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True | simonask | null | Also:
> By that logic, one could argue that any compiled language where optimization is allowed, is not assembly. Well, duh.
Well, that's sort of the point here. :) If that observation is "well, duh", you should be asking why people are comparing C and assembly language in the first place. | null | 0 | 1318576263 | False | 0 | c2reenn | t3_lb1w3 | null | t1_c2reenn | t1_c2re7k6 | null | 1427730176 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Tail calls have been available in popular C compilers for awhile now.
Just checked the output of MSVC and GCC and both perform tail calls. In fact GCC can even convert some code that isn't tail recursive into ones that are... which is more impressive than what I was expecting. | null | 0 | 1318576289 | False | 0 | c2reepz | t3_lb1w3 | null | t1_c2reepz | t1_c2rc7s0 | null | 1427730177 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | SanityInAnarchy | null | If I'm writing a kernel, I imagine I'm at least partly defining ABIs, at least for userland programs. For kernel modules, I can't bring myself to care -- I think Linux proved the point adequately that a stable ABI is *far* less important than a stable source API, which is itself far less important than maintaining kern... | null | 0 | 1318576421 | False | 0 | c2ref46 | t3_lb1w3 | null | t1_c2ref46 | t1_c2rebq3 | null | 1427730183 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Troebr | null | There are five commits, the urls point to a website with a logo straight from 1995, and I need to download the sources to build the documentation. ಠ\_ಠ . Since he already has a web server for his non existing website, he could have built/deployed his sphinx doc !
I find the idea great, I really wou... | null | 0 | 1318576428 | False | 0 | c2ref52 | t3_lbalr | null | t1_c2ref52 | t3_lbalr | null | 1427730183 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jyper | null | I think Adobe AIR uses webkit. | null | 0 | 1318576527 | False | 0 | c2refe8 | t3_layaf | null | t1_c2refe8 | t1_c2rcigi | null | 1427730186 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | JohnDoe365 | null | C has a paradigm. It's imperative. | null | 0 | 1318576549 | False | 0 | c2refgi | t3_lav0p | null | t1_c2refgi | t3_lav0p | null | 1427730188 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kristovaher | null | It's ALPHA, you jerk. Opera 12 is not released today. | null | 0 | 1318576835 | False | 0 | c2reg7u | t3_layaf | null | t1_c2reg7u | t3_layaf | null | 1427730196 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | nicks222 | null | At our workplace, we replaced "Hello World!" programs with "Goodbye, Father\n" to pay our tribute to this genius. | null | 0 | 1318576984 | False | 0 | c2regnc | t3_lbk38 | null | t1_c2regnc | t3_lbk38 | null | 1427730202 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | zby | null | But in Services we do publish stuff under the BSD license: https://github.com/operasoftware | null | 0 | 1318577445 | True | 0 | c2rehwx | t3_layaf | null | t1_c2rehwx | t1_c2r77wm | null | 1427730221 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jugalator | null | IMO, Sunspider isn't very relevant anymore. Vendors are optimizing their browsers for it.
I think Kraken is better, and seems harder to manipulate although I'm no expert. | null | 0 | 1318577656 | False | 0 | c2reigm | t3_layaf | null | t1_c2reigm | t1_c2ra7fo | null | 1427730227 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jonpacker | null | This. Opera's UI is almost entirely mutable. If you don't like something, change it. | null | 0 | 1318577788 | False | 0 | c2reis5 | t3_layaf | null | t1_c2reis5 | t1_c2re81f | null | 1427730232 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | starspangledpickle | null | Indeed there is. Emacs has such a function built in:
(regexp-opt '("foo" "bar" "baz"))
"\\(?:ba[rz]\\|foo\\)" | null | 0 | 1318577808 | False | 0 | c2reiu9 | t3_lanp9 | null | t1_c2reiu9 | t1_c2r98bx | null | 1427730232 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | right click & scroll is best for me, since I don't memorize which tab I had a particular page in. right click & scroll opens a list of tabs so I can read the full title of each tab as I scroll through them.
I mean, having both would be best, but I like opera's way better. | null | 0 | 1318577814 | False | 0 | c2reiun | t3_layaf | null | t1_c2reiun | t1_c2rdmag | null | 1427730233 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1318578142 | False | 0 | c2rejo0 | t3_lanp9 | null | t1_c2rejo0 | t1_c2r4iuv | null | 1427730242 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | NiceGuyJoe | null | 72\. Yes.
