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True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1319354989 | False | 0 | c2tpw8l | t3_ll5d1 | null | t1_c2tpw8l | t1_c2tn2ax | null | 1427770333 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Rotten194 | null | Out of curiosity: if you had already written an algorithm, and readability was a minor concern compared to raw speed, would you go for recursion elimination as an optimization? | null | 0 | 1319355012 | False | 0 | c2tpwaq | t3_llspo | null | t1_c2tpwaq | t1_c2tpput | null | 1427770333 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | wadcann | null | >Const-ness, on the other hand, is supposed to be transitive. Anything accessed through that reference is constant....In C++, the same idea is expressed more simply by a const reference.
Maybe I'm confused here as to your meaning.
/* foo.cc */
#include <stdio.h>
struct MyStruct {
int *no... | null | 0 | 1319355281 | True | 0 | c2tpx1t | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tpx1t | t1_c2tpg6b | null | 1427770340 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ifUreadTHISiWin999 | null | I'm getting my computer science degree, first language we learned in curriculum was java. after learning C/C++, don't really care about java anymore. Learning Python now, and unless I am using java on the job, I probably won't bother with java any more. | null | 0 | 1319355584 | False | 0 | c2tpxw9 | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tpxw9 | t3_lle7t | null | 1427770350 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | FlintGrey | null | Sheesh, such language. Shameful. | null | 0 | 1319355721 | False | 0 | c2tpy9c | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tpy9c | t1_c2tpql8 | null | 1427770355 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | > Java has generics
Still rudimentary when compared to Scheme macros, or C++ templates and constexpressions. | null | 0 | 1319355732 | False | 0 | c2tpyak | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tpyak | t1_c2tpva2 | null | 1427770355 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | crankybadger | null | What Java looks like to me:
com.java.abstractComplaintFactoryBeanClass.createAbstractFactoryBean.createComplaintBean.beginComplaintTransaction() | null | 0 | 1319355873 | False | 0 | c2tpyoj | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tpyoj | t1_c2tpn2y | null | 1428191427 | 53 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Zak | null | You're having an awfully strong emotional reaction to the claim that a language you're not impressed with might be good. Additionally, I think you're setting up some false dilemmas and straw men here.
>"It's super simple" they say! "I can do the same project in 1/10th of the code in one 1/10th of the time!"
Some p... | null | 0 | 1319355904 | False | 0 | c2tpyrh | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tpyrh | t1_c2tpql8 | null | 1427770361 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | machrider | null | Reddiquette: Easy on the downvotes guys.
blueherpderp: Basically this falls into the category of [premature optimization](http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?PrematureOptimization). You should only optimize code (making it more complex or less readable, perhaps) after profiling and determining that this is a useful optimization. ... | null | 0 | 1319355938 | False | 0 | c2tpyuf | t3_llspo | null | t1_c2tpyuf | t1_c2tpmu1 | null | 1427770362 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | crankybadger | null | C has been around forever, and like Latin it will endure for decades to come. It has a concise syntax that doesn't obscure the problem, and that problem is that **C is a fucking pain in the ass to write properly**.
| null | 0 | 1319356033 | False | 0 | c2tpz4i | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tpz4i | t1_c2tpvr6 | null | 1427770366 | 20 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kraemahz | null | Python is the sexy redhead who you could fuck around with for hours and hours, not get anything done, and enjoy every minute of it. You thought she was a little slow at first, but then realize she's figured out how to get everyone else to do all the hard work for her. | null | 0 | 1319356122 | False | 0 | c2tpzcg | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tpzcg | t1_c2tpt10 | null | 1427770369 | 22 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ifUreadTHISiWin999 | null | I am far from an expert programmer, but Java is a great starter language for first time programmers. By running inside the Java Virtual World, you can learn fundamentals of programming and computing without the worrying about the lack of said "safety" features in C/C++. One thing that helped me was our professor has ma... | null | 0 | 1319356133 | False | 0 | c2tpzdi | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tpzdi | t1_c2tpva2 | null | 1427770369 | -2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | wadcann | null | Yeah, I guess that Python might be the best choice of the available languages for teaching. It really galls me that I can't think of a statically-typed language, though.
