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True | crusoe | null | JSON lacks a date type, it is entirely type-less. There is no schema to say how you can read / interp it.
Is it a float? A integer? A date?
There are some workarounds, but if XML is too far one way, JSON is too far in the other direction. | null | 0 | 1315838990 | False | 0 | c2jakaj | t3_kajta | null | t1_c2jakaj | t1_c2iwd5g | null | 1427590107 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Jrix | null | Google Go
Google Dart
Buzz... wave...
I'd wish they shut fuck up with the nouns and making their shit hard to search. | null | 0 | 1315838993 | False | 0 | c2jakar | t3_kcwx2 | null | t1_c2jakar | t3_kcwx2 | null | 1427590107 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | krum | null | This is classic Raph Koster design. We see the same design WTF in Ultima Online - which as far as I can tell persist even today. He wrote the book on fun, right?
| null | 0 | 1315839005 | False | 0 | c2jakco | t3_kctmn | null | t1_c2jakco | t1_c2ja8i0 | null | 1427590108 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jjheiselman | null | > it is completely cross-platform (windows, mobiles, set-top boxes, xbox, etc...) linux does not have anything like this due to the open-source and fragmented nature of development
So, not completely cross-platform then, is it. You can't call something cross platform if it doesn't support at a minimum Linux, Micros... | null | 0 | 1315839027 | False | 0 | c2jakfi | t3_kcwx2 | null | t1_c2jakfi | t1_c2ja749 | null | 1427590110 | 12 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | gunks | null | Nothing they can do. Sony, who has the rights to the game, tried to end the emu a couple years back. Since they built it from scratch and they aren't making a profit. | null | 0 | 1315839029 | False | 0 | c2jakfv | t3_kctmn | null | t1_c2jakfv | t1_c2ja6ar | null | 1427590110 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | crusoe | null | Dunno about that. I've started seeing full screen apps, sadly written in JS, that are approaching normal desktop apps in speed.
The problem is JS is unsuitable for writing large scale applications. | null | 0 | 1315839055 | False | 0 | c2jakje | t3_kajta | null | t1_c2jakje | t1_c2j06hu | null | 1427590110 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | pnpbios | null | Says TFS sucks, does not say why TFS sucks
* TFVC is a centralized-server model that requires constant and active communication between a client (read: developer) machine and the server.
Well, it does more than just version control, you can do continuous integration with it, and you can also work offline when you ne... | null | 0 | 1315839082 | False | 0 | c2jaknm | t3_kc5di | null | t1_c2jaknm | t3_kc5di | null | 1428194384 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | icantthinkofone | null | Google wasn't the only company unhappy with mpeg/H.264 and the other formats and other companies, including Mozilla with Ogg/Theora, were looking for replacements. And looking for new/improved technologies is not a problem as long as they are opened up to standards creation which, as you point out, is a concern. Google... | null | 0 | 1315839124 | False | 0 | c2jaktl | t3_kc9ai | null | t1_c2jaktl | t1_c2j67v2 | null | 1427590114 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | BossOfTheGame | null | Yeah, but next time you see it you're gonna be pissed. | null | 0 | 1315839137 | False | 0 | c2jakvb | t3_kchtc | null | t1_c2jakvb | t1_c2j9b1y | null | 1427590116 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | gunks | null | What? It was one of the best MMORPGs when it started... | null | 0 | 1315839150 | False | 0 | c2jakx8 | t3_kctmn | null | t1_c2jakx8 | t1_c2jahhb | null | 1427590116 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | bluefinity | null | Uhhh.... Java was created by Sun Microsystems over a decade before Oracle bought them, and has been free ever since it was first released. | null | 0 | 1315839183 | False | 0 | c2jal1j | t3_kcwx2 | null | t1_c2jal1j | t1_c2jaio4 | null | 1427590117 | 12 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ben0x539 | null | Talk to Oracle, I guess. | null | 0 | 1315839214 | False | 0 | c2jal5r | t3_kcvv3 | null | t1_c2jal5r | t1_c2j9n2a | null | 1427590120 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | rizla7 | null | we're talking about webdev here specifically. asp.net just uses JS as client-side so it works cross-platform.
