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True | tanishaj | null | Try Firefox 7. Vastly improved. More room to go though. | null | 0 | 1314925142 | False | 0 | c2gw4a9 | t3_k11yc | null | t1_c2gw4a9 | t1_c2grxow | null | 1427548335 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | capnrefsmmat | null | The people working on MemShrink, like Nicholas Nethercote, don't work on HTML or CSS or anything like that in Mozilla.
The MemShrink project has been active for several months now. The issue is Firefox's current release schedule puts two releases between when a non-urgent issue is fixed and when it makes it to release... | null | 0 | 1314925237 | False | 0 | c2gw4nl | t3_k11yc | null | t1_c2gw4nl | t1_c2gvlev | null | 1427548336 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | tanishaj | null | You are also just saying what they did in the past.
So, my question to you is "so what?"
You are correct, they have ignored memory too long. Thankfully, they are not doing that anymore and they have made amazing progress. In my experience, Firefox 7 is much better and more stable than 3, 4, 5, or 6.
Also, as a bit o... | null | 0 | 1314925460 | False | 0 | c2gw5mw | t3_k11yc | null | t1_c2gw5mw | t1_c2gvlev | null | 1427548349 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | tanishaj | null | Really? Doing the same myself, I find that hard to believe.
Do you only run with one tab open at a time and for a site that does not use JavaScript or something?
Memory usage is dramatically improved for one thing. | null | 0 | 1314925695 | False | 0 | c2gw6n2 | t3_k11yc | null | t1_c2gw6n2 | t1_c2gs4v7 | null | 1427548362 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | trs21219 | null | the one thing that is different is that there are no "releases" with github-flow because they release so often it would be a pain. instead they just merge develop to master and skip the intermediary release branch. | null | 0 | 1314925884 | False | 0 | c2gw7dz | t3_k0dpk | null | t1_c2gw7dz | t1_c2gsnhs | null | 1427548372 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | devynci | null | It looks like you can only choose one. | null | 0 | 1314926006 | False | 0 | c2gw7wc | t3_k0q6s | null | t1_c2gw7wc | t1_c2gur0r | null | 1427548379 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | harlows_monkeys | null | > And all of that is not withstanding the legal implications of not defending patent infringement against company A but defending company B
The legal implications aren't too bad for the patent owner. Basically, if you have good reason to believe A is infringing your patent and you unreasonably delay taking action t... | null | 0 | 1314926107 | False | 0 | c2gw8cl | t3_k11cr | null | t1_c2gw8cl | t1_c2gsj9e | null | 1427548385 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | addandsubtract | null | Unit tests to the rescue! | null | 0 | 1314926121 | False | 0 | c2gw8ej | t3_k1lj4 | null | t1_c2gw8ej | t1_c2gvgmh | null | 1427548385 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | __s | null | http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/88819 | null | 0 | 1314926186 | False | 0 | c2gw8p9 | t3_k0pdk | null | t1_c2gw8p9 | t1_c2gvbxk | null | 1427548390 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cybercobra | null | In fact, several, each inadequate and eccentric in their own way. | null | 0 | 1314926440 | False | 0 | c2gw9pv | t3_k1lj4 | null | t1_c2gw9pv | t1_c2guvg9 | null | 1427548402 | 40 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | distortednet | null | BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE! ORDER NOW AND RECEIVE TWO, YES TWO FREE CANS OF AJAX | null | 0 | 1314926953 | False | 0 | c2gwbuj | t3_k1lj4 | null | t1_c2gwbuj | t1_c2gvg14 | null | 1427548432 | 29 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | tangra_and_tma | null | I've only released it to a handful of friends; I can send you a copy of the stable branch (warning though: it's kinda far behind what I've been working on, and some things are half-baked in this branch). If you want, PM me your email address & I'll send you a copy. | null | 0 | 1314927507 | False | 0 | c2gwe7k | t3_jzeoz | null | t1_c2gwe7k | t1_c2gptlq | null | 1427548461 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | twomz | null | Dammit, now we're gonna have to upgrade... we were suppose to release our web app next Tuesday :(. Maybe there won't be any new bugs...? (that and JQM beta 3 will probably come out the day after we get the webapp out... /sigh, at least its still 'beta') | null | 0 | 1314927598 | False | 0 | c2gwel0 | t3_k1lj4 | null | t1_c2gwel0 | t3_k1lj4 | null | 1427548466 | -10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | tenfef | null | About time to upgrade I think.
