I take it this means that you don't like C++ because it doesn't babysit your memory usage? If you add memory safety it would lose compatibility with C and lose a lot of its power.
There's no "its scheduler" - there are a whole host of different schedulers you can use, which are optimised for different expected workload types.
None of which are designed for the desktop.
Linus holds as an overriding principle that kernel interface changes must never break userspace.
Userspace isn't everything. Drivers have to be recompiled because that part of the kernel API did change. With every distro release lots of other API break as well.
It is my understanding that people are offended because this Humble Bundle is not in the spirit that has been established by earlier Humble Bundles. That is, cross-platform and DRM-free games.
It may be tired and old, but it's true: Linux is not ready for the desktop. The kernel is designed for a server OS and hence its scheduler is not suitable for desktop use. The kernel's and libraries's API changes every release. And so on.
JavaScript was designed to be a tool for some extra interactivity on websites. You're abusing it and making it mandatory. If you still think it's about harmful JavaScript or web browsers without JavaScript support, you must be blind. It's about accessibility. Do you even read the posts you reply to?
You don't get it, do you? Graceful degradation is part of the WWW's design. Using broken HTML and using JavaScript to add the functionality that was left out is ridiculous. It's like crippling functionality that used to work and then applying a weird patch.
Search forms that don't work because the action attribute was left out and instead form submission is handled by XMLHttpRequest in JavaScript.
Using HTML elements with the JavaScript click event attached instead of anchors to link pages.
Or how about that floating advertisement that appears floating on top of the page and that I can't dismiss because dismissing it requires JavaScript?
Nerds don't need JavaScript because more often than not it's used for dumb, shiny and annoying features and ads which together just slow down the loading and viewing of the website.
Unfortunately, there's an increasing number of websites where basic features like search don't even work anymore without JavaScript. Graceful degradation seems to be a thing from the past.
The 65c816 was a CPU of an older generation than the Mega Drive's. There was no MOV instruction, for example, so you needed multiple instructions and more cycles to achieve the equivalent operation.
Unless you're Nintendo, that is. How do you think they made a fortune selling tons of Wii consoles with bundled Wii Sports that never saw a second game? By making profit on each console sold, that's how.
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Except he's not.
I take it this means that you don't like C++ because it doesn't babysit your memory usage? If you add memory safety it would lose compatibility with C and lose a lot of its power.
Except C++ isn't crap.
Yes, it does:
Most professional code is horrible, so I don't think that lends any weight to your opinion.
I find "C++ is horrible" to be an opinion that has become easily parroted.
I knew about Linus Torvalds's distaste of C++, but not Richard Stallman's. What is it with open-source leaders and their irrational hate of C++?
If you buy a laptop with Windows 7, the upgrade to Windows 8 is only 15 euros. Brands like HP and Samsung even refund it.
What about the missing instruction manuals? Were they unfindable?
None of which are designed for the desktop.
Userspace isn't everything. Drivers have to be recompiled because that part of the kernel API did change. With every distro release lots of other API break as well.
It is my understanding that people are offended because this Humble Bundle is not in the spirit that has been established by earlier Humble Bundles. That is, cross-platform and DRM-free games.
I don't know what "miwuakee" is, but I don't think Heineken would be that much better considering that beer drinkers joke how it's a cow's pee.
It may be tired and old, but it's true: Linux is not ready for the desktop. The kernel is designed for a server OS and hence its scheduler is not suitable for desktop use. The kernel's and libraries's API changes every release. And so on.
No, I meant technically, not aesthetically. Please troll somewhere else.
FTFS:
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It would actually be a matter of making Linux not suck as a desktop OS.
I didn't get that it was a joke. My apologies.
JavaScript was designed to be a tool for some extra interactivity on websites. You're abusing it and making it mandatory. If you still think it's about harmful JavaScript or web browsers without JavaScript support, you must be blind. It's about accessibility. Do you even read the posts you reply to?
You don't get it, do you? Graceful degradation is part of the WWW's design. Using broken HTML and using JavaScript to add the functionality that was left out is ridiculous. It's like crippling functionality that used to work and then applying a weird patch.
The $129 Wii doesn't have GameCube compatibility, though.
Or else you'll be eaten by a grue.
Nerds don't need JavaScript because more often than not it's used for dumb, shiny and annoying features and ads which together just slow down the loading and viewing of the website.
Unfortunately, there's an increasing number of websites where basic features like search don't even work anymore without JavaScript. Graceful degradation seems to be a thing from the past.
Video games have long stopped being games. They're now, by and large, interactive experiences.
The 65c816 was a CPU of an older generation than the Mega Drive's. There was no MOV instruction, for example, so you needed multiple instructions and more cycles to achieve the equivalent operation.
What are you talking about? Nintendo has always sold consoles with profit.
Unless you're Nintendo, that is. How do you think they made a fortune selling tons of Wii consoles with bundled Wii Sports that never saw a second game? By making profit on each console sold, that's how.