as far as dotnet is concerned, by platform i mean device: mobiles, set-tops, desktops, servers, etc... can all be targeted using **one language** and one IDE. and there is currently an attempt to kill mono bec... | null | 0 | 1315839223 | False | 0 | c2jal72 | t3_kcwx2 | null | t1_c2jal72 | t1_c2jabc1 | null | 1427590120 | -6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | TraxTech | null | multi-master **synchronous** replication for a small number of masters (3 - 5) should be possible, and it would greatly simplify some small clusters configuration&operation. | null | 0 | 1315839254 | False | 0 | c2jalbc | t3_kd0x9 | null | t1_c2jalbc | t1_c2jaglz | null | 1427590121 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | AeroNotix | null | I think I may have killed my relationship with point #5. | null | 0 | 1315839263 | False | 0 | c2jalci | t3_i1j67 | null | t1_c2jalci | t1_c215lnf | null | 1427590121 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | munificent | null | > Imagine if this wasn't google, but instead MSoft or Apple...
The process outlined in the doc is pretty much exactly what Apple did with `<canvas>` isn't it? | null | 0 | 1315839304 | False | 0 | c2jali2 | t3_kc9ai | null | t1_c2jali2 | t1_c2j7x8f | null | 1427590124 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | hillman | null | You seem so confident on something you know nothing about. | null | 0 | 1315839312 | False | 0 | c2jaljh | t3_kcwx2 | null | t1_c2jaljh | t1_c2jabk2 | null | 1427590124 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | gschizas | null | I'm just saying that performance-wise, Twitter is not really the best example. I guess RoR is mostly to blame for this, but you can't really pinpoint the cause from outside. To be honest, a good performance recipe for me would be:
1. Find out what Twitter uses.
2. Use anything else.
3. ????
4. Profit. | null | 0 | 1315839348 | False | 0 | c2jalo8 | t3_kcwx2 | null | t1_c2jalo8 | t1_c2jag6b | null | 1427590126 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jlouis8 | null | Intermediate Language, or IL, is commonly used as a term in compiler tech. to signify an internal programming language which acts like a stepping stone towards machine code. Some compilers have several ILs with different properties.
A good example is LLVM, which exposes the LLVM IL as a target for compiler writers. If... | null | 0 | 1315839434 | False | 0 | c2jam1a | t3_kcwx2 | null | t1_c2jam1a | t1_c2jac0x | null | 1427590131 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | boatski | null | This Emu is nothing special. It's been under development since the CU. | null | 0 | 1315839457 | False | 0 | c2jam4x | t3_kctmn | null | t1_c2jam4x | t1_c2j9245 | null | 1427590132 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | 0xABADC0DA | null | > What are these fundamental flaws?
Google:
> Any effort with the historic baggage that Javascript has will be extremely limited. We need to make a clean break, make progress, and then engage the community.
The fundamental flaw in JavaScript according to Google is historic baggage. This is the same bullshit ... | null | 0 | 1315839546 | True | 0 | c2jamil | t3_kcwx2 | null | t1_c2jamil | t1_c2ja5k2 | null | 1427590137 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cunningjames | null | So I have to try *all* extant web apps in order to make a judgment? That doesn’t sound reasonable.
For document editing and reading I’ve tried Google Docs and, briefly, both ThinkFree and Zoho; the web version of Kindle; Safari (although it was a long time ago); the Google eBook reader. Google Docs and Zoho are unusab... | null | 0 | 1315839630 | False | 0 | c2jamuz | t3_kc9ai | null | t1_c2jamuz | t1_c2ja4x4 | null | 1427590148 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | munificent | null | > Python, Ruby
MS threw effort onto the CLR (the DLR and the guys who wrote it) for those languages. The CLR out of the box wasn't ideal for those, and even with the DLR it isn't clear that the CLR is a great fit for them.
> F#
From what I've heard, Don Syme had F# in the back of his mind from the very early d... | null | 0 | 1315839659 | False | 0 | c2jamz4 | t3_kc9ai | null | t1_c2jamz4 | t1_c2j9kk1 | null | 1427590149 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1315839663 | False | 0 | c2jamzt | t3_kcwx2 | null | t1_c2jamzt | t1_c2j9zfe | null | 1427590149 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | thcobbs | null | Don't know what canvas is. | null | 0 | 1315839676 | False | 0 | c2jan1r | t3_kc9ai | null | t1_c2jan1r | t1_c2jali2 | null | 1427590150 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | sod1864 | null | That is hardly forcing people though.
