Moondevil - Slashdot User

Comment Re: DirectX is obsolete (Score 1) 135

by Moondevil on Monday January 26, 2015 @03:37PM (#48907251) Attached to: DirectX 12 Lies Dormant Within Microsoft's Recent Windows 10 Update

No they don't.

PS 3 - Hardly anyone used PSGL, rather LibCGM

PS 4 - http://develop.scee.net/files/presentations/gceurope2013/ParisGC2013Final.pdf

Wii U uses GX

Comment Re:DirectX is obsolete (Score 1) 135

by Moondevil on Monday January 26, 2015 @03:29PM (#48907165) Attached to: DirectX 12 Lies Dormant Within Microsoft's Recent Windows 10 Update

They already have to do it for every games console anyway.

Forget this urban myth that games consoles support OpenGL.

Comment Re:DirectX is obsolete (Score 1) 135

by Moondevil on Monday January 26, 2015 @03:28PM (#48907153) Attached to: DirectX 12 Lies Dormant Within Microsoft's Recent Windows 10 Update

DirectX is obsolete. In today's multiplatform world only OpenGL matters.

Funny, last time I checked OpenGL wasn't supported in any games console.

Even the half baked version available on the PS3 was barely used.

Comment Re:Embrace has started (Score 1) 192

by Moondevil on Monday November 17, 2014 @02:53PM (#48404269) Attached to: Visual Studio 2015 Supports CLANG and Android (Emulator Included)

Same here. Even had an email signature with a statement from Stallman.

Nowadays GNU/Linux is confined to VMs and a travel netbook.

My work and main private laptop run Windows 7. I just bought Windows 8.1 and do consulting work on Java, .NET and C++.

Comment Re:Questions we forgot to ask (Score 1) 102

by Moondevil on Thursday August 21, 2014 @03:27AM (#47718509) Attached to: Interviews: Bjarne Stroustrup Answers Your Questions

Easy it would be called BeOS, Symbian, Genode, Windows 9 maybe (if the kernel transition to compile with C++ is already done) ...

Comment A debian phone once more. (Score 1) 105

by Moondevil on Tuesday June 03, 2014 @02:08PM (#47157925) Attached to: A Different Kind of Linux Smartphone: Samsung To Sell Tizen-Based Model Z

Access to the OS for C application development outside a VM, EFL/enlightenment as the native application toolkit and access to a QT port.

Maybe you should read the developer documentation. Qt and EFL got replaced by the Bada C++ native framework.

Comment Re:need to get over the "cult of macho programming (Score 1) 231

by Moondevil on Monday May 05, 2014 @03:57PM (#46921807) Attached to: How To Prevent the Next Heartbleed

Fully agree with you. Even in 1975 there were better, safer languages than C for systems programming.

Comment Re:Yes, let's bring that back (Score 1) 259

by Moondevil on Tuesday May 28, 2013 @01:36PM (#43842609) Attached to: Vastly Improved Raspberry Pi Performance With Wayland

There are also compilers that spit out native binaries for Java and .NET.

Comment Re:While this looks neat, (Score 1) 122

by Moondevil on Wednesday March 20, 2013 @04:37PM (#43227377) Attached to: What's Going On In KDE Plasma Workspaces 2?

Really?!

The last time I checked there are quite a few of window managers available.

Comment Re:Text editors are still around. (Score 1) 181

by Moondevil on Thursday February 07, 2013 @10:47AM (#42819981) Attached to: The History of Visual Development Environments

That is what I call stone age programming.

Programming like the 70's, Yuupppiiii!

Comment Re:Unlikely to be discontinued altogether (Score 1) 371

by Moondevil on Sunday February 03, 2013 @03:14PM (#42779433) Attached to: Apple To Discontinue Mac Pro In EU Over Safety Regulations

I'm sorry, this logic just doesn't work when operating systems are bundled with hardware.

Why not? It was like that before the PC took over the consumer market.

Comment Re:C compiler (Score 1) 704

by Moondevil on Monday January 28, 2013 @06:23AM (#42713817) Attached to: What Early Software Was Influential Enough To Deserve Acclaim?

There were other kings before and there will be other kings afterwards. No kingdom lasts forever.

The king is dead, long live the king.

Comment Re:Not Bill Gates' Microsoft (Score 1) 339

by Moondevil on Sunday January 27, 2013 @05:35PM (#42709925) Attached to: Does Microsoft Have the Best App Store For Open Source Developers?

Fear?! I pity you, poor guy that cannot pay for a C compiler...

Comment Re:Not Bill Gates' Microsoft (Score 1) 339

by Moondevil on Sunday January 27, 2013 @04:08PM (#42709381) Attached to: Does Microsoft Have the Best App Store For Open Source Developers?

Wow! Is there a law that says all operating system vendors are obliged to provide a C compiler, even if developed in another system programming language?!

Comment Re:Not Bill Gates' Microsoft (Score 1) 339

by Moondevil on Sunday January 27, 2013 @02:40PM (#42708781) Attached to: Does Microsoft Have the Best App Store For Open Source Developers?

Great, maybe they can attempt to implement C99 now 12 years later. I am still required to cripple my C code so it will be accepted by Microsoft's crappy compiler, years after everyone else has moved on. Respecting standards in one place doesn't mean they actually respect standards.

They sell a C++ compiler why should they care about C? C is officially legacy for Microsoft.

http://herbsutter.com/2012/05/03/reader-qa-what-about-vc-and-c99/

There is no law that forces C++ compilers to support plain C. It made sense when the language did not had a big user base.

Plus there are plenty of C compiler vendors for Windows that would happily sell you a compiler.

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