P.S. I used `fmt(1)` and `sed(1)` | null | 0 | 1318578695 | False | 0 | c2rel3l | t3_la9wn | null | t1_c2rel3l | t1_c2razoi | null | 1427730262 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Jookia | null | Jeez I'm a dickhead. 504, unable to handle request? CLICK CLICK CLICK | null | 0 | 1318579005 | False | 0 | c2relw5 | t3_lb1w3 | null | t1_c2relw5 | t1_c2r8ue0 | null | 1427730272 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | spainguy | null | Send an E-Mail to Steve Lohr lohr@nytimes.com | null | 0 | 1318579351 | False | 0 | c2remq2 | t3_lbs2x | null | t1_c2remq2 | t1_c2recar | null | 1427730283 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Pheet | null | :)
To be honest...I think flash has given me a bit of trouble with stable ones too...that or Adobe Reader. | null | 0 | 1318579652 | False | 0 | c2renef | t3_layaf | null | t1_c2renef | t1_c2rdkos | null | 1427730293 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | nikolag | null | :( | null | 0 | 1318579867 | False | 0 | c2renv9 | t3_la9wn | null | t1_c2renv9 | t3_la9wn | null | 1427730298 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | xantes | null | Even if you try to restrict modules it turns out to be very hard.
http://tav.espians.com/a-challenge-to-break-python-security.html
Note that this is rather old and things are better now, but it still isnt' easy. | null | 0 | 1318579871 | False | 0 | c2renvo | t3_latsk | null | t1_c2renvo | t1_c2r8yqc | null | 1427730298 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jakobhans | null | Will definitely take the font size suggestion seriously, I can see your point. Thank you for trying it :) | null | 0 | 1318580251 | False | 0 | c2reosi | t3_lamm0 | null | t1_c2reosi | t1_c2rdh7f | null | 1427730310 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1318580276 | False | 0 | c2reoul | t3_layaf | null | t1_c2reoul | t1_c2r8r78 | null | 1427730310 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Olap | null | And still nobody cares | null | 0 | 1318580328 | False | 0 | c2reozk | t3_layaf | null | t1_c2reozk | t3_layaf | null | 1427730312 | -8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1318580467 | False | 0 | c2repbd | t3_laqb0 | null | t1_c2repbd | t1_c2ra957 | null | 1427730316 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | resurge | null | You're not using Opera 12.
Install [Opera Next](http://www.opera.com/next) (pre-release versions of Opera) | null | 0 | 1318580631 | False | 0 | c2repnh | t3_layaf | null | t1_c2repnh | t1_c2reoul | null | 1427730321 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | nikolag | null | +1 | null | 0 | 1318580906 | False | 0 | c2req98 | t3_laf4o | null | t1_c2req98 | t1_c2r3jzn | null | 1427730338 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | resurge | null | If only they would fix multi line tabs :(
One of their greatest features. | null | 0 | 1318581055 | False | 0 | c2reqlp | t3_layaf | null | t1_c2reqlp | t1_c2rdsvr | null | 1427730335 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dinker | null | OK I gave Opera a try but Reddit looks different - it`s got fucking adverts. | null | 0 | 1318581081 | False | 0 | c2reqnv | t3_layaf | null | t1_c2reqnv | t3_layaf | null | 1427730336 | -6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | I0I0I0I | null | c. 1980 the Times was considered 11th grade reading level.