All it will do is piss people off enough to move off Googles platform, and damage any trust they had with the consumer.
There are a number of other email systems out there (free). Gmail got as popular as it did because of the huge amount of space they give you (up to 7GB last t... | null | 0 | 1315839723 | False | 0 | c2jan93 | t3_kc9ai | null | t1_c2jan93 | t1_c2jad2c | null | 1427590151 | -2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | reluctant_qualifier | null | I was wondering this. The document hints that lack of (optional) typing, and a one-size-fits-all Number representation hurts performance, and makes things like code assistance hard to implement.
I don't know enough about language design, though, to comment on whether Javascript could be evolved to overcome these hurd... | null | 0 | 1315839817 | False | 0 | c2janne | t3_kcwx2 | null | t1_c2janne | t1_c2ja5k2 | null | 1427590159 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | rizla7 | null | sure is. its been clear since (edit:2003) that this was the direction dotnet was taking. dotnet = web apps, win apps, mobiles, set-top boxes, xbox, etc... it integrates with almost everything. then you have shit like mono, which the commercial linux community would gladly kill bcs they see it as a threat.
reference: ... | null | 0 | 1315839825 | True | 0 | c2janoz | t3_kcwx2 | null | t1_c2janoz | t1_c2ja7yu | null | 1427590159 | -13 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | thenuge26 | null | Actually, I assume that Twitter used a NoSQL database with ROR, but they are now switching to Scala, which scales WAAAAAAAAAAY better (ha, implying ROR scales at all).
Anyway, I read that their uptime has improved incredibly. Twitter is very young, and has undergone ridiculous growth. I believe their are more tweets... | null | 0 | 1315839827 | False | 0 | c2janpb | t3_kcwx2 | null | t1_c2janpb | t1_c2jalo8 | null | 1427590155 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | xlevus | null | Simple example:
Python:
def function():
x = 1
y = 2
if x == 1:
print "ABC"
return call_something(x, y)
vs scheme's
(define (function)
(let ((x 1) (y 2))
(if (eq? x 1) (display "ABC") 0)
(call_something x y)))
As you can see, Scheme (A ... | null | 0 | 1315839905 | False | 0 | c2jao08 | t3_k8w37 | null | t1_c2jao08 | t1_c2iihcu | null | 1427590158 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | WalterGR | null | > It didn't work so well for teaching
They didn't? | null | 0 | 1315840046 | False | 0 | c2jaomi | t3_kcii9 | null | t1_c2jaomi | t1_c2j9wiz | null | 1427590164 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | werkshop1313 | null | This was my first reaction as well. Sony and Lucasarts...yeah, they don't know much about copyrights... | null | 0 | 1315840088 | False | 0 | c2jaos3 | t3_kctmn | null | t1_c2jaos3 | t1_c2j9umf | null | 1427590165 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | maskull | null | Actually, in regard to Java, there is a "standard" API that's supposed to let Java applets access and manipulate the DOM of the page they are embedded in. So you could have an applet that itself is invisible but does all of its "drawing" through the browser.
The only problem is that none of this actually works reliabl... | null | 0 | 1315840177 | False | 0 | c2jap5w | t3_kcwx2 | null | t1_c2jap5w | t1_c2j9okp | null | 1427590171 | 27 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | finnif | null | Are you serious? Have you actually sued OpenJDK in production? | null | 0 | 1315840250 | False | 0 | c2japhr | t3_kcvv3 | null | t1_c2japhr | t1_c2j9xc9 | null | 1427590176 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | theigor | null | code samples or it didn't happen. | null | 0 | 1315840274 | False | 0 | c2japle | t3_kcwx2 | null | t1_c2japle | t3_kcwx2 | null | 1427590177 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | panfist | null | There was nothing magical about the original experience. I didn't even last my whole free month in that game. | null | 0 | 1315840343 | False | 0 | c2japwh | t3_kctmn | null | t1_c2japwh | t3_kctmn | null | 1427590181 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | nowonmai | null | Yeah... I didn't see any mention of the Ferengi either... them with their erogenous ears. | null | 0 | 1315840429 | False | 0 | c2jaq9g | t3_kctmn | null | t1_c2jaq9g | t1_c2jaj5h | null | 1427590186 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | evereal | null | Socket.io can work as a direct replacement for Websockets. Yes, it does have a higher level API (with things like packet types abstracted), but you can also use it as a plain cross-browser, compatible Websockets implementation (see bottom of http://socket.io/#how-to-use ).