Currently using 1.4.4 any obvious things I need to look out for/test when upgrading?
Edit: First thing I found is as of 1.6 attr() now returns undefined instead of an empty string if it can't find it.
Hopefully not too annoying to fix. | null | 0 | 1314927751 | True | 0 | c2gwf6j | t3_k1lj4 | null | t1_c2gwf6j | t3_k1lj4 | null | 1427548474 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | aaronla | null | Let me say it differently for tinou; sound vs unsound can have such impact, especially the degree to which unsound types permit aliasing. | null | 0 | 1314927773 | False | 0 | c2gwf99 | t3_k11yc | null | t1_c2gwf99 | t1_c2gqp4d | null | 1427548474 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | benl23 | null | You are looking at a finite state machine **right now**. | null | 0 | 1314927858 | False | 0 | c2gwfke | t3_k12ka | null | t1_c2gwfke | t1_c2gr16c | null | 1427548479 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | psych0fish | null | It's terrible that I am still using 1.2.6 in some web apps | null | 0 | 1314928095 | False | 0 | c2gwgkw | t3_k1lj4 | null | t1_c2gwgkw | t3_k1lj4 | null | 1427548494 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jayssite | null | Actually, you don't have to upgrade yet... | null | 0 | 1314928225 | False | 0 | c2gwh4d | t3_k1lj4 | null | t1_c2gwh4d | t1_c2gwel0 | null | 1427548500 | 12 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mithrasinvictus | null | You might be interested in this update:
http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2011/09/safari-users-still-susceptible-to-attacks-using-fake-diginotar-certs.ars | null | 0 | 1314928544 | False | 0 | c2gwiia | t3_jya5h | null | t1_c2gwiia | t1_c2g4dkw | null | 1427548517 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | otakucode | null | I thought I had read a LONG time ago, perhaps a decade or more, that Intel sold chips with legit hardware random generators and some other very basic instruction only to US intelligence agencies, and they disabled this functionality in consumer chips in order to make strong crypto slower... am I just imagining this? A... | null | 0 | 1314928582 | False | 0 | c2gwio5 | t3_k0y50 | null | t1_c2gwio5 | t3_k0y50 | null | 1427548520 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | conjury | null | Where to start...
p1. State machines are easy to specify... incorrectly.
p2. State machines are easy to modify... incorrectly.
p3. State machines can be table-driven, making very flexible... when combined at runtime with a just-in-time table compiler, which means a language that makes it easy to specify and modify t... | null | 0 | 1314928589 | False | 0 | c2gwipc | t3_k12ka | null | t1_c2gwipc | t1_c2gt7j5 | null | 1427548520 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Seriously, jQuery team. Just in case you did not know. You changed web development... a pretty cool achievement. | null | 0 | 1314928931 | False | 0 | c2gwk49 | t3_k1lj4 | null | t1_c2gwk49 | t3_k1lj4 | null | 1427548538 | 49 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | aaronla | null | Not all correct programs are well typed. | null | 0 | 1314928944 | False | 0 | c2gwk63 | t3_k11yc | null | t1_c2gwk63 | t1_c2grvr3 | null | 1427548538 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | sedaak | null | Because companies certify based on Major version number.