I fear no child has been left behind. | null | 0 | 1318581110 | False | 0 | c2reqq8 | t3_lbs2x | null | t1_c2reqq8 | t1_c2remq2 | null | 1427730339 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | matthiasB | null | Then can block them. | null | 0 | 1318581879 | False | 0 | c2resan | t3_layaf | null | t1_c2resan | t1_c2reqnv | null | 1427730361 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | $100 to who takes it back out. | null | 0 | 1318581975 | False | 0 | c2resi3 | t3_lbepd | null | t1_c2resi3 | t3_lbepd | null | 1427730363 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jyper | null | Looking back at c it makes me think that a good deal of gains in code reuse is thanks to exceptions, memory management, and namespaces | null | 0 | 1318582068 | False | 0 | c2respj | t3_laqb0 | null | t1_c2respj | t1_c2rafy2 | null | 1427730365 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | harlows_monkeys | null | What's funny is that yesterday there was a thread on dmr's death with a net score of around 700, and around 100 comments, and the moderators here deleted it because it was a duplicate of a slightly earlier submission that had only a few votes and comments. | null | 0 | 1318582124 | False | 0 | c2restn | t3_lafdc | null | t1_c2restn | t1_c2r4p3g | null | 1427730366 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | MatmaRex | null | Then set up your content-blocker. It takes 30 seconds to google a file with some rules and copy it into Opera folder. | null | 0 | 1318582154 | True | 0 | c2resvz | t3_layaf | null | t1_c2resvz | t1_c2reqnv | null | 1427730367 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Interesting project, though I would like to know how well he has this sealed off from doing malicious things | null | 0 | 1318582225 | True | 0 | c2ret0v | t3_latsk | null | t1_c2ret0v | t3_latsk | null | 1427730368 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | At least one of the code execution nodes is an Amazon EC2 host IIRC, seems he even has multiple nodes | null | 0 | 1318582453 | False | 0 | c2reti7 | t3_latsk | null | t1_c2reti7 | t1_c2rdgie | null | 1427730372 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ianoxley | null | > I had a real laugh, when they started modularizing JDK 7 so applets would load faster, it's like yeah about 10 years too late guys.
Would now be a good time to mention JavaFX? :p | null | 0 | 1318582556 | False | 0 | c2retps | t3_laqb0 | null | t1_c2retps | t1_c2r5r6y | null | 1427730374 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ralf_ | null | "Mr. Ritchie, who lived alone…"
:-( | null | 0 | 1318582960 | False | 0 | c2reukw | t3_lbs2x | null | t1_c2reukw | t3_lbs2x | null | 1427730385 | 57 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | comex | null | (Ugh, the banner ad on the right is now position: fixed. Or, at least, it was the first time I clicked the link... after a refresh the ad can once again be scrolled out of sight.) | null | 0 | 1318583055 | False | 0 | c2reuri | t3_lbs2x | null | t1_c2reuri | t3_lbs2x | null | 1427730387 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Gotebe | null | WMFO is great, and is not tied to events only. It allows you e.g. to wait on X semaphores, Y mutexes, Z events, U threads and V processes - at the same time. | null | 0 | 1318583085 | False | 0 | c2reutu | t3_lbam7 | null | t1_c2reutu | t3_lbam7 | null | 1427730389 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1318583099 | True | 0 | c2reuv5 | t3_lbs2x | null | t1_c2reuv5 | t1_c2recar | null | 1427730389 | 129 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | synthaxx | null | Goodbye world. | null | 0 | 1318583142 | False | 0 | c2reuy6 | t3_lbs2x | null | t1_c2reuy6 | t3_lbs2x | null | 1427730389 | 21 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | That's incredible. | null | 0 | 1318583162 | False | 0 | c2reuzc | t3_layaf | null | t1_c2reuzc | t1_c2rafio | null | 1427730391 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ais523 | null | C99 7.0.4.23.5 (I got the section number from a draft as I don't own the final version of the standard, so it may be slightly wrong): "Finally, control is returned to the host environment. If the value of status is zero or EXIT_SUCCESS, an implementation-defined form of the status successful termination is returned. If... | null | 0 | 1318583247 | False | 0 | c2rev6a | t3_la9wn | null | t1_c2rev6a | t1_c2r9q26 | null | 1427730392 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | appointment_at_1_am | null | It doesn't work, chrome 14.0.835.202 m
what it does: nothing: "loading posts" | null | 0 | 1318583262 | False | 0 | c2rev7b | t3_las6n | null | t1_c2rev7b | t3_las6n | null | 1427730393 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | matthiasB | null | Well, I currently have 33 tabs open in two windows and I often have a lot more. I currently don't want to go to the first few of them in the active window. I most often switch between the last few tabs and only sometimes go back to the first tabs.
| null | 0 | 1318583286 | True | 0 | c2rev9l | t3_layaf | null | t1_c2rev9l | t1_c2rcyar | null | 1427730393 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | julesjacobs | null | I'm looking forward to articles that explain the design decisions in Dart :)
Removing the checks doesn't seem like a clear performance win to me for a specialized Dart VM, for three reasons:
1. Now all the code inside f has to do dynamic checks on i every time it is used, instead of once at the definition of i.