I am not sure about your confusion with regar... | null | 0 | 1315840438 | False | 0 | c2jaqaw | t3_kcxbr | null | t1_c2jaqaw | t1_c2jadnm | null | 1427590186 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | rizla7 | null | and what scripting language did JS replace? the barriers to entry here are different. JS fulfilled a need, dart just aims to replace one language with another that is worse suited to the task at hand. | null | 0 | 1315840445 | False | 0 | c2jaqbw | t3_kcwx2 | null | t1_c2jaqbw | t1_c2jaeoo | null | 1427590187 | -5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jassics | null | This post has only most commonly used vim commands which we use in our day today development activities. This post will be very helpful for those who wish to learn vim editor from the scratch and it can be useful for all other vim users too. | null | 0 | 1315840450 | False | 0 | c2jaqcl | t3_kd4kq | null | t1_c2jaqcl | t3_kd4kq | null | 1427590187 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | MarshallBanana | null | Javascript replaced nothing, meaning it was a *far greater change* than Dart is. It suddenly introduced programmability into an environment that had previously been entirely static. | null | 0 | 1315840531 | False | 0 | c2jaqox | t3_kcwx2 | null | t1_c2jaqox | t1_c2jaqbw | null | 1427590194 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | UnoriginalGuy | null | Plus airblast could be used to extinguish other players and knock away a demo's mines... | null | 0 | 1315840537 | False | 0 | c2jaqpz | t3_kctmn | null | t1_c2jaqpz | t1_c2ja273 | null | 1427590196 | 15 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mitcharoni | null | > Don't really want to put forth effort to recreate that kind of *industrial light and* magic.
FTFY...get it? | null | 0 | 1315840566 | False | 0 | c2jaque | t3_kctmn | null | t1_c2jaque | t1_c2ja0zq | null | 1427590197 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ryeguy | null | You linked to a comparison post. What do you see as garbage? Postgres is competitive with oracle and sqlserver. | null | 0 | 1315840568 | False | 0 | c2jaquq | t3_kcwx2 | null | t1_c2jaquq | t1_c2ja9aw | null | 1427590197 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | bitwize | null | For large commercial projects Perforce is just about the only sensible choice for a VCS. Many common DVCS's favored by geeks (e.g., git) have a branch/merge model based on a simple DAG, which is inadequate for capturing a complete project history. Perforce has history-preserving branch and merge operations; it is also ... | null | 0 | 1315840656 | False | 0 | c2jar7x | t3_kc5di | null | t1_c2jar7x | t3_kc5di | null | 1427590201 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | Inline or simply as attachments? | null | 0 | 1315840710 | False | 0 | c2jarg1 | t3_kc9ai | null | t1_c2jarg1 | t1_c2ja8ae | null | 1427590202 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | SanjayM | null | Cross compiler is one of the most important aspects of this discussion.
TO THE TOP WITH THIS! | null | 0 | 1315840715 | False | 0 | c2jargm | t3_kcwx2 | null | t1_c2jargm | t1_c2ja3mt | null | 1427590202 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | wlievens | null | Looks like C++ | null | 0 | 1315840733 | False | 0 | c2jarji | t3_kctmn | null | t1_c2jarji | t1_c2j9zi2 | null | 1427590205 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cdsmith | null | Here, "the patents" refers to two specific patents at issue in that case, not to the entire set of patents covering H.264. The ruling also has an effect only in the United States. The paragraph right before that talks about how, two years *after* this, the MPEG-LA agreed to license the patents for free for people mak... | null | 0 | 1315840815 | False | 0 | c2jarvo | t3_kc9ai | null | t1_c2jarvo | t1_c2j9p1g | null | 1427590208 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | UnoriginalGuy | null | It is a grey area internationally, isn't a grey area in the US. I'd go as far as to call it flat out illegal in the US. | null | 0 | 1315840816 | False | 0 | c2jarvv | t3_kctmn | null | t1_c2jarvv | t1_c2jadsz | null | 1427590208 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1315840827 | False | 0 | c2jarxv | t3_kcwx2 | null | t1_c2jarxv | t3_kcwx2 | null | 1427590208 | -12 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | It is archaic and will be fixed in the next version.
