Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 30th Apr 2012 19:17 UTC, submitted by bowkota
Java creator James Gosling: "Just because Sun didn't have patent suits in our genetic code doesn't mean we didn't feel wronged. While I have differences with Oracle, in this case they are in the right. Google totally slimed Sun. We were all really disturbed, even Jonathan: he just decided to put on a happy face and tried to turn lemons into lemonade, which annoyed a lot of folks at Sun." Ouch. Also, doesn't jive with Schwartz' comments - might be illustrative of how bad things really were at the once great Sun.
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Member since:2007-02-18
C++ if you want to crash and burn, while you spend all day hunting the f**king memory issue that core dumps almost randomly!
You're using it wrong.
During my university years, somehow I became interested in language and compiler design. Didn't have much of a preference for any language, except for my "me too!" bias for Java's garbage collection. Then for my final year project, to be written in C++ by four people, I made the decision to liberally use the STL and Boost right off the bat. I am proud to say that there were absolutely no memory related problems. From then on, I understood how C++ could be used in a good way.
Now, my job consists of writing Java to implement Eclipse plugins. The issue with them is that they force you to write bad designs.
It is a good judge of a programmer's skill and worth to see if they hate C++ because of implementation issues, or if they hate Java because of design issues. If you're still stuck hating memory management, go back to university - the big boys are worried about design.
Ada Forever!!!!
AND YES - I AM ONLY JOKING.
AND YES - I AM ONLY JOKING.
Actually, I like large parts of Ada as well. Especially how you can specify exactly how you want records laid out in memory. Or how you can specify ranges. And of course the built in concurrency.
Member since:2009-05-19
It is a good judge of a programmer's skill and worth to see if they hate C++ because of implementation issues, or if they hate Java because of design issues. If you're still stuck hating memory management, go back to university - the big boys are worried about design.
Yes, and that is where the actual programming language is irrelevant. Unlike what you are implying all over the place.
PS: If you even try to imply that C++ is perfect in design, I'm going to laugh at you.
Member since:2005-08-18
Java if you want an over-engineered solutions that takes a gig of ram and 1 second of wall-clock time to print 'hello world
Well, while it may not be the fault of the language itself, that is exactly my impression of most Java apps. Hilariously over-engineered, fantastically under-performing and unnecessarily complex.
Maybe the attraction of Java is that it allows shitty programmers to create job security...uhm..I mean "enterprise-grade applications".
Member since:2007-02-18
Maybe the attraction of Java is that it allows shitty programmers to create job security...uhm..I mean "enterprise-grade applications".
The main problem I find is that Java programmers tend to have an unhealthy obsession with design patterns and frameworks. It's like they haven't even heard the concepts of cohesion and coupling, which is more fundamental to design than showing off knowledge about the Gang of Four book.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/11/13 21:41 UTC
"Windows is indeed slower than other operating systems in many scenarios, and the gap is worsening." That's one way to start an insider explanation of why Windows' performance isn't up to snuff. Written by someone who actually contributes code to the Windows NT kernel, the comment on Hacker News, later deleted but reposted with permission on Marc Bevand's blog, paints a very dreary picture of the state of Windows development. The root issue? Think of how Linux is developed, and you'll know the answer.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/08/13 14:22 UTC
This is one of those news items that's fun to write, fun to read, fun to comment on, and where no one will be able to say anything unkind. It's all just one big ball of awesome fluffiness. TuneTracker, the BeOS radio automation software, has just released something very special: TuneTracker System 5, the first version designed entirely and specifically for Haiku. In fact, it actually includes Haiku in the software package. Better yet, TuneTracker also unveiled several system-in-a-box products - which have Haiku and TuneTracker pre-installed.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 04/29/13 21:06 UTC
Oh multitasking. That staple of computing that got thrown out the window with many modern smartphones. We got some rudimentary thing in its place - but even as multitasking on phone and tablets improves, its user-visible side remains cumbersome. Windows 8 has a neat implementation, and now it's time Android follows in it footsteps.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 04/24/13 22:24 UTC
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 04/18/13 11:21 UTC
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 04/16/13 9:29 UTC
The day has finally come: Google has started shipping Google Glass to the lucky few early adopters. Now that it's shipping, Google has also unveiled a lot more about the API and the specifications of the device itself. While the company had already given out substantial details at earlier occasions, there are still a few surprises here.More Features »
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Java if you want an over-engineered solutions that takes a gig of ram and 1 second of wall-clock time to print 'hello world.' C++ if you want to crash and burn, while you spend all day hunting the f**king memory issue that core dumps almost randomly! Ada Forever!!!!
AND YES - I AM ONLY JOKING.