103008
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pigscanfly.ca writes:
Back in 1989 (in the Windows 2.0 days), Bill Gates came to talk to the students of the University of Waterloo on the early days of Microsoft and the future of computing. It's an interesting blast to the past. He even touches on his 640K statement. He also covers lots of other topics, including OS/2, software piracy, the history of the software industry, and his role at Microsoft.The talk is available in a number of audio formats from the University of Waterloo Computer Science Club website.
85756
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tabandmountaindew writes:
Too much time is wasted re-implementing code that someone else has already done, for the sole reason its faster than finding the other code. Previous source code search engine, such as google codesearch and krugle, only considered individual files on there own, leading to poor quality results; making them only useful when the amount of time to re-implement was extremely high.According to a recent newsforge article a fledgling source-code search engine All The Code is aiming to change all of this. By looking at code, not just on its own, but also how it is used, it is able to return more relevant results. This seems like just what we need to unify the open-source community, leading to an actual common repository of unique code, and ending the cycle of unnecessary reimplementing.
85742
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crazycoffeeninja writes:
It's always been a dream of programmers: stop reinventing the wheel. Find that method, end your madness. Jax has an atrcile on a fledgling source-code search engine Allthecode thats still in the alpha stage (and presently only for Java). Unlike previous generations of code search engines, it actually considers how often code is used and the context in which it used, often leading to better results. This seems like just what we need to unify the open-source community, leading to an actual common repository of code, and ending the cycle of "hoboware": the errant macros, subroutines, and entire classes that have in the past been easier to re-write than to track down and put to work.
85682
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hungrycheeto writes:
Too much time is wasted re-implementing code that someone else has already done, for the sole reason its faster than finding the other code. Previous source code search engine, such as google codesearch and koders, only considered individual files on there own, leading to poor quality results; making them only useful when the amount of time to re-implement was extremely high.According to a recent newsforge article a fledgling source-code search engine All The Code is aiming to change all of this. The refreshingly clean interface is reminiscent of Google in its heyday — as are the mind-reading, mind-blowing search algorithms employed. By looking at code, not just on its own, but also how it is used, it is able to return more relevant results. This seems like just what we need to unify the open-source community, leading to an actual common repository of unique code, and ending the cycle of unnecessary reimplementing.
85568
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codemonkey69 writes:
Both newsforge and jaxmagazine are covering the launch of a new source code search engine, All The Code. The big difference between this engine and previous generations is the ranking algorithm takes into consideration how code is used. The example newsforge gives is if there were two similar classes both for binary trees, if one class was used more frequently it would have a higher ranking than the less used class. While the engine only supports Java right now, the faq indicates they will be adding more languages soon. I wonder if the other source code search engines will start to use this to help them rank results?
85342
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crazyirish writes:
Too much time is wasted re-implementing code that someone else has already done, for the sole reason it is too difficult to find specific useful code. Previous source code search engine, such as google codesearch and koders, only considered individual files on there own, leading to poor quality results; making them only useful when the amount of time to re-implement was extremely high.According to a recent newsforge article a fledgling source-code search engine All The Code is aiming to change all of this. By looking at code, not just on its own, but also how it is used, it is able to return more relevant results. For example, if there were two similar libraries both for binary trees, if one libraries was used more frequently it would have a higher ranking than the less used library. This seems like just what we need to unify the open-source community, leading to an actual common repository enabling projects to easily discover useful modules in each other, and ending the cycle of unnecessary reimplementing allowing us to focus on new, interesting problems.
84728
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irishhobopirate writes:
Too much time is wasted re-implementing code that someone else has allready done, for the sole reason its faster than finding the other code. Previous source code search engine, such as google codesearch and koders, only considered individual files on there own, leading to poor quality results; makeing them only useful when the amount of time to re-implement was extremely high.According to a recent newsforge article a fledgling source-code search engine All The Code is aiming to change all of this. The refreshingly clean interface is reminiscent of Google in its heyday — as are the mind-reading, mind-blowing search algorithms employed. By looking at code, not just on its own, but also how it is used, it is able to return more relevant results. This seems like just what we need to unify the open-source community, leading to an actual common repository of unique code, and ending the cycle of unnecessary reimplementing.
83724
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ninjapiratemonkey writes:
Traditional challengers to google have competed on ease of use, marketing, and other similar veins. A new company, All The Code, is threating Google Code Search on its home turf of search technology. Unlike previous source code search engines, All The Code considers how often libraries are used by other programs to determine the relevance of code. Presently the search engine only works with Java, but they seem intent on expanding. Could this be the first technological competitor to google on its home turf?
54808
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ninjamonkiefromspace writes:
All The Code, a new source code search engine, is accepting signups for Alpha Testers. According to the the developers blog All The Code differs, primarily, from other source code search engines in that it considers the relationship between programs, rather than looking at each piece of code individually.
Interested persons should e-mail holden@allthecode.com along with the subject line "All The Code pre-Alpha"
51262
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ninjmonkie writes:
In what has to be one of the crazier launches of 2006, a small virtually unknown company All The Code is planning on going head to head with Google Code Search. According to the lead developers blog, they will be launching a public alpha of there product on December 11nth. The alpha version would appear to only have support for Java to start with, with more languages being added as time progresses.
Is the source code searching market really big enough for all these players?
