.
As for an example of a basic optimization method, removing dead code, code that is in there but never called by the main method.
Another one is vector optimization, where certain routines or parts of routines where it's suitable use the vector units of a cpu to speed things up a little.
I have a small frame, but can lift double my own weight at the gym (started going to gym specifically to gain weight, did not work). I also used to do medium distance running (6-10km).
I am now in the military, who also say I am underweight, but I pass all of their fitness tests just fine, and keep up with the other blokes. If I am unhealthy, then something is seroiusly wrong.
The BMI system while generally a good rule of thumb, is very flawed. Peoples body types vary significantly. Same thing on the opposite end of the scale with bodybuilders.
Thing is apple laptops are usually pretty good in design, so even OSS people will buy one and then put distro of choice on it, problem? not really. Good hardware is good hardware.
ATM any "API"/"SDK"s are in at best a legally grey area (more likely completely black),
Incorrect, Devkitpro is perfectly legal, now, in order to run said binaries on your wii.. you would likely break the DMCA in countries that have the whole 'breaking copy protection' business. But in countries that don't, that should also be legal.
Considering that in australia mod chips are legal I would likely guess that soft mods that utilize buffer overflows to only enable homebrew and not pirating would also be legal
Using HF radio you could easily beam internet to anyone who wanted it in the country and has an appropriate transceiver, knows how to put up a good directional antenna (at about 1200 baud... shared) But people who have that equipment and know how likely aren't having any problems communicating anyway
VHF would yield much better throughput, with standard modems managing about 9600baud, but greatly diminished range and a lot more juice needed to extend it.
Depends on your background I guess, to people only accustomed to managed (java... c#) languages, it would be difficult. But going from assembly to c then c++, they are all workable, hell people used them back in the day.
Personally I think everyone should do enough assembly to know how the C ABI functions on a typical computer, but more and more I see people using high level languages without any idea of 'how' their resulting code functions.
Er, perhaps she thought it was better to leave it until she thought she was ready to have a child? It is quite possible to want to have a kid with someone, but know that in the current situation it would not be fair to the kid.
something is very wrong with your linux setup, on an identical machine I tend to find xterms are opened instantly, and firefox takes about five seconds.
I failed to see your later post stating you already have no requirements, only skill listings. So ignore the above:)
Still, it is quite sad that you could post that and not get suitable people. I have yet to enter the IT workforce, primarily because I'd rather not be a support monkey for platforms I don't care for, when there are better non-IT jobs about.
All of the questions you mentioned I was taught even before my first semester of uni. (though they did go over it again.. of course)
Perhaps you would be better off scrapping the requirement of having a degree, but requiring some form of proof of the quality of their prior work. (oss contributions come to mind, easily auditable)
As much trouble as your having finding a suitable candidate, there are those out there with significant skills without the piece of paper that simply cannot be bothered to get an IT job, when becoming a 'junior VB programmer' involves getting a masters degree...
let us not forget that microsoft let go about 5000 workers to reduce costs, so your analogy then becomes similar to
You have 40 employed people and ten unemployed.. the employer then fires 30 of those and replaces them with foreign imports that are cheaper, now of the sample group instead of having 20% unemployed you have 50%
you then have the same number of jobs, but with more people to share them around between.
Users can become developers... very easily, if they want to and have the time to learn things properly.
The languages themselves aren't hard, but to explain exactly what you want to do in a programming language in an efficient manner, can be depending on the task
Also this configurability you speak of, with many non developers doing it, would more or less confuse people. We already have enough people bitching about "there is no standard blah" with only a few well done options available that service different needs.
And isn't this exactly what the whole Object-Oriented and Component Programming revolution way back in the 80s was supposed to be about? Reusable code? Why didn't it happen?
It did happen, but if you cannot express yourself well with what you want to do in a programming language, it's not much use to you is it?
You seem to think everything should be push button and it will work the way I want, there are serious implementation issues to that, and even if you did pull it off, people would not be happy with it since when they pushed the button, it did not do EXACTLY as they were expecting to.
By your logic, you wouldn't be carrying auto insurance renter/homeowner's insurance either?
There are many instances where insurance simply doesn't make sense, I'm in the 'young and must therefore be dangerous' category of people, I've had my license for over five years without crash or issue, if i were to get my brand new motorcycle insured (I checked it out) it would have cost me 1/4 the cost of the bike PER YEAR.
The money that would have been spent on insurance, I just spent on paying the bike off faster (almost fully paid in two years, I hate paying interest)
I tend to view money as cost/benefit kind of thing. How much benefit do I get for paying x for insurance, if not worth it, then why pay it. Similar thing in a different context would likely be my resolve when it comes to medical expenses, but rather how much does society benefit from my cost for them to keep me alive.
I'd probably have the same line of reasoning as demachina, once the expenses get too great just say bah, a million dollars to continue my life would be much better spent helping others with more simple problems, a million can temporarily house a lot of families in need, or feed a large number of poor for quite some time.
Yes, but it was, universally, a large religion that brought them about.