But that is a far cry from making it impossible to work. | null | 0 | 1315840835 | False | 0 | c2jarza | t3_kc5di | null | t1_c2jarza | t1_c2j9wqm | null | 1427590208 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cran | null | Dear Google,
Finish Google+ first, please.
Thank you,
-- We who still hate Facebook | null | 0 | 1315840885 | False | 0 | c2jas73 | t3_kcwx2 | null | t1_c2jas73 | t3_kcwx2 | null | 1427590218 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Xdes | null | Dotnet is a library dude. One can just as easily use Dotnet with something other than ASP.NET. | null | 0 | 1315840935 | False | 0 | c2jaseg | t3_kcwx2 | null | t1_c2jaseg | t1_c2jal72 | null | 1427590213 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ThePowerOfGeek | null | As this involves Star Wars, isn't George Lucas just going to sue whoever is behind it into oblivion? I hope this isn't the case, as this project sounds like an awesome idea. But Lucas has a terrible track record for suing.
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True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1315841002 | False | 0 | c2jaspg | t3_k7ewc | null | t1_c2jaspg | t3_k7ewc | null | 1427590220 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | Yep From a technology standpoint ClearCase is bloated, but the feature list is awesome. These are related, someone can do it without the bloat. Perhaps Perforce or AccuRev but I haven't tried them. | null | 0 | 1315841006 | False | 0 | c2jasq4 | t3_kc5di | null | t1_c2jasq4 | t1_c2j9m3v | null | 1427590221 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | rizla7 | null | a little history: http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2002/03/21/185851/Sun-sues-Microsoft-from-inside-a-glass-house.htm
as for cost: jre is free to the user, but the developer has to license jdk. or at least that is the way it was when larry sued them. not sure if java is free now or not, simply because nobody car... | null | 0 | 1315841070 | True | 0 | c2jaszz | t3_kcwx2 | null | t1_c2jaszz | t1_c2jal1j | null | 1427590223 | -13 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | hothrous | null | Commando was good for ATSTs and dealing wounds early on in PvP. It didn't make much sense to play one as an Imperial during PvP but they were almost necessary for rebels.
I was a rebel commando for a while. I logged in and saw a huge amount of players running around Dearic screaming about an ATST. Most of them were st... | null | 0 | 1315841072 | False | 0 | c2jat0b | t3_kctmn | null | t1_c2jat0b | t1_c2ja0zq | null | 1427590223 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1315841088 | False | 0 | c2jat3b | t3_kcvv3 | null | t1_c2jat3b | t1_c2j9n2a | null | 1427590225 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | SeminoleVesicle | null | TFS is way better than the article suggests, but whether or not you should use it, as always, comes down to "it depends." I would say in general, the larger your development team is, the better TFS is. There's a lot you gain by having everything integrated and a nice SharePoint front-end for the bug tracking/work ite... | null | 0 | 1315841122 | False | 0 | c2jat8u | t3_kc5di | null | t1_c2jat8u | t3_kc5di | null | 1427590224 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | That's how I see new items on reddit. | null | 0 | 1315841127 | False | 0 | c2jat9m | t3_kc9ai | null | t1_c2jat9m | t1_c2j91x7 | null | 1427590231 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | HittingSmoke | null | It depends on where you put the finishing line. It's fairly playable last time I logged in, I'd say comparable to how broken it was at launch almost.