Python has some big pluses:
* It's everywhere. Good library support, won't vanish in a year or two.
* It doesn't require use of a lot of extraneo... | null | 0 | 1319356137 | False | 0 | c2tpzdv | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tpzdv | t1_c2to2qt | null | 1427770369 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | I_Downvote_Cunts | null | Dude I get your point and I actually agree with it. But could you please not be so hostile. | null | 0 | 1319356213 | False | 0 | c2tpzky | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tpzky | t1_c2tpql8 | null | 1427770372 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | wadcann | null | Yeah, though that's also compressed, and I dunno what l312 was measuring. | null | 0 | 1319356270 | False | 0 | c2tpzqp | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tpzqp | t1_c2tpsft | null | 1427770374 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | crankybadger | null | Java is like C++ without all the fun and without all the performance. Java is fast now, surely, but C++ has gotten faster, too, in the same period of time.
If you want something straight-forward and easy to engage with, C# does a better job than Java does, but it's a dangerous game to bank on Microsoft's technology as... | null | 0 | 1319356322 | False | 0 | c2tpzvq | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tpzvq | t1_c2tnnfx | null | 1427770376 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | > I've followed the TIOBE index for some years, and I've used it professionally in proposing candidate languages for customers who wanted to translate old software into a modern language.
Huh? Why? | null | 0 | 1319356437 | False | 0 | c2tq06a | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tq06a | t3_lle7t | null | 1427770379 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1319356568 | False | 0 | c2tq0ha | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tq0ha | t1_c2tpa7b | null | 1427770390 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | wadcann | null | >I am far from an expert programmer, but Java is a great starter language for first time programmers.
I'm actually really not very happy with Java as a teaching language, but then...I've got gripes with pretty much everything out there.
Java forces a *lot* of syntax and concepts on a new programmer to get up-and-r... | null | 0 | 1319356737 | False | 0 | c2tq0xm | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tq0xm | t1_c2tpzdi | null | 1427770391 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mooli | null | Because with hibernate I never have to write any data access code, I get stuff like caching and conditional updates for free, and my app is deployed on 5 different databases in production with no code changes.
I don't know why you *wouldn't* use hibernate. | null | 0 | 1319356742 | False | 0 | c2tq0y2 | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tq0y2 | t1_c2tpw6e | null | 1427770393 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ReddiquetteAdvisor | null | "Without templates, how can I simplify repetitive tasks?" | null | 0 | 1319356785 | False | 0 | c2tq11q | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tq11q | t1_c2to5d3 | null | 1427770394 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | tsotha | null | That's my contention. I don't need to hire Rembrandt to paint my house. | null | 0 | 1319356799 | False | 0 | c2tq132 | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tq132 | t1_c2tpe0m | null | 1427770394 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ifUreadTHISiWin999 | null | I actually had a class in which we learned some scheme, prolog, and smalltalk. If I had to choose one language now though, it would be c/c++ just because of the sheer power behind these language. What language would you suggest for intro level classes? | null | 0 | 1319357012 | False | 0 | c2tq1mj | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tq1mj | t1_c2tq0xm | null | 1427770398 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mooli | null | But then C++ templates don't have an equivalent to the *extends* keyword in java generics which is a pain in the ass. | null | 0 | 1319357214 | False | 0 | c2tq23z | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tq23z | t1_c2tpyak | null | 1427770405 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mikaelhg | null | It saves complexity, _if you understand exactly how it works, including the internal caching_. Or if your problem is so trivial that even the most naive solution doesn't really inconvenience anybody. | null | 0 | 1319357328 | False | 0 | c2tq2e5 | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tq2e5 | t1_c2tpw6e | null | 1427770410 | 16 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Magnesus | null | I think C++ likes me. | null | 0 | 1319357448 | False | 0 | c2tq2og | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tq2og | t1_c2tp2zb | null | 1427770413 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Magnesus | null | I quite like programming for Android in Java. API is not great but with some libraries (like libgdx) it's fun. But I really don't care what language I write in. I even wrote in perl at work after an hour of reading what the hell it is. :) | null | 0 | 1319357508 | False | 0 | c2tq2tm | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tq2tm | t1_c2to1u0 | null | 1427770414 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | wadcann | null | >I actually had a class in which we learned some scheme, prolog, and smalltalk.
