That letter *completely* misses the point Linus was making.
* C _forces_ a programmer to _always_ be thinking about efficiency.
* C++ _allows_ programmers to be _sloppy_ and not even bother to _think_ about efficiency.
If you had bothered to actually read the letter you'd have seen that the letter addressed those points.
The *best* programmer is one who balances the simplicity of C with the features of C++; on that I agree that Linus is incorrect. Sadly you can't disable all the crap in C++. Linus' only _pragmatic_ solution was to ban the language outright. His project, his call.
You can have project language rules that would disallow the use of certain C++ features.
The author(s) of the rebuttal need to put up or shut up -- when they have shipped their own kernel THEN they will have earned the right to disagree with Linus.
If the letter was about kernel programming you'd be right. But it isn't, so what you're saying is horseshit.
Considering how cheap web hosting package have gotten over the last decade, I think hosting a small web log is easily affordable. Something like 7 bucks a month? Maybe you need a domain name as well, but that's a small yearly fee.
You've done a good job summing up what used to be problem areas in Europe. However, I very much doubt this "in bed with one church or another" thing and it doesn't change that there are still a non-trivial amount of countries that have and still do value democracy. France, The Netherlands, Belgium, the UK (sans North Ireland),...
Not all web applications need real-time updates. If one does and JavaScript is disabled, it should still be possible to reload the page to get recent data. That's graceful degradation. JavaScript is meant to be a convenience, not the sole way to do something.
I have actually developed a web application for a company and I made sure that everything still worked without JavaScript. It works very well.
Look, everyone agrees that bundling a web browser with a computer operating system is a good idea. However, Microsoft bundling and then integration of their web browser gave it a competitive advantage thanks to their operating system monopoly. You know what happened before Microsoft bundled it? OEMs bundled a web browser! Just like they bundle a ton of other software with the computer you buy from them.
First Microsoft just bundled a web browser and threatened to take away OEMs's Windows licenses if they dared to uninstall it and/or bundle Netscape instead. Next it integrated Internet Explorer into the operating system so you didn't have a choice but to use it one way or another. That's clearly anti-competitive behaviour and they were rightly punished for it.
The point I was trying to make is that Windows XP is snappy with less RAM than Windows 7 so we are to compare them on equal ground. This should be obvious.
Machines with 2 or even 1 GB of RAM are also common. See netbooks for example. Most people don't need 4 GB or even 8 GB of RAM, so Windows XP's limitation is hardly a problem and a comparison with less RAM is not uncalled for.
DOS and Windows aren't comparable OSs therefore your comparison is inappropriate.
I see this excuse a lot. Why should I buy more RAM in order to accomodate an OS? I use a computer to use my applications, not my OS. If I can get equal performance with another OS while wasting less RAM, I'll use that.
Quality of the education system (since that's what we are talking about): USA 60+ universities in the top 100. Germany: 5 in the Times Higher Education Rankings
You're being very misleading because the education system is much more than just universities. The USA is also a bigger country so of course they have more universities and thus the potential to have more good ones.
Try looking at the farce that is the USA education system for people younger than 18 years.
Apple ditched the PowerPC because there is so much effort in improving the terrible x86 architecture that PowerPC's advantages eventually became meaningless.
The problem I have with this reasoning is that, apart from not being able to relate to others well, autism is mainly a problem because of societal norms. As such I don't think they're malfunctioning, but different from most people.
It can't be denied that they are wrongly implying association with the W3C and that the lack of detail of detail is a roadblock to proper understanding of the web standards. Please make an actual argument if you disagree.
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If you had bothered to actually read the letter you'd have seen that the letter addressed those points.
You can have project language rules that would disallow the use of certain C++ features.
If the letter was about kernel programming you'd be right. But it isn't, so what you're saying is horseshit.
I see. All I was trying to do is give a reason why people moderated like they did back then.
The lack of proper punctuation probably did it.
I have to wonder what happened that made you butcher the word "business" into what I just quoted.
Considering how cheap web hosting package have gotten over the last decade, I think hosting a small web log is easily affordable. Something like 7 bucks a month? Maybe you need a domain name as well, but that's a small yearly fee.
400 yards? More like 365,76 metres.
You've done a good job summing up what used to be problem areas in Europe. However, I very much doubt this "in bed with one church or another" thing and it doesn't change that there are still a non-trivial amount of countries that have and still do value democracy. France, The Netherlands, Belgium, the UK (sans North Ireland),...
Not all web applications need real-time updates. If one does and JavaScript is disabled, it should still be possible to reload the page to get recent data. That's graceful degradation. JavaScript is meant to be a convenience, not the sole way to do something.
I have actually developed a web application for a company and I made sure that everything still worked without JavaScript. It works very well.
Not this crap again.
Look, everyone agrees that bundling a web browser with a computer operating system is a good idea. However, Microsoft bundling and then integration of their web browser gave it a competitive advantage thanks to their operating system monopoly. You know what happened before Microsoft bundled it? OEMs bundled a web browser! Just like they bundle a ton of other software with the computer you buy from them.
First Microsoft just bundled a web browser and threatened to take away OEMs's Windows licenses if they dared to uninstall it and/or bundle Netscape instead. Next it integrated Internet Explorer into the operating system so you didn't have a choice but to use it one way or another. That's clearly anti-competitive behaviour and they were rightly punished for it.
Hyperbole much? In real life there aren't tons of ad agencies tracking your every movement. Your comparison is ridiculous.
If it breaks functionality then the website was badly coded. No website should require JavaScript. It should degrade gracefully.
This made laugh out loud. Thank you. :)
The point I was trying to make is that Windows XP is snappy with less RAM than Windows 7 so we are to compare them on equal ground. This should be obvious.
Machines with 2 or even 1 GB of RAM are also common. See netbooks for example. Most people don't need 4 GB or even 8 GB of RAM, so Windows XP's limitation is hardly a problem and a comparison with less RAM is not uncalled for.
DOS and Windows aren't comparable OSs therefore your comparison is inappropriate.
That's cheating, because we both know Windows XP can't use all 4 GB of RAM.
I see this excuse a lot. Why should I buy more RAM in order to accomodate an OS? I use a computer to use my applications, not my OS. If I can get equal performance with another OS while wasting less RAM, I'll use that.
I wish people would stop abusing my country's TLD for their stupid shortener.
You're being very misleading because the education system is much more than just universities. The USA is also a bigger country so of course they have more universities and thus the potential to have more good ones.
Try looking at the farce that is the USA education system for people younger than 18 years.
Apple ditched the PowerPC because there is so much effort in improving the terrible x86 architecture that PowerPC's advantages eventually became meaningless.
There will never be a "Year of Linux on Desktop". The developers are too busy breaking their APIs and changing their GUIs to make it usable.
The problem I have with this reasoning is that, apart from not being able to relate to others well, autism is mainly a problem because of societal norms. As such I don't think they're malfunctioning, but different from most people.
Great, now we'll be able to fix all of them! We really need that! /sarcasm
I for one find this very offensive. It's like telling all autistics they're malfunctioning.
Are you a web developer?
Changing Slashdot's lay-out is as simple as a custom stylesheet.
It can't be denied that they are wrongly implying association with the W3C and that the lack of detail of detail is a roadblock to proper understanding of the web standards. Please make an actual argument if you disagree.
What's American about the ideal of people being innocent until proven guilty?