I'd hate to see it die. This is one I'd definitely keep playing if there was a server managed by a reliable community. | null | 0 | 1315841130 | False | 0 | c2jatac | t3_kctmn | null | t1_c2jatac | t1_c2j96nr | null | 1427590231 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | paul_mendoza | null | If he'd run his unit tests after each change he made he would have seen his errors immediately. | null | 0 | 1315841151 | False | 0 | c2jatda | t3_kczbt | null | t1_c2jatda | t3_kczbt | null | 1427590226 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | senae | null | Yes, actually. I think it was in /r/technology the other day that Google is taking a two pronged approach to JS, a low-risk low-reward evolution of the language and a high risk high reward replacement (dart). | null | 0 | 1315841200 | False | 0 | c2jatkx | t3_kcwx2 | null | t1_c2jatkx | t1_c2j9qtx | null | 1427590229 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | I agree that it needs to be fixed. But gross exaggerations are of no benefit to anyone | null | 0 | 1315841205 | False | 0 | c2jatm3 | t3_kc5di | null | t1_c2jatm3 | t1_c2j8vri | null | 1427590229 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | yellowjacketcoder | null | So I have been told. When I was in college, lo those many years ago, we were using Squeak for a class, and we asked the professor what it was used for. The response was "Well, it was originally designed to teach programming to kids, but it was as miserable a failure as Logo was. It's sometimes used for prototyping, but... | null | 0 | 1315841265 | False | 0 | c2jatvp | t3_kcii9 | null | t1_c2jatvp | t1_c2jaomi | null | 1427590235 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Tmdean | null | I hate to break it to you, but JavaScript is no longer interpreted on any of the major browsers. | null | 0 | 1315841275 | False | 0 | c2jatxc | t3_kcwx2 | null | t1_c2jatxc | t1_c2jag6z | null | 1427590235 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | bigdubs | null | stoked about CTE's; the one thing that make me miss MS-SQL is the ability to traverse a parent-child table recursively.
also, the replication additions are welcome | null | 0 | 1315841312 | False | 0 | c2jau2i | t3_kd0x9 | null | t1_c2jau2i | t3_kd0x9 | null | 1427590235 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | igouy | null | Evolving languages *can* lead to the removal of warts not just the accumulation of warts.
Evolving languages leads from Smalltalk-71 to Smalltalk-72 to Smalltalk-76 to Smalltalk-80 (aka Smalltalk).
- "The language Oberon was born out of the ambition to simplify language to the essentials. The result turned out to be... | null | 0 | 1315841333 | False | 0 | c2jau6w | t3_kcwx2 | null | t1_c2jau6w | t1_c2j9zfe | null | 1427590238 | 13 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | The CLR is a standard with an open source implementation.
The JVM is not a standard and, as Google is finding out, is jealously defended by its owners. | null | 0 | 1315841395 | False | 0 | c2jauhj | t3_kawp5 | null | t1_c2jauhj | t1_c2j8pfq | null | 1427590241 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | munificent | null | > why did they decide to compile dash to ES3 over ES5?
If you're making a language that compiles to ES, ES3 is the most sane target: it has universal adoption where ES5 is still not widely implemented and doesn't require you to really give up anything. ES5 mostly just adds new core methods that a compiler doesn't c... | null | 0 | 1315841406 | False | 0 | c2jaujd | t3_kcwx2 | null | t1_c2jaujd | t1_c2jaaa0 | null | 1427590242 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | raydeen | null | I believe he co-authored it with Brad McQuaid and Mark Jacobs. | null | 0 | 1315841447 | False | 0 | c2jauqa | t3_kctmn | null | t1_c2jauqa | t1_c2jakco | null | 1427590245 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | case-o-nuts | null | Hush, you're embarrassing yourself. | null | 0 | 1315841449 | False | 0 | c2jauqi | t3_kcwx2 | null | t1_c2jauqi | t1_c2jaqbw | null | 1427590245 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jjray7 | null | The problem with Dart replacing Javascript is that it is Google's language. Will Microsoft support it on IE? If Dart doesn't work on all major browsers then by definition it can't replace Javascript. Remember how MS tried to roll out its own flavor of js script and degrade operability of standard Javascript on IE. ... | null | 0 | 1315841469 | True | 0 | c2jauuc | t3_kcwx2 | null | t1_c2jauuc | t3_kcwx2 | null | 1427590245 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | I agree with you there. The sheer amount of slop I see from C# developers is ridiculous. | null | 0 | 1315841475 | False | 0 | c2jauvf | t3_k8gr4 | null | t1_c2jauvf | t1_c2j8rb1 | null | 1427590245 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | stkerr | null | Oh C you so crazy | null | 0 | 1315841533 | False | 0 | c2jav41 | t3_kchtc | null | t1_c2jav41 | t3_kchtc | null | 1427590250 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | SeminoleVesicle | null | I think TFS2010 is at least partly an effort by Microsoft to compete with Perforce. I read somewhere that at least a few internal projects have switched over, wish I still had a source.
