it's impossible to do an Android app without using Java
The Android NDK lets you write code in C/C++. http://developer.android.com/sdk/ndk/index.html
Seriously Slashdot, bring out the nerds. There is so much incorrect information in this thread getting modded up. Hold the obligatory "you must be new here" jokes.
Objective-C usage is based on Vendor lock-in
You can write Objective-C on Linux and Windows, it's fully supported by GCC. You meant to say Cocoa. There is no reason why you can't write a QT GUI, or WinAPI application using Objective-C.
Windows is not tied to a language
But the
You can always use MonoTouch (http://xamarin.com/monotouch), if you want to write C# on iOS.
It's still too verbose
Fixed that for you. For the uninitiated, trimming a string is as simple as
NSString *s = [stringToTrim stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet: [NSCharacterSet whitespaceCharacterSet]];
The way the language functions is beautiful, but they seriously need to get rid of stuff like this.
With CSS, I have to constantly have a seperate page open containing the CSS, and its not inherently clear in the HTML how things are being laid out on the page.
Yes that is the point, to separate layout (styling) from semantics. Use a <style> tag if it bothers you that much.
I think CSS makes sense as a concept, but learning it is really quite annoying for the most part.
FTFY. I work with developers who share your sentiments. I also feel like bashing my head into my desk when I work on the mangled, crufty, mess of nested tables that has been globbered together over 7 years. I will definitely agree with you that CSS is a pain in the ass to wrap your head around, but it really doesn't take much more than a basic understanding of margin/float/display/padding to do about 90% of layout work.
I prefer tables as development time for a page was easily 20x faster for me
It cuts the amount of code required by at least a two-thirds. <table><tr><td>Foo</td></tr></table> is more typing than <div>Foo<div>
"There is a club for people who don't like their job, it is called "EVERYBODY"; they meet at a bar".
-Drew Carey
Interest is not purely profit. Interest is designed to offset inflation and the other ways you can spend your money. If I owed you $81,000 would you prefer that paid as a lump sum today or paid as a 0% interest loan over 25 years ($3,2400
So in order to make $100,000 today equal to $100,000 in 25 years, we need interest (at least to cover inflation). So for the purposes of this loan $100,000 (at time 0) == $181,000 (at time 25). In addition to the interest, you pay portions of the $100,000 you borrowed. Each payment of $687 is an uneven mix of Interest payments and Principal payments, the ratio changes as the loan approaches time 25.
So if you stop paying halfway through the loan, you may have paid in total $100,000 (combination of interest and principal). But $100,000 (at time 0) is less than $100,000 (at time 25), the lender loses money.
(Disclaimer: I do not work in the financial industry but as a math nerd I am familiar with basic financial math)
5.5% APR with interest payable monthly
Loan of: $100,000
Payment: $687
Present Value: $72,000
Total Profit: -$28,000
I don't think your math is correct.
Yea that's the way it works in the United States also... Student debts are not dischargeable through bankruptcy. Defaulting on student loans will make you ineligible for government employment, along with garnishments on wages, tax returns, and social security benefits.
I would be very interested to see what percentage of these debts are owed to for-profit institutions (e.g. University of Phoenix). Some of these colleges are owned by publicly traded companies, which provided ample incentive for unethical profiteering. There are colleges in my city that sell absolutely worthless degrees in media related fields, cosmetics, business, and healthcare that cost $60,000+.
If you can't make money, you can't repay debts (blood from a stone). It was a simple idea to follow in the U.S. until some schmuck decided to open for-profit colleges and game the system.
How about a Javascript that's more Java-like?
Real private and public modifiers would be nice, but I wish people would take the time to understand why the LISP-like qualities of JavaScript make it awesome. I often find myself wishing that
I think Java and
But the end seems to be near for good-ol-JavaScript; I feel the same way that the LISP programmers must have felt when C and COBOL began to assert their dominance. I'm sad that this inefficient toy-language will soon be relegated as an obsolete and inferior language.
What additional security measures can be taken to thwart script kiddies like this guy? Is MAC address filtering + WEP/WPA encryption (or one of those) sufficient security. At this point I want to shut the fucking WiFi off, but there are others in the household who wouldn't go for that.
I never meant to promote
JavaScript is a great language, but using it for full-blown enterprise app development would be a major setback. Strongly typed languages are great for the enterprise, because you know (and Intellisense knows too) at compile time what to expect from objects.
Furthermore, I'd speculate that the performance of the
Shit like this makes me not even want to come to this site.
Prototypal inheritance
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prototype-based_programming#Languages [wikipedia.org]
Q.E.D.
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