Not particularly, if I were to start a religion saying 'murder is A-OK!' even in times where myth and fanciful things were the highlight of ones life, it would have been shot down instantly (or believers would have killed each other out).
Morals do not equate to religious precepts, however religious precepts throughout history do tend to encapsulate the morals of the time of the founding of the religion. What better way to fit the people your trying to make believers than to say you completely agree with most of their way of life, but you should worship $deity to make it better?
People tend to want to believe in something larger than themselves, to give their life more perceived meaning, it's in our nature to want our lives to be meaningful and to fit in with our peers. Religion fits that bill perfectly, thus it's prevalence throughout history, it only takes one man to think of one, and sufficiently convince others.
But essentially, you think morals came about because of religion, and I think religion just adopted some of the morals people already had.
I'll bite, don't have much time though so I'll just refute one point
Besides, spirituality and religion have never been able to construct a system of laws or behavioral guidelines for the masses that our modern world would consider valuable
Remove the sarcasm and you would be true, it does not take faith to have morals, the mores of society effect religion more than religion effects the mores of society. As morals have changed over time, so does the interpretation of the bible by the religious in order to fit with the changing morals of society.
Anything that is not compiled before being distributed is a scripting language in my book. So, yes, I guess I don't know because I choose not to be that specific.
well then by your own definition you wouldn't consider either c# or java as a scripting language then... hint, they are compiled, they run on a virtual machine though.
If I were to write a program for the snes using a 65816 assembler, would you then consider it a 'script' when I ran it on zsnes or the like? I doubt it. That a native hardware implementation of the vm c# apps run on doesn't exist means nothing. (oh and there is native hardware for java, any arm processor with jazelle)
You see, Linux/Unix/BSD don't need Mono! What can you achieve using Mono which you wouldn't achieve with Perl, Python, C++ or Java? Name one, please, only one.
Interoperability with uni courses that demand you program in it. I do not want to have to have windows installed just to program uni assignments, thankyou
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bah, slashdot ate part of what I wrote, in the first line it is meant to be.
it optimizes the translation of "insert high level language here" to assembly opcodes
it optimizes the translation of to assembly opcodes. When you code the stuff you type is not in the binary that's compiled/assembled/linked.
I highly recommend you add a tiny amount of assembly programming dabbling to that list, and you will gain better understanding of how compiler optimization is not a simple affair. There are many ways to do the same thing.
As for an example of a basic optimization method, removing dead code, code that is in there but never called by the main method.
Another one is vector optimization, where certain routines or parts of routines where it's suitable use the vector units of a cpu to speed things up a little.
all the MVS fighers do, since MVS only has 4 buttons
I have a BMI of 17.6, I am 180cm tall and 57kg
I have a small frame, but can lift double my own weight at the gym (started going to gym specifically to gain weight, did not work). I also used to do medium distance running (6-10km).
I am now in the military, who also say I am underweight, but I pass all of their fitness tests just fine, and keep up with the other blokes. If I am unhealthy, then something is seroiusly wrong.
The BMI system while generally a good rule of thumb, is very flawed. Peoples body types vary significantly. Same thing on the opposite end of the scale with bodybuilders.
I use insert, delete home and end frequently, scroll lock not so much, and pause/break very rarely, but they still have use.
Function keys are excellent for switching between terminals when not using X, etc.
but caps lock and left ctrl should be switched though, imho.
Thing is apple laptops are usually pretty good in design, so even OSS people will buy one and then put distro of choice on it, problem? not really. Good hardware is good hardware.
Indeed, I am quite proud to be sinister (left)
I might be wrong, but I have a feeling nintendos SDK utilizes GCC for ppc with proprietary libraries for the specific platform.
ATM any "API"/"SDK"s are in at best a legally grey area (more likely completely black),
Incorrect, Devkitpro is perfectly legal, now, in order to run said binaries on your wii.. you would likely break the DMCA in countries that have the whole 'breaking copy protection' business. But in countries that don't, that should also be legal.
Considering that in australia mod chips are legal I would likely guess that soft mods that utilize buffer overflows to only enable homebrew and not pirating would also be legal
Using HF radio you could easily beam internet to anyone who wanted it in the country and has an appropriate transceiver, knows how to put up a good directional antenna (at about 1200 baud... shared) But people who have that equipment and know how likely aren't having any problems communicating anyway
VHF would yield much better throughput, with standard modems managing about 9600baud, but greatly diminished range and a lot more juice needed to extend it.
seconded
Depends on your background I guess, to people only accustomed to managed (java... c#) languages, it would be difficult. But going from assembly to c then c++, they are all workable, hell people used them back in the day.
Personally I think everyone should do enough assembly to know how the C ABI functions on a typical computer, but more and more I see people using high level languages without any idea of 'how' their resulting code functions.
I broke up with her because she aborted the child
Er, perhaps she thought it was better to leave it until she thought she was ready to have a child? It is quite possible to want to have a kid with someone, but know that in the current situation it would not be fair to the kid.
something is very wrong with your linux setup, on an identical machine I tend to find xterms are opened instantly, and firefox takes about five seconds.