Scheme really isn't a bad choice; it's just a bummer that people probably aren't going to go do a lot in Lisp-looking languages afterwards.
AFAIK, Prolog is only really used for special problem domains. I was playing around with it th... | null | 0 | 1319357599 | False | 0 | c2tq31p | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tq31p | t1_c2tq1mj | null | 1427770418 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Sorry, I was slightly drunk. That went a bit over the board. | null | 0 | 1319357600 | False | 0 | c2tq31r | t3_lg661 | null | t1_c2tq31r | t1_c2tltlr | null | 1427770418 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Magnesus | null | Yeah, PHP is good enough. They could easily make it much better by making new OO libraries (leaving compatibility mode for older apps). | null | 0 | 1319357619 | False | 0 | c2tq33d | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tq33d | t1_c2toe7u | null | 1427770418 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Nebu | null | >> HTML 5/javascript
> I'm not sure what your point is here. Is it that you can make cool/big stuff with a bad language? What does that have to do with whether another language is good?
My interpretation of his point is "Let's come up with a metric for determining how 'good' a language is. My proposed metric ... | null | 0 | 1319357640 | False | 0 | c2tq35e | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tq35e | t1_c2tpyrh | null | 1427770428 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mikaelhg | null | > ... shut the fuck up till you have something worthwhile.
That's not how marketing works. To get to a point where this would be feasible, they have to grow their numbers, and this means barefaced lying to the gullible, which is what I personally can't stomach in those communities.
Otherwise, I'd be happy to see a... | null | 0 | 1319357664 | True | 0 | c2tq37a | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tq37a | t1_c2tpql8 | null | 1428191424 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | javajunkie314 | null | In this case, your class is not enforcing the constant constraint. It doesn't consider the data referenced by `non_const_transitive_ref` to be part of its state. It could be pretty easily modified to do so by making the field private and adding accessor methods. I know it's a bit annoying, but it's *possible*.
str... | null | 0 | 1319357725 | False | 0 | c2tq3cl | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tq3cl | t1_c2tpx1t | null | 1427770421 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mushishi | null | No, it does not save complexity (you need intimate knowledge as you yourself say). It does make code short and *look* simple. A recent talk actually might give some feeling what's the general problem with this kind of a framework http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Simple-Made-Easy
If your solution is naive, and it wor... | null | 0 | 1319357799 | False | 0 | c2tq3ik | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tq3ik | t1_c2tq2e5 | null | 1427770423 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Comment_Commander | null | AI is pretty cool but I couldn't help but think he was playing minesweeper. | null | 0 | 1319357900 | False | 0 | c2tq3rn | t3_llsqm | null | t1_c2tq3rn | t3_llsqm | null | 1427770435 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | trades | null | Personally, I would have to weigh the possible complexity/performance gains of the iterative code. I would probably look for any other optimizations first, particularly if the algorithm is embarrassingly recursive. | null | 0 | 1319357986 | True | 0 | c2tq3yp | t3_llspo | null | t1_c2tq3yp | t1_c2tpwaq | null | 1427770431 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | alexeyr | null | 1. It isn't a statement but a question.
2. "I got bored" and "I _think_ it is unbreakable" both seem likely to be true. | null | 0 | 1319358036 | False | 0 | c2tq42s | t3_ll4j8 | null | t1_c2tq42s | t1_c2tmjmh | null | 1427770431 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Nebu | null | > "I can learn a language in a week" is complete bullshit.
> Sure they can write something that works, but a deep understanding of any language takes years.
I think these "I can learn a language in a week" claims are not promising anything further than "I can write something that works." And it's a valuable (in... | null | 0 | 1319358057 | False | 0 | c2tq44m | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tq44m | t1_c2tpkze | null | 1427770433 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | wadcann | null | >It doesn't consider the data referenced by non_const_transitive_ref to be part of its state.
Maybe I'm just not understanding what you mean by transitivity and "accessing through a reference", then; I'm pretty sure that most people would call that not supporting const transitivity.