2. D... | null | 0 | 1318583286 | False | 0 | c2rev9m | t3_la9ma | null | t1_c2rev9m | t1_c2rbjmr | null | 1427730393 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | AngelosP | null | Don't get hang up on words. I think everybody can agree that C# and Java are a superset in terms of functionality compared to JavaScript. Also everybody can agree that for years tools for C# and Java have been vastly superior to the JavaScript offerings.
A language that can achieve more and has better tooling is a be... | null | 0 | 1318583445 | False | 0 | c2revl1 | t3_l88ny | null | t1_c2revl1 | t1_c2qtz4d | null | 1427730399 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | a_redditor | null | My gripe with that description is that it is so utterly elementary that it could refer to literally any language, not even any programming language, just any language. It's one thing to dumb down an article for the general public, but it's another thing to lose any sense of meaning in the process. | null | 0 | 1318583703 | False | 0 | c2rew3j | t3_lbs2x | null | t1_c2rew3j | t1_c2reuv5 | null | 1427730405 | 29 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Yea the old "integrated with our technology" ploy.
I am waiting for them to bundle ham sandwiches with windows. | null | 0 | 1318583788 | False | 0 | c2rew9b | t3_l1a2e | null | t1_c2rew9b | t1_c2r5snv | null | 1427730407 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | crashie | null | I like how the author is sensible enough not to whine about whose life and death were more important. | null | 0 | 1318583876 | False | 0 | c2rewf3 | t3_lbs2x | null | t1_c2rewf3 | t3_lbs2x | null | 1427730409 | 71 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Key paragraph here:
> Ritchie è stato, assieme a Ken Thompson, una delle menti principali dietro lo sviluppo del linguaggio Unix e inventore del linguaggio di programmazione C, con la sua impostazione ad oggetti.
Translation: Ritchie was, along with Ken Thompson, one of the key minds behind the Unix language and t... | null | 0 | 1318584271 | False | 0 | c2rex54 | t3_lbvz6 | null | t1_c2rex54 | t3_lbvz6 | null | 1427730419 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ovangle | null | Download it and have a look, the documentation is included. There's a server which runs on the local machine and communicates between the browser and the shell. It is still in beta (it was only released yesterday) and there are a *lot* of things left to do before it is in any way useful.
I could honestly see something... | null | 0 | 1318584750 | True | 0 | c2rey0f | t3_lbalr | null | t1_c2rey0f | t1_c2rcuq2 | null | 1427730432 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | milki_ | null | Or he is the 99%
It seems a majority of graphics cards are blacklisted. And the current 12 alpha doesn't have the proclaimed WebGL software fallback enabled. (Why they don't just use Mesa is a mystery too.) | null | 0 | 1318584930 | False | 0 | c2reybw | t3_layaf | null | t1_c2reybw | t1_c2repnh | null | 1427730435 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | shevegen | null | Speed is never a reason for me to re-write code that I find to be human-readable.
With that being said, being terse and succint is great. And if it has to be, I use comments that are short and concise. | null | 0 | 1318585601 | False | 0 | c2rezj0 | t3_lbv9c | null | t1_c2rezj0 | t3_lbv9c | null | 1427730451 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | zhivago | null | It's 'auto' storage that you're thinking of.
Local variables do not necessarily have auto storage. | null | 0 | 1318585688 | True | 0 | c2rezof | t3_lb1w3 | null | t1_c2rezof | t1_c2reecj | null | 1428192373 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | zhivago | null | In order to understand that C is not Assembly one merely needs to know what the C Abstract Machine is. | null | 0 | 1318585853 | False | 0 | c2rezyf | t3_lb1w3 | null | t1_c2rezyf | t3_lb1w3 | null | 1427730456 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | zhivago | null | You are essentially correct -- although you weaken your case by referring to 'heap'.
C has 'auto', 'register', 'static' and 'allocated' storage for objects.