But yes, we can all agree that VSS is total garbage, I think. | null | 0 | 1315841559 | False | 0 | c2jav8m | t3_kc5di | null | t1_c2jav8m | t1_c2jar7x | null | 1427590250 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jadero | null | It's very true that writing any amount on a phone is a painful compared to using a real keyboard. I wish we could use a real pointy stylus and Fitaly. On the Palm III I was up to 40 wpm with that set up and I still struggle to break 15 using the best keyboard I can find on Android. That said, I find I do more writing w... | null | 0 | 1315841569 | False | 0 | c2javak | t3_kc9ai | null | t1_c2javak | t1_c2j7ofj | null | 1427590261 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | HittingSmoke | null | The title is not misleading. If you'd played it for any length of time you'd understand it. | null | 0 | 1315841587 | False | 0 | c2javdm | t3_kctmn | null | t1_c2javdm | t1_c2j8viw | null | 1427590253 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | Did you use the command line or UI? | null | 0 | 1315841663 | False | 0 | c2javqp | t3_kc5di | null | t1_c2javqp | t1_c2j994d | null | 1427590259 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | matthiasl | null | The 15 CPUs thing is historical at best, notice how the claim is qualified by '2009': "...Erlang was crapping out around 15 CPUs in 2009". Here's a link to a thesis from early this year which measured speedups of 40-50x on a 60 core system. The measurements were done on Erlang R13B04, which was released in February 201... | null | 0 | 1315841672 | False | 0 | c2javs4 | t3_kcpdg | null | t1_c2javs4 | t1_c2ja1vy | null | 1427590259 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | rizla7 | null | read some of my other posts, support for linux and soon ios/android is included in mono.
the problem with java is there is no CLI, therefore it has absolutely nothing on dotnet. will never achieve the same level of cross-platform ability.
as for displacing dotnet, yes that is a goal, dart wont just be a client-side j... | null | 0 | 1315841685 | False | 0 | c2javub | t3_kcwx2 | null | t1_c2javub | t1_c2jakfi | null | 1427590259 | -14 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | rabuf | null | By your user name I'm guessing this was from GT? It was used in the 2xxx OO programming course, remember that Squeak is just another implementation of Smalltalk. The primary objective of using it there was to provide students an experience with a truly OO language, rather than one filled with compromises. This would be... | null | 0 | 1315841727 | False | 0 | c2jaw13 | t3_kcii9 | null | t1_c2jaw13 | t1_c2jatvp | null | 1427590262 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | hakkzpets | null | My finish-line is housing and guild cities implemented and every profession working "good enough". | null | 0 | 1315841778 | False | 0 | c2jaw95 | t3_kctmn | null | t1_c2jaw95 | t1_c2jatac | null | 1428194379 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | HittingSmoke | null | You can't judge the entire game, or this project on balance. That's total bullshit. *Every* pvp game is unbalanced. They stay in a constant state of tweaking trying to keep classes/equipment as balanced as possible but nothing is ever perfect.
This is about quality server emulation, not what weapon you couldn't fight ... | null | 0 | 1315841814 | False | 0 | c2jawec | t3_kctmn | null | t1_c2jawec | t1_c2ja0zq | null | 1427590266 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | igouy | null | > the claims that Erlang can't
"illustrating near-perfect scalability of the Big Bang benchmark on a simulated 128-core SPARC"
http://erlang.org/pipermail/erlang-questions/2011-July/060297.html
Not surprisingly there were plenty of comments about this rant [on erlang-questions back in July when it was published](... | null | 0 | 1315842010 | True | 0 | c2jax9f | t3_kcpdg | null | t1_c2jax9f | t1_c2ja1vy | null | 1427590277 | 16 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | bluefinity | null | The JRE has always been free(gratis), but in 2006, it was open-sourced, making it free(libre) also.
I think you might be confusing this with the Google vs Oracle lawsuit, which was about patent infringement.
