What about fixing TF compiler/linker?

I use vim for programming, tweaking, both locally and remotely. Don't quite like its GUI, I prefer to use it on konsole, xterm or whatever terminal emulator is at hand, even though I use KDE. Nothing beats vim for programming, with its syntax highlighting, fast navigation within a file and among files, reindenting, searching and replacing, window splitting and many, many other features, all available in a couple or two of keystrokes. I consider myself a long time vim user, but I know I've barely skimmed over the surface of its ocean of features. I'm very grateful to Bram Moolenaar and the hordes of brave but anonymous vim contributors.

Hope vim lives on at least another twenty years.

Ah, an old timer whose UID belies the time standing among us. Well remembered, brother!

They found a way to shove XML into the compiler! Kudos to MS!

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Matey, my heart feels heavy, and this news have actually brought tears to my eyes (and I'm not some teenager, I'm a 29er, father of two). I didn't know dmr personally (I live in another country), yet I love my field of study and work deeply, and knowing that such a great representative of this body of knowledge is no more brings sorrow to my heart, even though rationally I know there's no reason for such. As you said, it's irrational, but we, human beings, are emotional critters, even though we like to pretend otherwise.

I'm 29, yet I feel old. Our Western culture seems to gather a cult for the new, for the shiney, for the immediate, for the right now. We've been losing the respect for our elders. Even though neither dmr was my relative (I live in an un-American country) nor I had the pleasure of knowing him personally, I, as a programmer (yes, Programmer, not "developer", not "analyst", not "software engineer" or such BS), consider him one of my alma paters, my inspiration, be it for his crystal clear explanations, be it by his simple, yet elegant and powerful creations. This man is (because his works live on) great among the greatest, his accomplishments were huge, far beyond those of those who say "anyone could have done it", or "it would have come up eventually" or whatever. In our field (Computer Science, Information Technology &c.), dmr, along with Dijkstra, Knuth (may God, if God exists, preserve his health, at least until he completes TAOCP), rms, ken, bwk, Turing, Chomsky are all essential and irreplaceable pieces of this great body of knowledge (nota bene: Knowledge, not fucking Marketing, not fucking Business), without whom we wouldn't be where we are. So, again, Goodbye, dmr, and Thank You for all the code.

Akin to the classic "man bites dog"....

Just a couple of words: Thank You.

Well, I, for one, make a point of buying native Linux games, even if I won't play them or actually like them. I have all id games (bought the windows version, but since they offer the Linux binaries...), and the Penumbra trilogy. Neverwinter Nights, I bought its three editions (the first one, which was standalone, the Gold and Diamond editions), and I enjoyed it hugely. Unfortunately, NWN II isn't offered on Linux anymore. I know it's difficult for game companies to support Linux, but I try to support them in my small way when they do, and can only hope that we'll still have such great games as the ones id have always brought us.

Will there be a Linux version, as there were for the last few ID games?

Pal, I live here, and this country is surreal; I can attest that what the GP told is true. 5% per MONTH, only that's not for businesses, that's for people. Enterprises pay a little less.

Sell abroad. The world is big, open one office in each country and expect big bucks. We in Brazil pay 3 to 4 times as much for a new car than Mexicans or Americans; I don't believe computer components will gross as much, but you may bet your ass that 1.5 to 2 times, we'll be lusting to pay for.

Chimed in to join the big THANK YOU chorus. Have a good life and keeping fighting the good fight.

Way to ruin a good post.

The correct link is http://gbf.sourceforge.net/

LOL. A bitter over-emocional about your language, aren't you? Or is it just your ego talking? Hey, if what you want is to brag better switch to whitespace, or brainfuck.

Been there, done that, got the t-shirt. Kids these days... My e-dick big enough?

If there is a problem with torque, steering or breaking, then I know about it to manage it.

That's the very core of the question. People are forgetting about how to think about what's happening under the hood, it's all a black box where everything magically happens and you don't care how it's done, about resources laid to waste ("just buy more hardware" doesn't cut it), and if there's an error in the framework itself (JVM, .Net CLR, the Python or PHP or Perl interpreters), less and less people are able to see it for what it is and work around the issue. That's what I'm talking about. Old timers used to say about LISP programmers that they knew "the value of everything and the cost of nothing", and I think that applies to today's managed code; thankfully hardware nowadays is cheap and powerful, but Moore's law has a limit, and people will have to think better about managing their resources.

But given how little I have to do that, I think that the improved performance of not having to deal with petty details is worth it.

So very true, and very wise too, but not having to deal with "petty" details doesn't mean you may ignore even in general terms what happens under the hood.

If I find I must it often, then I'll learn to do it quickly.

I sincerely hope so.

Good luck.