If you want to argue against conflating 'auto' and 'register' with 'stack', then you should probably avoid conflating 'allocated' storage with 'heap'. :)
I'm no... | null | 0 | 1318586229 | False | 0 | c2rf0n1 | t3_lb1w3 | null | t1_c2rf0n1 | t1_c2re7k6 | null | 1427730475 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | simonask | null | Well, no, they can be `static` as well, but *unless* they are static, they *do* necessarily have auto storage. | null | 0 | 1318586235 | False | 0 | c2rf0ng | t3_lb1w3 | null | t1_c2rf0ng | t1_c2rezof | null | 1427730475 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | G_Morgan | null | C isn't assembly because if I were programming in assembly stuff like not being aligned on a byte boundary would be obvious. Instead I run around like a madman where perfectly good C throws SIGBUS. | null | 0 | 1318586240 | False | 0 | c2rf0nn | t3_lb1w3 | null | t1_c2rf0nn | t3_lb1w3 | null | 1427730475 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | bitchessuck | null | Only K&R style is trve style. | null | 0 | 1318586253 | True | 0 | c2rf0ok | t3_laumt | null | t1_c2rf0ok | t1_c2rbyf7 | null | 1427730467 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | barsoap | null | > - Haskell
> stable ABI
Now that's a good one, you can't even mix binaries compiled with minor revisions of the same compiler, much less different compilers.
That said, I believe future kernels won't provide native assembly ABIs, but one in something like llvm, just like pnacl. Something that is actually *ca... | null | 0 | 1318586283 | False | 0 | c2rf0qk | t3_lb1w3 | null | t1_c2rf0qk | t1_c2ref46 | null | 1427730467 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | zhivago | null | Except for the ones with 'register' storage, or local extern declarations.
It's best not to conflate scope and extent. | null | 0 | 1318586341 | False | 0 | c2rf0ug | t3_lb1w3 | null | t1_c2rf0ug | t1_c2rf0ng | null | 1427730469 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | figpetus | null | You're savvy enough to use Opera but you still use Adobe Reader? Try [Foxit Reader](http://www.foxitsoftware.com/Secure_PDF_Reader/). | null | 0 | 1318586379 | False | 0 | c2rf0wf | t3_layaf | null | t1_c2rf0wf | t1_c2renef | null | 1427730469 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | barsoap | null | Ah, the sufficiently smart compiler argument. | null | 0 | 1318586422 | False | 0 | c2rf0zf | t3_lb1w3 | null | t1_c2rf0zf | t1_c2reepz | null | 1427730472 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1318586434 | False | 0 | c2rf10e | t3_lbs2x | null | t1_c2rf10e | t1_c2recar | null | 1427730472 | 24 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | shevegen | null | Who needs Java aside from Java apologets? | null | 0 | 1318586601 | False | 0 | c2rf1b3 | t3_lbsfr | null | t1_c2rf1b3 | t3_lbsfr | null | 1427730475 | -14 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | WTF_SRSLY | null | [Here's a Video demonstrating the basic functionality](http://vimeo.com/24857127) | null | 0 | 1318586657 | False | 0 | c2rf1eb | t3_lbalr | null | t1_c2rf1eb | t3_lbalr | null | 1427730477 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | phunphun | null | Eulogies usually don't refer to other Eulogies. | null | 0 | 1318587197 | False | 0 | c2rf2b1 | t3_lbs2x | null | t1_c2rf2b1 | t1_c2rewf3 | null | 1427730488 | 48 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | That one guy who uses Opera must be happy right now. | null | 0 | 1318587396 | False | 0 | c2rf2mt | t3_layaf | null | t1_c2rf2mt | t3_layaf | null | 1427730491 | -6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dalittle | null | imagine what the NYT would have written about William Shakespeare. "Wrote a number of works in a shorthand of words, numbers and punctuation that are still widely used today." | null | 0 | 1318587464 | False | 0 | c2rf2r4 | t3_lbs2x | null | t1_c2rf2r4 | t1_c2rew3j | null | 1427730500 | 14 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1318587642 | False | 0 | c2rf32o | t3_lbs2x | null | t1_c2rf32o | t3_lbs2x | null | 1427730498 | -2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jmmontjean | null | If a honorific were to be picked it should have been Dr. and not Mr., even though I would prefer just Ritchie or Dennis even. For a moment there I had to look it up to see if he really had a Ph.D after reading "Mr. Ritchie" so many times. (He had, by the way, and from Harvard.) | null | 0 | 1318587785 | True | 0 | c2rf3b6 | t3_lbs2x | null | t1_c2rf3b6 | t3_lbs2x | null | 1427730504 | 19 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jessta | null | http://www.archive.org/details/family-computing | null | 0 | 1318587904 | False | 0 | c2rf3ik | t3_lbrco | null | t1_c2rf3ik | t3_lbrco | null | 1427730505 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | tragomaskhalos | null | Agree - the guy is writing for the NY Times ferchrissakes, not the Pawspittle Courier: he should be able to find a way of describing a programming language to the hoi polloi that doesn't grate with the cognoscenti. | null | 0 | 1318588358 | False | 0 | c2rf4b3 | t3_lbs2x | null | t1_c2rf4b3 | t1_c2rew3j | null | 1427730513 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | _georgesim_ | null | > There is no inherent assembly-like feature in C which makes it particularly suitable for OS development.