But in any event, if that's all... | null | 0 | 1319358092 | False | 0 | c2tq47y | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tq47y | t1_c2tq3cl | null | 1427770433 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mikaelhg | null | Not only that, but when you _do_ hire Rembrandts to paint your house, the end result is rarely a well and uniformly painted house. | null | 0 | 1319358136 | False | 0 | c2tq4b9 | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tq4b9 | t1_c2tq132 | null | 1427770434 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Nebu | null | > I think that if you bet your programming career on a particular language, you have a lot to worry about. A good programmer with some breadth of experience should be able to pick up most languages in a week
On the other hand, some people are simply not smart enough to become good programmers. Rather than picking a... | null | 0 | 1319358176 | False | 0 | c2tq4ef | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tq4ef | t1_c2tnix1 | null | 1427770435 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | heathkit | null | I'm so sick of these hand-wringing "is my language popular enough" type articles. I feel like I've been seeing them for the past 10 years. It's stupid because once you know one programming language really well, you should be able to be conversant in just about anything in a few weeks, couple months max. Sure there ar... | null | 0 | 1319358369 | False | 0 | c2tq4tp | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tq4tp | t3_lle7t | null | 1427770441 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | alexeyr | null | Well, the assumption
> Given that any recursive function can be written using a while loop with O(1) memory bounds
is completely wrong. Otherwise, you could write your favorite algorithm which requires O(2^n) memory, add a recursive call to it, and it's now magically convertible to O(1) memory use!
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True | mushishi | null | In my opinion, it's an unnecessary indirection layer that is not semantically very clear, and that does not fit well on top of SQL. SQL in itself is quite nice for data handling, and has a lot of literature and is tested by time. Dealing with SQL is transparent which is important in the case of problems.
In compariso... | null | 0 | 1319358440 | True | 0 | c2tq4zd | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tq4zd | t1_c2tq0y2 | null | 1427770443 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mikaelhg | null | > You cannot just discount reality.
You must be new on Reddit. | null | 0 | 1319358509 | False | 0 | c2tq55n | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tq55n | t1_c2tpbdd | null | 1427770456 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mikaelhg | null | And you say that as if it wasn't a joke for people who understand the wider aspects of software development, such as project staffing, risk management, or investment alignment. | null | 0 | 1319358782 | False | 0 | c2tq5tf | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tq5tf | t1_c2tngbx | null | 1427770459 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Flarelocke | null | Twitter's backend is written in Scala. Is that not a big enough project for you? | null | 0 | 1319358829 | False | 0 | c2tq5x2 | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tq5x2 | t1_c2tpiql | null | 1427770459 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mikaelhg | null | There's a new generation coming to the profession who has yet to learn about vendor lock-in, since their forebears did a pretty reasonable job of eradicating it in many areas. | null | 0 | 1319358842 | False | 0 | c2tq5y4 | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tq5y4 | t1_c2tmf1p | null | 1427770459 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | benfitzg | null | Ah was this commits. Hmm. Not sure how I feel about how meaningful that is. Sometimes I commit a lot sometimes a little. Still, thanks for pointing that out. | null | 0 | 1319359282 | False | 0 | c2tq6ye | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tq6ye | t1_c2tn7g1 | null | 1427770468 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Type erasure on generics is too limiting and D/Nemerle and other modern languages are exciting and pleasant to work with whilst Java is rather verbose.
