Lets try this again, logged in:
Ohloh doesn't have full version control history, but it does show a little over 30K commits to the LLVM and Clang compilers:
Time flies when you're having fun!
-Chris
Enough said!
-Chris
Migrating a Win32 app the way they suggest is going to be painful and time consuming. In addition, there are numerous things that they don't mention, like associated performance costs: is creating a thread going to be more expensive or cheaper on Linux vs. Win32? Don't look to the article for the answer. It doesn't even mention the biggest parts like the graphics/windowing library.
Secondly, it is making a wild assumption that your win32 app is written in a that is conducive to a Unix/Linux process model. Namely that you spawn processes and use environment variables as opposed to having a message loop and handlers (the way most windows apps are written).
Third, if it was so straight forward to port a Win32 app, why not just write a library that maps the windows calls onto the equivalent Linux calls instead of manually changing all your source?
Finally, why not look at a binary solution like Wine first and not touch your source at all?
This is the worst way migrate app. The source works and manually mucking with it like this is a good way to break it and introduce all sorts of bugs. Look for a binary solution like Wine. Then look to see if somebody implemented a Win32 on Linux library next to recompile (like Cygwin in reverse). Then, the last choice is to factor out your platform specific portions of your code and replace them with OS neutral calls. But beware of the performance of your app, it will probably take a hit. But, hacking apart your app like this makes me cringe.
Today is the day of the Iraqi elections. The question still remains whether or not they have any legitimacy, Iternational election monitors are in Amman, Jordan. The U.N. washed its hands of the whole situation. The Kurds and Shi'ites seem to have no problems voting, but Sunnis in the middle part of Iraq are under a constant threat of violence, reinforced with mortar and rocket attacks along with car suicide bombings.
I honestly believe that the American economy is in for some rough times. At the local level, I see a great squeezing of the middle class. We have moved away from a manufacturing economy to a service economy. The reason for this shift is to exploit cheaper labor and more lax environmental standards in developing countries. While this drives down costs for corporations, the cheaper production costs are seldom passed on to consumers.
The natural comparison of Bush's vision of a society of ownership society is to say that we are currently a nation of renters.
I work for EA. I intern'd for Microsoft. As far as my short experience and ongoing experience at the company goes, I my experience working for EA is not as bad as some horror stories on the 'net. Although, the EA spouse thing does bring up my greatest fear about the job, that is, the job will consume my life.
I was reading The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power. It is a very insightful book about the most dominant institution of my time.
Before discussing the book in particular, let's be clear on definitions. An institution is organization that compels people on what they can, can't and must do. Government is an institution. Marriage is an institution. The church is an institution. So is the corporation.
Well, I'll admit that I'm wrong. North Korea did not set off a nuclear explosion. They set off a huge convential explosion. Their cover story of it being for a hydro-electric dam is fishy. Experts claim that the nearby river is a poor choice for such a dam. The fact remains that it is very near a uranium enrichment facility. Who knows what they are doing.
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