Yes there is. Off the top of my head: the compilation model. In C it is really simple to link to something coded in assembly, this is a huge plus for OS development. | null | 0 | 1318588472 | False | 0 | c2rf4ig | t3_lb1w3 | null | t1_c2rf4ig | t1_c2rednf | null | 1427730515 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Saend | null | Is there a mirror for non-americans? Or can somebody repost it? (I'm European, and I'm asked to login to read). | null | 0 | 1318588491 | False | 0 | c2rf4jq | t3_lbs2x | null | t1_c2rf4jq | t3_lbs2x | null | 1427730517 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Gotebe | null | Hey! That's either because you used a broken compiler, or because you used implementation-specific features to break your alignment!
Also, I don't think that any asemmbler can prevent you from mis-aligning your bits on... "sensitive" platforms.
Hang on... Not aligned on a *byte* boundary? One byte? How do you *not* a... | null | 0 | 1318588525 | False | 0 | c2rf4m7 | t3_lb1w3 | null | t1_c2rf4m7 | t1_c2rf0nn | null | 1427730519 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | _georgesim_ | null | It was kind of a joke question, and I'm glad that you answered with "yes" haha. | null | 0 | 1318588538 | False | 0 | c2rf4my | t3_la9wn | null | t1_c2rf4my | t1_c2rel3l | null | 1427730519 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kotzkroete | null | Finally an article that acknowledges his work. | null | 0 | 1318588586 | False | 0 | c2rf4pv | t3_lbs2x | null | t1_c2rf4pv | t3_lbs2x | null | 1427730526 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | G_Morgan | null | By byte boundary I mean 8 byte boundary. I said byte boundary as a generic term. Should have said n byte boundary.
All sorts of allocators can leave you not aligned on a boundary. Although it is probably true we do some non-standard C stuff somewhere. | null | 0 | 1318588594 | False | 0 | c2rf4qi | t3_lb1w3 | null | t1_c2rf4qi | t1_c2rf4m7 | null | 1427730526 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | simonask | null | This is a common misunderstanding: The `register` keyword is *NOT* a storage specifier. It's a hint for the compiler. The compiler may well completely disregard it, if its optimizer deems it reasonable. In other words: Local variables with the `register` keyword in their declaration are still auto storage variables.
L... | null | 0 | 1318588648 | False | 0 | c2rf4ts | t3_lb1w3 | null | t1_c2rf4ts | t1_c2rf0ug | null | 1427730520 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1318588727 | False | 0 | c2rf4yd | t3_lbv9c | null | t1_c2rf4yd | t3_lbv9c | null | 1427730521 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | simonask | null | That's not a language feature, though. It's completely up to the compiler how symbols are named and resolved. | null | 0 | 1318588748 | False | 0 | c2rf4zu | t3_lb1w3 | null | t1_c2rf4zu | t1_c2rf4ig | null | 1427730523 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Gotebe | null | ... that worked! The world is coming to an end! ;-) | null | 0 | 1318588749 | False | 0 | c2rf4zw | t3_lb1w3 | null | t1_c2rf4zw | t1_c2rf0zf | null | 1427730523 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | argv_minus_one | null | This is my follow-up to [an earlier post here](http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/l8l00/you_appear_to_be_advocating_a_new_programming/) with a similar checklist for programming languages. This inspired me to write one about backup systems. | null | 0 | 1318588831 | False | 0 | c2rf54z | t3_lbxbb | null | t1_c2rf54z | t3_lbxbb | null | 1427730523 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dmitry_sychov | null | They are not bad programmers, just an ordinary ones. And to create extraordinary language you should yourself be extraordinary programmer. | null | 0 | 1318588947 | False | 0 | c2rf5bp | t3_l9v2n | null | t1_c2rf5bp | t1_c2r4uro | null | 1427730526 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | IOS is based on OSX which is based on BSD which is a cousin of Linux. It's close enough for the general public. | null | 0 | 1318588993 | False | 0 | c2rf5eb | t3_lbs2x | null | t1_c2rf5eb | t1_c2rf32o | null | 1427730527 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | shevegen | null | Dart is the steaming pile of Google shit.