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True | gdr | null | Damn, they were supposed to email me when the course start, and they didn't. Thank you Reddit! | null | 0 | 1319359301 | False | 0 | c2tq708 | t3_llsqm | null | t1_c2tq708 | t3_llsqm | null | 1427770468 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | javajunkie314 | null | You're right; transitive might not be the right word to use here. I mean to say that objects know whether they are const or not. It might not have been the correct call for C++ not to pass const-ness on to pointers and references. The D programming language has that (might be where I was remembering transitive const fr... | null | 0 | 1319359600 | True | 0 | c2tq7nx | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tq7nx | t1_c2tq47y | null | 1427770477 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | sunnyps | null | You should consider cross-posting this to /r/math. The algorithms that are used in sympy require a good understanding of abstract algebra and is right up /r/math's alley. | null | 0 | 1319359633 | False | 0 | c2tq7qh | t3_lkszr | null | t1_c2tq7qh | t3_lkszr | null | 1427770479 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1319359654 | False | 0 | c2tq7s1 | t3_llspo | null | t1_c2tq7s1 | t3_llspo | null | 1427770479 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Is there a good reason to use functions or objects, despite the drawbacks? | null | 0 | 1319359698 | False | 0 | c2tq7v3 | t3_llspo | null | t1_c2tq7v3 | t1_c2tpmu1 | null | 1427770480 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | gasche | null | You can even be finer by locally seeing an array as a "Sink" (write-only) or "Source" (read-only), with the correct variance rules, contravariant and covariant respectively. | null | 0 | 1319359775 | False | 0 | c2tq81z | t3_lkmhy | null | t1_c2tq81z | t1_c2tppiy | null | 1427770483 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mcandre | null | Awesome! Is there a command line way to make Mac PKG installers? | null | 0 | 1319359983 | False | 0 | c2tq8j0 | t3_ljx07 | null | t1_c2tq8j0 | t1_c2tiofg | null | 1427770489 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1319359998 | False | 0 | c2tq8kd | t3_llkkn | null | t1_c2tq8kd | t3_llkkn | null | 1427770489 | -24 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | sam_weller | null | The programming reddit is for links and discussion about programming – not just for news. | null | 0 | 1319360086 | False | 0 | c2tq8qz | t3_lkszr | null | t1_c2tq8qz | t1_c2too0v | null | 1427770492 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ssbr | null | Try changing the default across all the major OSes in various circumstances, without accidentally segfaulting somewhere.
(It's pretty difficult. If there were an appreciably higher maximum they could set it to, they would have.)
In the area of recursion, Python _is_ a toy. Then again, recursion is kinda overrated any... | null | 0 | 1319360150 | False | 0 | c2tq8vo | t3_llspo | null | t1_c2tq8vo | t1_c2tq7s1 | null | 1427770493 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | rmxz | null | C ?
It's still more run-anywhere than Java ever was - from 8-bit-CPUs to odd 20-bit and 24-bit processors. | null | 0 | 1319360618 | False | 0 | c2tq9tj | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tq9tj | t1_c2tpecu | null | 1427770509 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | rabidcow | null | > The problem is that final fields only protect that field
Specifically, final can only be applied to values and objects aren't values.
> Const-ness, on the other hand, is supposed to be transitive. Anything accessed through that reference is constant.
That's not quite it. `const Foo &` makes the *object* ... | null | 0 | 1319360830 | False | 0 | c2tqa97 | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tqa97 | t1_c2tpg6b | null | 1427770520 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1319361124 | False | 0 | c2tqavw | t3_ll5d1 | null | t1_c2tqavw | t1_c2tl4n3 | null | 1427770523 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | TIOBE rankings are based on search engine popularity and C might be spiking for reasons like people googling "Dennis Ritchie C founder". | null | 0 | 1319361270 | False | 0 | c2tqb74 | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tqb74 | t3_lle7t | null | 1427770523 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | zingmars | null | https://www.ai-class.com/home/
You can see all these videos here, together with some quiz-like thingies.
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True | Carnagh | null | The writer of the article can't decide whether he means developers or employers. | null | 0 | 1319361327 | False | 0 | c2tqbbd | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tqbbd | t1_c2tm5ll | null | 1427770526 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | But why not use the normal Applicative application and make Validation require a Semigroup? | null | 0 | 1319361401 | False | 0 | c2tqbh9 | t3_ljm3k | null | t1_c2tqbh9 | t3_ljm3k | null | 1427770527 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Taladar | null | Choosing Java for a project right now means you will have to staff it with people who have absolutely no interest in improving their toolset or with those economically forced into the job you offer them, the former is not exactly the kind of programmer who can carry a project in the long term, the latter will be gone a... | null | 0 | 1319361657 | False | 0 | c2tqbzf | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tqbzf | t1_c2tq5tf | null | 1427770541 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | stef13013 | null | Agree,
Almost all "modern" IT is based on C.
So it is pretty useless (should I say illogical) to say "C is dead, C sucks, too old, too too..."
