Comment Re:Nope (Score 1) 511
[...] It gave us the notion of an "app" and an idea of apps could achieve in the Internet era.
Applet actually.
The notion of an "app" didn't come until 2008 with the iPhone.
[...] It gave us the notion of an "app" and an idea of apps could achieve in the Internet era.
Applet actually.
The notion of an "app" didn't come until 2008 with the iPhone.
[...] Java was only sold as a silver bullet for portability, not speed, not efficiency, not scalability, but solely for it's ability to be shifted from one vendor's platform to another's.
Your memory is partially correct. What it was actually touted as was:
“Java: A simple, object-oriented, network-savvy, interpreted, robust, secure, architecture neutral, portable, high-performance, multithreaded, dynamic language.”
So which symbol would you pick??
Well I would pick b, because it isn't a hexadecimal digit.
{ 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,A,B,C,D,E,F } are hexadecimal digits.
Using 0b is dumb. They should of used a letter that isn't in hex, say 0z1101.
There's nothing dumb about it at all. First of all, the prefix 0b cannot be confused with a hex digit because you need the prefix 0x to get hex.
Secondly, if you're concerned about b looking like a hex digit, well, there's your problem. Lowercase hex digits are the devil's work. Always write hex digits using uppercase letters, as $DEITY intended.
Finally, what the hell is the z supposed to stand for in 0z?
And that is why autonomous cars will NEVER be programmed with a "choice" to hit person X in order to avoid hitting person A.
I completely, totally, utterly, and vehemently disagree with you on that.
Given a choice, I think autonomous cars at some point WILL be programmed with such a choice. For example, hitting an elderly person in order to avoid hitting a small child.
Header files are totally optional. You can write all your code in one big file if you want to. You just need to make sure no function calls any function that hasn't been defined or declared yet. No problem!
FTFY.
C forcing you to interrupt the flow of typing by reaching for the shift key on identifiers, whether you use camel case or underscores. Although I still remember the magnificent ADM-3A, where underscore was a gorgeous UNSHIFTED keystroke.
That's your keyboard's fault, not C's.
And just one's own laziness. I mean, if someone has a disability that makes using the shift key difficult (for example, you only have one good hand, or you are looking at pr0n while writing code), then I sympathize. But if they have no such disability, then they're just lazy. It's not that difficult to type an underscore character.
It should be possible to image more-or-less the complete inside of the comet with this system.
What is meant by "inside" in this context?
I hope it's more like Stalag 13 than like Stalag 17.
That issue was great.
https://archive.org/stream/sta...
200mb is a joke at 20mbit/s.
The GP said 200MB, not 200mb.
That said, yeah, even 200MB is a joke at 20mbit/s.
No amount of careful planning will ever replace dumb luck.