A fast moving major version number makes Firefox effectively impossible to sanction for broad corporate use. The time it takes to validate is longer than the major version cycle time. | null | 0 | 1314929202 | False | 0 | c2gwl8x | t3_k11yc | null | t1_c2gwl8x | t1_c2gsvoz | null | 1427548552 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | sedaak | null | LOL | null | 0 | 1314929259 | False | 0 | c2gwli6 | t3_k11yc | null | t1_c2gwli6 | t1_c2gvemm | null | 1427548556 | -3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | sedaak | null | Process per tab? Even IE8 had that. | null | 0 | 1314929311 | False | 0 | c2gwlqg | t3_k11yc | null | t1_c2gwlqg | t1_c2gujus | null | 1427548559 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ivquatch | null | I disagree. REST is a state representation, but most of the user state should be handled by the client rather than the server. The server should exists to retrieve resources mainly. The fact that most web applications are state machines where transitions are handled by the server is out-moded and will change in the nea... | null | 0 | 1314929369 | False | 0 | c2gwlz1 | t3_k12ka | null | t1_c2gwlz1 | t1_c2gw1oj | null | 1427548562 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | rawlyn | null | Don't be silly. Everyone knows the random number is 4. | null | 0 | 1314929778 | False | 0 | c2gwnm7 | t3_k0y50 | null | t1_c2gwnm7 | t1_c2grum7 | null | 1427548583 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | DrReddits | null | syntax coloring works fine for me.
one thing i wish it has that xcode 3.x had is find symbols. | null | 0 | 1314929866 | False | 0 | c2gwnz5 | t3_k1t82 | null | t1_c2gwnz5 | t3_k1t82 | null | 1427548588 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | tau-lepton | null | So? | null | 0 | 1314929903 | False | 0 | c2gwo4p | t3_k11yc | null | t1_c2gwo4p | t1_c2gura8 | null | 1427548591 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1314929953 | False | 0 | c2gwocb | t3_k1lj4 | null | t1_c2gwocb | t1_c2gujm0 | null | 1427548593 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | aaronla | null | > are often those that don't like to write tests.
I think you're encountering sampling bias. People with their heads in the sand are less likely to try new things. That includes trying dynamic languages, or anything other than the established language in their field. They are also less likely to have tried unit te... | null | 0 | 1314930098 | False | 0 | c2gwowc | t3_k11yc | null | t1_c2gwowc | t1_c2gvoxu | null | 1427548601 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | tenfef | null | I guess if it's not broke don't fix it right? | null | 0 | 1314930100 | False | 0 | c2gwowk | t3_k1lj4 | null | t1_c2gwowk | t1_c2gwgkw | null | 1427548601 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | tanishaj | null | Why should it when you can get actual people to do that for free? | null | 0 | 1314930269 | False | 0 | c2gwpnb | t3_k1lj4 | null | t1_c2gwpnb | t1_c2gujm0 | null | 1427548614 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | tanishaj | null | I have never contemplated the scoping of kittens. Thanks for that. | null | 0 | 1314930369 | False | 0 | c2gwq2a | t3_k1lj4 | null | t1_c2gwq2a | t1_c2gvrs4 | null | 1427548626 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mernen | null | [They're working on it.](https://wiki.mozilla.org/Features/Add-ons/Add-ons_Default_to_Compatible) | null | 0 | 1314930388 | False | 0 | c2gwq55 | t3_k11yc | null | t1_c2gwq55 | t1_c2gw250 | null | 1428195730 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | MrSpontaneous | null | Pretty easy.
var title = $(elem).attr('title') || '';
Null coalescing FTW.
| null | 0 | 1314930412 | False | 0 | c2gwq8f | t3_k1lj4 | null | t1_c2gwq8f | t1_c2gwf6j | null | 1427548619 | 12 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jtdc | null | At least in JS the one true brace position debate has been settled.. | null | 0 | 1314930434 | False | 0 | c2gwqby | t3_k1lj4 | null | t1_c2gwqby | t1_c2gvrs4 | null | 1427548621 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | tanishaj | null | Why is it good practice?
If you specify the whole version number with a CDN, it will never change on you and introduce features or bugs. This is the same for Google and Microsoft.