I'm not quite sure what that article was trying to say, but it seems to be about Sun suing Microsoft about tha... | null | 0 | 1315842021 | False | 0 | c2jaxb0 | t3_kcwx2 | null | t1_c2jaxb0 | t1_c2jaszz | null | 1427590278 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | lennelpennel | null | i programmed in oberon at university (it was our OO language), if that was an improvement over pascal and modula and if delphi was an improvement over oberon I cry.
Maybe it was just the oberon OS and working in that which triggers these memories of hurt, but god damn man, there is no defending needing 3 mouse buttons... | null | 0 | 1315842104 | False | 0 | c2jaxmr | t3_kcwx2 | null | t1_c2jaxmr | t1_c2jau6w | null | 1427590282 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | sundar22in | null | I believe it is a great idea to use a common bytecode vm, instead of inventing another language. Similar to languages which run on JVM, we can have languages which run on webVM.
That way developer is free to use the same language in both client and server side. | null | 0 | 1315842160 | False | 0 | c2jaxvc | t3_kcwx2 | null | t1_c2jaxvc | t1_c2j9ful | null | 1427590285 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | Shelve sets are not like branches. They are for small changes you want to set aside entirely. They are essentially free to create and only contain the modified files.
S branch, on the other hand, would contain everything.can you imagine branching a few hundred files to set aside one? No, you would most likely just co... | null | 0 | 1315842160 | False | 0 | c2jaxve | t3_kc5di | null | t1_c2jaxve | t1_c2j9e21 | null | 1427590285 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | slash112 | null | The point of it was to show the steps it goes through to get information from client to server. It wasn't to show how a professional would have the job done.
Shoot me for being a bit out of date, but the vast majority of newbies will end up looking at MySQL anyways, because the official resources still have MySQL tuto... | null | 0 | 1315842175 | False | 0 | c2jaxxx | t3_kc166 | null | t1_c2jaxxx | t1_c2j9vwo | null | 1427590286 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | KumbajaMyLord | null | Maybe "forcing" is the wrong word, but they released features without adhering to any standards (e.g. CSS quirks, ActiveX, FrontPage Server Extensions, Exchange ActiveSync) or publishing proper specification (Office binary file formats).
With the predominance of IE they were the gatekeeper to web technology and they ... | null | 0 | 1315842186 | False | 0 | c2jay06 | t3_kc9ai | null | t1_c2jay06 | t1_c2j9wlz | null | 1427590287 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | MatrixFrog | null | Agreed. This is why I wish everything was stored in a text-based format. Scott Chacon at github has done a fair amount of work on that. | null | 0 | 1315842193 | False | 0 | c2jay18 | t3_kcoyq | null | t1_c2jay18 | t1_c2jak6r | null | 1427590287 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | TinynDP | null | Sun tried to displace dotnet? You mean by creating Java 5 years before MS started dotnet? MS only started dotnet when they were stopped from privately-extending (forking) Java directly. | null | 0 | 1315842206 | False | 0 | c2jay3p | t3_kcwx2 | null | t1_c2jay3p | t1_c2ja2kb | null | 1427590288 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | radarsat1 | null | Out of curiosity what's the best library like this but with a Python back-end? | null | 0 | 1315842213 | False | 0 | c2jay4y | t3_kcxbr | null | t1_c2jay4y | t3_kcxbr | null | 1427590289 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1315842223 | False | 0 | c2jay6v | t3_kcwx2 | null | t1_c2jay6v | t1_c2ja4v6 | null | 1427590289 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | It's right up there with google wave and +. | null | 0 | 1315842277 | False | 0 | c2jayfc | t3_kcwx2 | null | t1_c2jayfc | t1_c2j9qee | null | 1427590292 | 53 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kewlball | null | Somebody chose commando for the wrong reasons... | null | 0 | 1315842283 | False | 0 | c2jayg8 | t3_kctmn | null | t1_c2jayg8 | t1_c2ja0zq | null | 1427590297 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | A shelf set is not a branch and cannot be used as such. Nor should branches be used as shelf sets, they have entirely different use cases. | null | 0 | 1315842287 | False | 0 | c2jayh8 | t3_kc5di | null | t1_c2jayh8 | t1_c2j9u6y | null | 1427590297 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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