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Comment Re:"next generation" my ass! (Score 0) 137

because it can be used as a client side machine independent "scripting" language - like javascript.

and it's properly typed which means you can likely compile to more optimal code.

js uses doubles for everything which isn't optimal. recall some talk of this changing.

c# supports multiple threads, etc. etc.

java would do as an alternative also. not quite sure why it's gone out of fashion.

just because js is the html5 default scripting language doesn't mean it's the best choice. we can evolve.

unity (3d html page plugin) uses c# for example. as does a ton of other stuff.

mono implementation for non m$. what's blocking html5 supporting this out of the box, aside from inertia ?

Comment Branding (Score 0) 35

Financing comes from those who sufficiently give a shit to contribute. Therefore image is important. You're trying to gain people's confidence. Hire a pro-graphic designer to give your funding portal a makeover. Sorry, programmer art does not cut it if you want this to work. Pro-designers/artists don't work for free so you'll need a budget. A bunch of them over here: http://maxforums.org/ Other sites are available. Please do this right.

Comment Re:Honest Question (Score 0) 946

Can't they just wrap the functionality they need to access into a shared library (which would be GPL) then access interface points to that externally from their closed source module ? They already accesss GPL kernel interface points from their closed source code anyway so more of the same unless I'm missing something. There was a fairly recent ruling that you can't copyright APIs so that would be my workaround unless someone can poke a legal hole in that.

Comment Re:Why does my browser need webCL now? (Score 0) 48

real-time physics. you guys are so backwards it's like stepping into a museum. yeah mod me troll. webgl is totally fine btw. the worst it can do is lock up a shader. amd hardware has vpurecover so that's covered. not sure about cl - does it support arbitrary pointers if so could be a problem. need to be able to lock it down to only be able to access a configurable chunk of memory then should be fine too. go ahead and whine about invisible scary monsters.

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