If you use a CDN, the browser will cache it. The next site that uses the same version from the same CDN gets JQuery for zero bandwidth/lat... | null | 0 | 1314930590 | False | 0 | c2gwr01 | t3_k1lj4 | null | t1_c2gwr01 | t1_c2gvgmh | null | 1427548634 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | tanishaj | null | Why do you need to upgrade? Are you going to benefit from one of the changes listed in the release notes? | null | 0 | 1314930675 | False | 0 | c2gwre4 | t3_k1lj4 | null | t1_c2gwre4 | t1_c2gwel0 | null | 1427548638 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | tanishaj | null | No. But damn. That is old. | null | 0 | 1314930716 | False | 0 | c2gwrjf | t3_k1lj4 | null | t1_c2gwrjf | t1_c2gwgkw | null | 1427548638 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | tenfef | null | Thanks for this. Nice and clean.
I still have to go through my code rework stuff like:
$('form').attr('method').toLowerCase()
Which currently is breaking.
Still worth it I think for the speed improvements. | null | 0 | 1314930882 | True | 0 | c2gws8z | t3_k1lj4 | null | t1_c2gws8z | t1_c2gwq8f | null | 1427548644 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mernen | null | Apart from the add-ons issue (which is very big in practice), I think the other problem is that they made a big fuss about the new releases. Chrome updates itself silently, and the Chrome team at most writes a blog entry commenting on new features. Firefox, OTOH, has press releases, gets a lot of media coverage (not en... | null | 0 | 1314931059 | False | 0 | c2gwt06 | t3_k11yc | null | t1_c2gwt06 | t1_c2gsvoz | null | 1427548658 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | _SynthesizerPatel_ | null | $("#johnResig").is("myhero"); // evaluates to true | null | 0 | 1314931099 | False | 0 | c2gwt5k | t3_k1lj4 | null | t1_c2gwt5k | t3_k1lj4 | null | 1427548657 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | AndrewNeo | null | One of the more important things I've come across (I find this a huge improvement) is the introduction of [.prop()](http://api.jquery.com/prop/).
It has to do with how some parts of the DOM are handled (properties vs attributes) and basically replaces using attr("checked") == "checked" or attr("checked", "checked") wi... | null | 0 | 1314931111 | False | 0 | c2gwt7c | t3_k1lj4 | null | t1_c2gwt7c | t1_c2gwf6j | null | 1427548658 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | matt4711 | null | I have to say that is some beautiful and clean asm code. | null | 0 | 1314931226 | False | 0 | c2gwtpp | t3_k1z0c | null | t1_c2gwtpp | t3_k1z0c | null | 1427548665 | 17 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cafeaunet | null | Didn't know we could do this in JS. Thanks. Reminds me of the old VB safety (seriously, not trolling) to get values out of nullable database fields. | null | 0 | 1314931319 | False | 0 | c2gwu4l | t3_k1lj4 | null | t1_c2gwu4l | t1_c2gwq8f | null | 1427548674 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | psych0fish | null | More or less. Mostly internal only stuff anyways. For some reason I have older plugins that seem to break when upgrading and just never spent the time to debug it. | null | 0 | 1314931370 | False | 0 | c2gwucx | t3_k1lj4 | null | t1_c2gwucx | t1_c2gwowk | null | 1427548673 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | BathroomEyes | null | Thank you thank you thank you for providing the link with "view all" selected | null | 0 | 1314931411 | False | 0 | c2gwujt | t3_k0y50 | null | t1_c2gwujt | t1_c2gs0pe | null | 1427548675 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1314931417 | False | 0 | c2gwuke | t3_k1lj4 | null | t1_c2gwuke | t1_c2gujm0 | null | 1427548675 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | LiveBackwards | null | I disagree. I use state machines all the time. It's just that when I use them, they are called regular expressions. The reason that most developers don't use non-regex FSMs is because they aren't native to a lot of languages. Developers will (rightfully) take the easiest path to complete a job, and OOP/regexes are almo... | null | 0 | 1314931578 | False | 0 | c2gwv9s | t3_k12ka | null | t1_c2gwv9s | t1_c2gpvdq | null | 1427548685 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | tenfef | null | Thanks for this. I think I'm safe.
I've been using:
$(elem).is(':checked');
Do you think using prop is significantly faster than using is()?