You cannot repudiate your parents. | null | 0 | 1319361675 | False | 0 | c2tqc0c | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tqc0c | t1_c2tm5ll | null | 1427770541 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dzkn | null | What was it that caused a spike in Python while Java dropped hard in 2004-2005? | null | 0 | 1319361823 | False | 0 | c2tqc9q | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tqc9q | t3_lle7t | null | 1427770539 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | i_dont_know | null | I am also in an intro to programming Java class (Is your teacher James Cross?), where we are using jGrasp, and I am not a fan. jGrasp has two things going for it and not much else--an interactions pane, and live, animated visualizations of data structures.
Eclipse, while *far* from perfect, is a much more powerful IDE... | null | 0 | 1319361868 | False | 0 | c2tqccl | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tqccl | t1_c2tpzdi | null | 1427770541 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | bigdood69 | null | you dont appear to understand git or github. If github goes down you keep working on your local copy, and so does everyone else. When github goes back up, guess what? you can then push/pull/rebase/merge eachother's changes again. That is the whole point of distributed source control - It's not a big deal if github goes... | null | 0 | 1319361903 | False | 0 | c2tqcfo | t3_lks6n | null | t1_c2tqcfo | t1_c2tkoc9 | null | 1427770543 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | stef13013 | null | Java has been the proving ground of OOP evangelists for a while.
Since they changed the Java ecosystem into a big whole nonsense.
The language itself is cooler than C++, but all the APIs around it suck hard (complex, verbose, too many API, ...)
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True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1319362027 | False | 0 | c2tqcov | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tqcov | t3_lle7t | null | 1427770544 | -5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Explicit stack is slower than implicit.
And what's wrong with segfaulting on stack overflow? That's the way all other languages handle it. | null | 0 | 1319362105 | False | 0 | c2tqcve | t3_llspo | null | t1_c2tqcve | t1_c2tq8vo | null | 1427770546 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | korny | null | Yep. I was thrilled to move to Java from years of C++, and before that C. Automated garbage collection, without any horrible auto_ptr stuff? Built in cross-platform gui tooling? And later on, the magic of reflection and generics...
Mind you, now I've moved on again, to a range of newer languages (as suits the envir... | null | 0 | 1319362262 | False | 0 | c2tqd71 | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tqd71 | t1_c2tpecu | null | 1428191422 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Why use the GPL? Feed your ego! | null | 0 | 1319362273 | False | 0 | c2tqd7u | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2tqd7u | t3_llw0s | null | 1427770551 | -26 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Rhomboid | null | Things aren't all that different. The main difference is the [ABI](http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.x86-64.org%2Fdocumentation%2Fabi.pdf), which defines things like calling conventions, alignment requirements, etc. As you can see on p20, integer arguments (this includes pointers) are passed in regis... | null | 0 | 1319362313 | False | 0 | c2tqdaq | t3_lkz7j | null | t1_c2tqdaq | t1_c2tk8mm | null | 1427770552 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dx_xb | null | I'm intrigued by the notion of a 'code vase'. | null | 0 | 1319362411 | False | 0 | c2tqdi6 | t3_lks6n | null | t1_c2tqdi6 | t1_c2tl5tg | null | 1427770564 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1319362904 | True | 0 | c2tqef2 | t3_llsyw | null | t1_c2tqef2 | t3_llsyw | null | 1427770571 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kamatsu | null | Parametric polymorphism came from ML, and that's in really mainstream languages now like C++ and Java. | null | 0 | 1319363810 | False | 0 | c2tqg49 | t3_lkpil | null | t1_c2tqg49 | t1_c2tkbgs | null | 1427770588 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1319363815 | False | 0 | c2tqg4q | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2tqg4q | t1_c2tqd7u | null | 1427770588 | 26 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ErstwhileRockstar | null | If you worked with both you would think differently. | null | 0 | 1319363823 | False | 0 | c2tqg55 | t3_ljxdz | null | t1_c2tqg55 | t1_c2tig70 | null | 1427770589 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | enry_straker | null | Pithy yet laughable.