I failed to see your later post stating you already have no requirements, only skill listings. So ignore the above :)
Still, it is quite sad that you could post that and not get suitable people. I have yet to enter the IT workforce, primarily because I'd rather not be a support monkey for platforms I don't care for, when there are better non-IT jobs about.
All of the questions you mentioned I was taught even before my first semester of uni. (though they did go over it again.. of course)
Perhaps you would be better off scrapping the requirement of having a degree, but requiring some form of proof of the quality of their prior work. (oss contributions come to mind, easily auditable)
As much trouble as your having finding a suitable candidate, there are those out there with significant skills without the piece of paper that simply cannot be bothered to get an IT job, when becoming a 'junior VB programmer' involves getting a masters degree...
let us not forget that microsoft let go about 5000 workers to reduce costs, so your analogy then becomes similar to
You have 40 employed people and ten unemployed.. the employer then fires 30 of those and replaces them with foreign imports that are cheaper, now of the sample group instead of having 20% unemployed you have 50%
you then have the same number of jobs, but with more people to share them around between.
yes.. because getting in foreign workers will help REDUCE local unemployment.... maybe in soviet russia.
Users can become developers... very easily, if they want to and have the time to learn things properly.
The languages themselves aren't hard, but to explain exactly what you want to do in a programming language in an efficient manner, can be depending on the task
Also this configurability you speak of, with many non developers doing it, would more or less confuse people. We already have enough people bitching about "there is no standard blah" with only a few well done options available that service different needs.
And isn't this exactly what the whole Object-Oriented and Component Programming revolution way back in the 80s was supposed to be about? Reusable code? Why didn't it happen?
It did happen, but if you cannot express yourself well with what you want to do in a programming language, it's not much use to you is it?
You seem to think everything should be push button and it will work the way I want, there are serious implementation issues to that, and even if you did pull it off, people would not be happy with it since when they pushed the button, it did not do EXACTLY as they were expecting to.
By your logic, you wouldn't be carrying auto insurance renter/homeowner's insurance either?
There are many instances where insurance simply doesn't make sense, I'm in the 'young and must therefore be dangerous' category of people, I've had my license for over five years without crash or issue, if i were to get my brand new motorcycle insured (I checked it out) it would have cost me 1/4 the cost of the bike PER YEAR.
The money that would have been spent on insurance, I just spent on paying the bike off faster (almost fully paid in two years, I hate paying interest)
I tend to view money as cost/benefit kind of thing. How much benefit do I get for paying x for insurance, if not worth it, then why pay it. Similar thing in a different context would likely be my resolve when it comes to medical expenses, but rather how much does society benefit from my cost for them to keep me alive.
I'd probably have the same line of reasoning as demachina, once the expenses get too great just say bah, a million dollars to continue my life would be much better spent helping others with more simple problems, a million can temporarily house a lot of families in need, or feed a large number of poor for quite some time.
Yes, but it was, universally, a large religion that brought them about.
Not particularly, if I were to start a religion saying 'murder is A-OK!' even in times where myth and fanciful things were the highlight of ones life, it would have been shot down instantly (or believers would have killed each other out).
Morals do not equate to religious precepts, however religious precepts throughout history do tend to encapsulate the morals of the time of the founding of the religion. What better way to fit the people your trying to make believers than to say you completely agree with most of their way of life, but you should worship $deity to make it better?
People tend to want to believe in something larger than themselves, to give their life more perceived meaning, it's in our nature to want our lives to be meaningful and to fit in with our peers. Religion fits that bill perfectly, thus it's prevalence throughout history, it only takes one man to think of one, and sufficiently convince others.
But essentially, you think morals came about because of religion, and I think religion just adopted some of the morals people already had.
most ram does yes, but there are always exceptions to the rule.
I'll bite, don't have much time though so I'll just refute one point
Besides, spirituality and religion have never been able to construct a system of laws or behavioral guidelines for the masses that our modern world would consider valuable
Remove the sarcasm and you would be true, it does not take faith to have morals, the mores of society effect religion more than religion effects the mores of society. As morals have changed over time, so does the interpretation of the bible by the religious in order to fit with the changing morals of society.
Anything that is not compiled before being distributed is a scripting language in my book. So, yes, I guess I don't know because I choose not to be that specific.
well then by your own definition you wouldn't consider either c# or java as a scripting language then... hint, they are compiled, they run on a virtual machine though.
If I were to write a program for the snes using a 65816 assembler, would you then consider it a 'script' when I ran it on zsnes or the like? I doubt it. That a native hardware implementation of the vm c# apps run on doesn't exist means nothing. (oh and there is native hardware for java, any arm processor with jazelle)
You see, Linux/Unix/BSD don't need Mono! What can you achieve using Mono which you wouldn't achieve with Perl, Python, C++ or Java? Name one, please, only one.
Interoperability with uni courses that demand you program in it. I do not want to have to have windows installed just to program uni assignments, thankyou