Edit: Ok apparently it's like [10x faster to use prop()](http://jsperf.com/prop-vs-ischecked) | null | 0 | 1314931622 | True | 0 | c2gwvgf | t3_k1lj4 | null | t1_c2gwvgf | t1_c2gwt7c | null | 1427548687 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Syphor | null | There.. was a rather decent version of Quake for the Saturn. Added colored lighting and some other minor things. Lost any multiplayer, though, and it had some bugs here and there. | null | 0 | 1314931650 | False | 0 | c2gwvkm | t3_jyyhu | null | t1_c2gwvkm | t1_c2g8n6j | null | 1427548688 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | LiveBackwards | null | Just for the record: regular expressions are finite state machines. most developers use regular expressions. The reason developers don't use non-regex FSMs is because it's easier (and intelligent) to use the built-in functionality of a language before rolling your own tools. | null | 0 | 1314931908 | False | 0 | c2gwwqh | t3_k12ka | null | t1_c2gwwqh | t3_k12ka | null | 1427548702 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | aazav | null | Hope that jqGrid ends up fixing the bugs on the Mac and the lack of scrollbars on the iPad. | null | 0 | 1314931946 | False | 0 | c2gwww9 | t3_k1lj4 | null | t1_c2gwww9 | t3_k1lj4 | null | 1427548705 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | MoonMonstar | null | And mutually exclusive! | null | 0 | 1314932051 | False | 0 | c2gwxb0 | t3_k1lj4 | null | t1_c2gwxb0 | t1_c2gw9pv | null | 1427548711 | 17 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | >Good luck getting anybody to agree to a standard.
This would be the biggest roadblock in actually making this happen.
>JavaScript is the assembly language of the web
...and javascript is a dynamically-typed language that is now demanding type-inferencing JITters in order to achieve acceptable speeds. This i... | null | 0 | 1314932151 | True | 0 | c2gwxr4 | t3_k11yc | null | t1_c2gwxr4 | t1_c2gvwdd | null | 1427548717 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mc2thaH | null | That does not seem like a safe thing to do... especially since there were breaking changes between 1.5 and 1.6. | null | 0 | 1314932185 | False | 0 | c2gwxwp | t3_k1lj4 | null | t1_c2gwxwp | t1_c2gvlf3 | null | 1427548718 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | anescient | null | [So there was. I'll be damned.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcPPJitxp8I#t=7m30s)
What I said was based on this, from the wiki:
> Also, during testing of an unreleased Quake port for the PlayStation, the Saturn's performance was found to be notably inferior for the game.
... which, actually, I guess, doesn't me... | null | 0 | 1314932230 | False | 0 | c2gwy4e | t3_jyyhu | null | t1_c2gwy4e | t1_c2gwvkm | null | 1427548722 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mc2thaH | null | You should really look at upgrading though (even though it technically works right now.) The performance improvements that have been made since then are astonishing! | null | 0 | 1314932315 | False | 0 | c2gwyhq | t3_k1lj4 | null | t1_c2gwyhq | t1_c2gwucx | null | 1427548734 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Iggyhopper | null | Actually, due to some string parsing in `is`, it is.
`is(<selector>)` is plenty slower when used for property retrieval compared to `prop(<propertyName>)` | null | 0 | 1314932479 | False | 0 | c2gwz5o | t3_k1lj4 | null | t1_c2gwz5o | t1_c2gwvgf | null | 1427548737 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Yup, I wouldn't recommend it either. | null | 0 | 1314932525 | False | 0 | c2gwzcw | t3_k1lj4 | null | t1_c2gwzcw | t1_c2gwxwp | null | 1427548740 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1314932844 | False | 0 | c2gx0od | t3_k0y50 | null | t1_c2gx0od | t3_k0y50 | null | 1427548754 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | keyo_ | null | I wonder how happy Apple will be with this in your app? Didn't they ban Groove-shark? | null | 0 | 1314932867 | False | 0 | c2gx0ry | t3_k0kgs | null | t1_c2gx0ry | t3_k0kgs | null | 1427548756 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | deathwebo | null | And i still can't do Cross Domain Ajax >:[ | null | 0 | 1314933071 | False | 0 | c2gx1n8 | t3_k1lj4 | null | t1_c2gx1n8 | t3_k1lj4 | null | 1427548767 | -12 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mernen | null | They don't call it alpha, it's the "Aurora" channel. I guess WizKidSWE just had a slip, or was confused by the name. | null | 0 | 1314933139 | False | 0 | c2gx1y8 | t3_k11yc | null | t1_c2gx1y8 | t1_c2gvhwj | null | 1427548771 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | rawlyn | null | > Define primes :: [Integer], the list of all primes.