Every language is an abstraction over something. Languages Evolve. Complaining about over abstraction can be taken all the way to C. I remember the number of assembly coders who refused to even consider C due to over abstraction and poor performance. Yet the world moved past us dinosaurs. That's l... | null | 0 | 1319363907 | False | 0 | c2tqgag | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tqgag | t1_c2tpvr6 | null | 1427770590 | 14 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | j4n0 | null | This essay was discussed some time ago at Hacker News, http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=703086 . | null | 0 | 1319364012 | False | 0 | c2tqghj | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2tqghj | t3_llw0s | null | 1427770593 | 22 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Who the fuck cares? It's about the code, not your damn pride. | null | 0 | 1319364118 | False | 0 | c2tqgoj | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2tqgoj | t1_c2tqg4q | null | 1427770596 | -12 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ErstwhileRockstar | null | His argument is based on the "unwritten contract", the unwritten reciprocity of Open Source. But this 'contract' has never existed. As OS developer you do it ["Just For Fun"](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_for_Fun) - and don't complain afterwards. | null | 0 | 1319364422 | False | 0 | c2tqh7w | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2tqh7w | t3_llw0s | null | 1427770604 | -21 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Shaw seems a bit bitter ... feeling his internet fame should count for something in the real world. In the real world, we are all just nameless programmers who have to prove our worth every day. Deal with it, I'd say. | null | 0 | 1319364491 | False | 0 | c2tqhdl | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2tqhdl | t3_llw0s | null | 1427770612 | -26 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | stef13013 | null | I'm concerned, do you think Qt is dying ? | null | 0 | 1319364518 | False | 0 | c2tqhfb | t3_ljtxb | null | t1_c2tqhfb | t3_ljtxb | null | 1427770612 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | xmsxms | null | java is archaic and stupid because fuck you that's why | null | 0 | 1319364663 | False | 0 | c2tqhot | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tqhot | t3_lle7t | null | 1427770609 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Why opensource it in the first place then ? | null | 0 | 1319365037 | False | 0 | c2tqick | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2tqick | t1_c2tqg4q | null | 1427770617 | -11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | A1kmm | null | Except that the GPL doesn't actually stop anyone from using a piece of software in a web startup if it is purely server side and not distributed to anyone.
Maybe the AGPL would work better for him? | null | 0 | 1319365150 | False | 0 | c2tqijn | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2tqijn | t3_llw0s | null | 1427770621 | 25 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | henk53 | null | >bloated "app servers",
There is a strong trend in slimming down those app servers.
The current crop is between 25 and 80MB download size, and is simply a full-stack solution: it contains everything the majority of web applications need anyway: a web framework, a persistence solution, a transaction coordinator etc... | null | 0 | 1319365610 | False | 0 | c2tqje6 | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tqje6 | t1_c2to1u0 | null | 1427770631 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | bartwe | null | Reminds me of something i read, can't remember where:
In the end opensource is wealth destruction.
The developers can't get paid for their work so they give it away. | null | 0 | 1319365819 | False | 0 | c2tqjrd | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2tqjrd | t3_llw0s | null | 1427770636 | -20 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | You are part of the problem. | null | 0 | 1319365819 | False | 0 | c2tqjre | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2tqjre | t1_c2tqhdl | null | 1427770636 | 27 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1319365933 | False | 0 | c2tqjy6 | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2tqjy6 | t1_c2tqjre | null | 1427770639 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | > In the end opensource is wealth destruction.
wat | null | 0 | 1319365935 | False | 0 | c2tqjyc | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2tqjyc | t1_c2tqjrd | null | 1427770639 | 16 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | I think they fixed that loophole in the latest version. | null | 0 | 1319365975 | False | 0 | c2tqk0i | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2tqk0i | t1_c2tqijn | null | 1427770639 | -6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Because it's *useful* to other people and you are not a sociopathic fuckass. | null | 0 | 1319366014 | False | 0 | c2tqk32 | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2tqk32 | t1_c2tqick | null | 1427770640 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | henk53 | null | I saves a MASSIVE amount of complexity!
Before we switched to JPA (Hibernate) we had all our persistence code in JDBC. Constantly converting back and forth between objects and resultsets/prepared statements cluttered the code immensely. DAOs were huge verbose things.
I'm not even talking about transaction handling an... | null | 0 | 1319366096 | False | 0 | c2tqk8b | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tqk8b | t1_c2tq3ik | null | 1427770642 | 15 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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