What ever happened to Google? They used to be innovative... | null | 0 | 1318589017 | False | 0 | c2rf5fu | t3_l8pcc | null | t1_c2rf5fu | t3_l8pcc | null | 1427730527 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1318589041 | False | 0 | c2rf5h6 | t3_lbepd | null | t1_c2rf5h6 | t3_lbepd | null | 1428192373 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dmitry_sychov | null | Lua syntax is too "old" IMO. | null | 0 | 1318589070 | False | 0 | c2rf5iu | t3_l9v2n | null | t1_c2rf5iu | t1_c2r49o8 | null | 1428192373 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | theCroc | null | I think they confused things a bit. iOS is based on BSD which in many ways can be considered "related" to linux but not the same thing. | null | 0 | 1318589170 | False | 0 | c2rf5pa | t3_lbs2x | null | t1_c2rf5pa | t1_c2rf32o | null | 1427730538 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Gotebe | null | >Any major OS is written mostly in C, specifically because it is as close to portable assembly as it gets.
Why would being close to assembly impliy being suited to writing an OS? I see no connection.
I would rather say that one writes an OS in C because C is simple, compilers for it are powerful and abound, and mo... | null | 0 | 1318589265 | False | 0 | c2rf5v4 | t3_lb1w3 | null | t1_c2rf5v4 | t1_c2ravi5 | null | 1427730533 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Pheet | null | Yeah yeah, I know, inconsistency has been my biggest downfall. I will give it another go (it was years since I last tried it). For me, I guess Adobe Reader's appeal is somewhat non-technical.
Last time (again, some years ago) when I did some real hands-on comparisons with different pdf readers, honestly, by far there w... | null | 0 | 1318589275 | False | 0 | c2rf5vo | t3_layaf | null | t1_c2rf5vo | t1_c2rf0wf | null | 1427730533 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Gotebe | null | Performance: C++, but many-other-a-language would merely need a better optimizing compiler.
ABI: C doesn't have it at all (check your standard). ABI is a platform thing, not a language thing. | null | 0 | 1318589422 | False | 0 | c2rf64t | t3_lb1w3 | null | t1_c2rf64t | t1_c2rebq3 | null | 1427730539 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | annoymind | null | No, it doesn't need to be closed-source. Just look at, e.g., Qt or MySQL or other commercial projects that are open source. Release the code under the GPL and sell commercial license that allows closed source linking. If Opera had released the source in the early 2000s, it could have been the browser to challenge IE bu... | null | 0 | 1318589484 | False | 0 | c2rf68n | t3_layaf | null | t1_c2rf68n | t1_c2r8t7e | null | 1427730542 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | zeekar | null | Hardly true. But it is impressive the way C has taken over the world. Consider the Scratch project from MIT - projects are written in Scratch and interpreted by a system written in Smalltalk (Squeak). Squeak itself is written in C. The web version is played in browsers (which are written in C) using a Java or Flas... | null | 0 | 1318589749 | False | 0 | c2rf6oj | t3_la9wn | null | t1_c2rf6oj | t1_c2r41sg | null | 1427730544 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | BuckyDuster | null | That is a good description of his significance to all of computing. | null | 0 | 1318589855 | False | 0 | c2rf6vv | t3_lbs2x | null | t1_c2rf6vv | t3_lbs2x | null | 1427730548 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | root45 | null | I don't read it that way. If you replace the pronouns with their antecedents, I think it's talking about UNIX in both cases.
UNIX's {free, open-source variant, Linux, powers many of the world’s data centers, like those at Google and Amazon,} *and* UNIX's {technology serves as the foundation of operating systems, like ... | null | 0 | 1318589860 | False | 0 | c2rf6w5 | t3_lbs2x | null | t1_c2rf6w5 | t1_c2rf32o | null | 1427730548 | 20 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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