Wouldn't a list of *all* primes be infinite? Is there something obvious I'm missing? | null | 0 | 1314933173 | False | 0 | c2gx23d | t3_k21i7 | null | t1_c2gx23d | t3_k21i7 | null | 1427548773 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | fuzzysarge | null |
Instead of looking at the temp. idea. Lets pretend that you want to give the location of me as I drive from Philly to LA. I am going to be driving a long distance, 9000km. You will measure my distance down to the nearest meter. In theory I could have 9 million different locations that I can be at. But that assumpt... | null | 0 | 1314933516 | False | 0 | c2gx3iu | t3_k0y50 | null | t1_c2gx3iu | t1_c2gqc8y | null | 1427548792 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | >My point was that in my personal opinion, you don't really have to write explicit tests for type safety in a dynamic language
No, you don't, but you'll be encounting more errors at runtime than you would in a strongly-typed language.
>If your test coverage would be 100% (I know, it's rarely, but just in theory... | null | 0 | 1314933649 | False | 0 | c2gx43v | t3_k11yc | null | t1_c2gx43v | t1_c2gvoxu | null | 1427548801 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | alecrn | null | The something is lazy evaluation. Any recursively defined structure, like a linked list, can be an infinite structure in Haskell.
For example, where : is the list construction operator,
ones = 1 : ones
Is the infinite list [1, 1, 1, 1, ...]. In lazy evaluation, your usual value is actually a "thunk," a piece o... | null | 0 | 1314933680 | False | 0 | c2gx49u | t3_k21i7 | null | t1_c2gx49u | t1_c2gx23d | null | 1427548803 | 31 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | orngejaket | null | Probably poorly worded. Must have meant all the primes up to the given parameter. | null | 0 | 1314933765 | False | 0 | c2gx4nz | t3_k21i7 | null | t1_c2gx4nz | t1_c2gx23d | null | 1427548807 | -6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | rawlyn | null | So Haskell can handle numbers up to and including infinity? | null | 0 | 1314933803 | False | 0 | c2gx4uj | t3_k21i7 | null | t1_c2gx4uj | t1_c2gx49u | null | 1427548812 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | DGolden | null | you're a sink | null | 0 | 1314933922 | False | 0 | c2gx5d4 | t3_k1bq3 | null | t1_c2gx5d4 | t3_k1bq3 | null | 1427548818 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | RalfN | null | > This is no trivial undertaking
It's been done often. What you need to do is well document. But it does take quite some work indeed. Mostly because you need very formally oriented programmers. Proof driven design, etc. We don't actually have many of those.
>and will never be possible to optimize to the exten... | null | 0 | 1314933970 | False | 0 | c2gx5k9 | t3_k11yc | null | t1_c2gx5k9 | t1_c2gwxr4 | null | 1427548819 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | DrReddits | null | Looks interesting! Count me in as a new subscriber. | null | 0 | 1314934037 | False | 0 | c2gx5ub | t3_k1zew | null | t1_c2gx5ub | t3_k1zew | null | 1427548822 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | lpsmith | null | Yes or no, depending on what you mean.
"Infinite" is a little bit of a misnomer. "Unbounded" is a bit better: you can define a list that is infinite on some conceptual level, though you can examine only finite prefixes of said list.
And if you use Peano arithmetic, Haskell can define and use infinity:
data ... | null | 0 | 1314934123 | True | 0 | c2gx68a | t3_k21i7 | null | t1_c2gx68a | t1_c2gx4uj | null | 1427548827 | 12 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | >But currently, we have three competing javascript engines that put many statically compiled languages to shame performance wise.
You write me some javascript, I'll write an equivalent solution in Java, and I will win every single time. This is not a hypothetical request, I'm dead serious. | null | 0 | 1314934129 | False | 0 | c2gx697 | t3_k11yc | null | t1_c2gx697 | t1_c2gx5k9 | null | 1427548828 | -2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | RalfN | null | You know you can launch chrome without the tab-isolation functionality right? It sounds like you might prefer it. | null | 0 | 1314934133 | False | 0 | c2gx69p | t3_k11yc | null | t1_c2gx69p | t1_c2gw22g | null | 1427548828 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dmethvin | null | Sounds like you want `$('form').prop('method').toLowerCase()` then; the property is always there but the attribute is only there if the HTML actually has it. The way you can tell if it was specified in HTML is, well, `.attr('method')` returns `undefined` now in 1.6. | null | 0 | 1314934155 | False | 0 | c2gx6d6 | t3_k1lj4 | null | t1_c2gx6d6 | t1_c2gws8z | null | 1427548829 | 13 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Rhomboid | null | If you look at the example given, it's from someone using the hash as selector. Say you have a few sections on the page like `<div id="about">...</div>` and so on, and you want to control one is displayed based on the hash, i.e. if the user loads `http://example.com/#about` you want to run `$("#about").sho... | null | 0 | 1314934202 | False | 0 | c2gx6kt | t3_k1bq3 | null | t1_c2gx6kt | t1_c2gs500 | null | 1427548832 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dmethvin | null | And `elem.checked` is faster still, since it doesn't require any function calls. | null | 0 | 1314934249 | False | 0 | c2gx6tc | t3_k1lj4 | null | t1_c2gx6tc | t1_c2gwvgf | null | 1427548835 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Omikron | null | My app uses a combination of JScrollPane, JQTransform and Jquery 1.5 and I'm having an insanely hard time upgrading to 1.6. Seems like all kinds of shit is broken. | null | 0 | 1314934294 | False | 0 | c2gx712 | t3_k1lj4 | null | t1_c2gx712 | t3_k1lj4 | null | 1427548839 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | aaronblohowiak | null | You seem to be suggesting that the parent is wrong for describing their system as "real-time" in the context of web applications. However, I think you more largely disagree with the use of the term "real-time" in computing to mean anything other than operating under time constraints.
Because of your objection to the ... | null | 0 | 1314934295 | False | 0 | c2gx71b | t3_k1do5 | null | t1_c2gx71b | t1_c2guhbd | null | 1427548839 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | GhostedAccount | null | Not on either machine I use. Same memory usage, same long loading times for no reason. | null | 0 | 1314934382 | False | 0 | c2gx7fh | t3_k11yc | null | t1_c2gx7fh | t1_c2guxqs | null | 1427548844 | -2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Fistdantilus | null | How about they fix the memory leak that still persists? | null | 0 | 1314934421 | False | 0 | c2gx7lp | t3_k11yc | null | t1_c2gx7lp | t3_k11yc | null | 1427548846 | -5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | azakai | null | Hi there, I am a Firefox dev. That is **not** my attitude, and I don't think it is the attitude of any other dev I know.
We are aware there is a serious problem, and are working hard to improve things. The underlying problems are difficult though so it is taking a while.
There was a blogpost today about some updates ... | null | 0 | 1314934554 | False | 0 | c2gx87m | t3_k11yc | null | t1_c2gx87m | t1_c2gw250 | null | 1427548854 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | rawlyn | null | Okay, so "infinity" was a bad choice of words. Putting the pedantry aside, can Haskell handle *any* number, no matter how large?
I'm only really questioning the wording in the question. It seems to me a little over-optimistic to attempt to write a function that can evaluate the primeness of any number, without limit, ... | null | 0 | 1314934648 | False | 0 | c2gx8p3 | t3_k21i7 | null | t1_c2gx8p3 | t1_c2gx68a | null | 1427548860 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Read the post. Nice job.
More importantly, I love how you take feedback on everything from content to typography to being called a serial killer. I want to be like you when I grow up. :-) | null | 0 | 1314934866 | False | 0 | c2gx9n9 | t3_k07at | null | t1_c2gx9n9 | t3_k07at | null | 1427548874 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mgreenbe | null | What, like in [the Swine Before Perl](http://www.cs.brown.edu/~sk/Publications/Talks/SwineBeforePerl/)? | null | 0 | 1314934947 | False | 0 | c2gxa0m | t3_k12ka | null | t1_c2gxa0m | t1_c2gs5f7 | null | 1427548877 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | lpsmith | null | Yes, Haskell's `Integer` type supports arbitrary-precision integers. The Glasgow Haskell Compiler uses the GNU Multi-Precision library. | null | 0 | 1314934977 | True | 0 | c2gxa4t | t3_k21i7 | null | t1_c2gxa4t | t1_c2gx8p3 | null | 1427548879 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | hotdogs_the_hacker | null | I don't know why you're singling out Perl because most (if not all) of the built-in regexes in languages are non-regular. My guess is that it stems from POSIX regexes being non-regular, but it might also be that real regular expressions are pretty limiting... | null | 0 | 1314935078 | False | 0 | c2gxalu | t3_k12ka | null | t1_c2gxalu | t1_c2gqoik | null | 1427548885 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | rcklmbr | null | Did they ever have it?
From the whois:
Creation date: 31 Jan 1999 05:00:00 | null | 0 | 1314935171 | False | 0 | c2gxb0o | t3_k22of | null | t1_c2gxb0o | t3_k22of | null | 1427548890 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1314935190 | False | 0 | c2gxb3s | t3_k12ka | null | t1_c2gxb3s | t3_k12ka | null | 1427548892 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | rawlyn | null | Even if the number requires more bits to represent (precisely) than are available in the combined memory and storage of the entire system? Sorry if I sound like a dumbass, I'm just finding this really hard to swallow. | null | 0 | 1314935203 | False | 0 | c2gxb5s | t3_k21i7 | null | t1_c2gxb5s | t1_c2gxa4t | null | 1427548892 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Kreepinetic | null | Someone posted a link to the pirate bay over in social and ICE shut them down. Democracy at work. | null | 0 | 1314935217 | True | 0 | c2gxb89 | t3_k22of | null | t1_c2gxb89 | t3_k22of | null | 1427548893 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | bailout_the_titanic | null | The less specific releases aren't cached for as long, so there's a good chance that you won't hit the browser cache.
$ curl -I http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6.2/jquery.min.js | grep Cache
Cache-Control: public, max-age=31536000
$ curl -I http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6/jque... | null | 0 | 1314935219 | False | 0 | c2gxb8j | t3_k1lj4 | null | t1_c2gxb8j | t1_c2guo6o | null | 1427548893 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | fernandoacorreia | null | I think the article gives interesting insights on how to deal with this issue without assuming everybody is an American. | null | 0 | 1314935258 | False | 0 | c2gxbe4 | t3_jzpo5 | null | t1_c2gxbe4 | t1_c2gu59m | null | 1427548895 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | darkpaladin | null | Exactly, I think it's always been MSDN.com or msdn.microsoft.com, believe me, I end up having to spend a lot of time there. | null | 0 | 1314935415 | False | 0 | c2gxc3j | t3_k22of | null | t1_c2gxc3j | t1_c2gxb0o | null | 1427548904 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | RalfN | null | >You write me some javascript, I'll write an equivalent solution in Java, and I will win every single time
Challenge accepted.
// The Computer Language Benchmarks Game
// http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/
//
// contributed by Jesse Millikan
// Base on the Ruby version by jose fco. gonzalez
... | null | 0 | 1314935584 | True | 0 | c2gxcte | t3_k11yc | null | t1_c2gxcte | t1_c2gx697 | null | 1427548914 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | aaronla | null | No, you will get 'out of memory' in such a case. 'Arbitrary precision', not truly infinite. Think of it like strings... some languages cap the lenth of strings to some fixed value -- e.g. 256 -- but others do not cap, permitting arbitrary length. | null | 0 | 1314935608 | False | 0 | c2gxcx5 | t3_k21i7 | null | t1_c2gxcx5 | t1_c2gxb5s | null | 1427548915 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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