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SecretSoftware wrote:



AndyC wrote:  SecretSoftware wrote:  Well, the run time still can make type checking. What I mean is that the compiler should just infer the type of s from what its value type is, without writing extra keywords. This can be done while maintaining the type checking. if (someCondition) {    s = new string(); } else {    s = new int32(); } //what type is s here? Variant types like this are prone to misuse, bad for optimization and code analysis and just plain ugly.

s would be dependant on the condition. Initially s would be an object type and then its assigned to a string if someCondition is true, or if false would be assigned to a number.

This is present in other programming languages too, so its not a new thing.

RoyalSchrubber wrote:

Let me rephrase it – I am currently not aware of any other (beside WPF) widget toolkit (including Swing, SWT, Qt, GTK+, wxWidgets, motif) that allows you to rotate button and then stick it on a flying cube.

Xaero_Vincent wrote:



RoyalSchrubber wrote: You obviously haven't heard of WPF (and whole .net 3.0) thingy. And yes it's about 45.18 times better than anything that has Linux. X server basically does not allow any useful extensions and XGL/AIGLX/Compiz is going 100% in wrong direction with design, coz it really is not extending X Server in any useful way besides window animations. So her you havit - http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=170670

45.18x is a big number considering that Java SE 6 is out and in the process of becoming open-source. Please don't forget about WPF and WPF/E alternatives being made for Java SE/EE, along with the improvements Adobe is making in their Flashplayer to rival WPF/E.

GNU/Linux probably won't recieve a full WPF implementation until Mono reaches a certain maturity. This is a problem with Microsoft not making their technology portable more than anything else.

I see WPF/E coming much sooner though. Perhaps some hackers will reverse engineer the Mac OS X version and adapt it to Linux. Maybe Microsoft will open the specifications for it, so reverse engineering won't be needed? Wishful thinking.

XGL, AIGLX, and Compiz are basically temporary hacks to a compositing desktop and hardware accelerated X-server.

Compiz shouldn't be needed once Gnome 2.18 and KDE 4.0 are released. Their window managers will already have compositing features and support for effects via plugins.

XGL or AIGLX arn't needed when using NVIDIA's proprietary video drivers; I assume ATI/AMD will follow in near future driver updates. AIGLX will still be used with the open-source ATI and Intel video drivers.

X.Org 7.3 is getting improvements in areas that matter most. Such as hotplugging support with projectors, TVs, monitors, and graphics cards.


Regards,
Vincent

SpectateSwamp wrote:

Pretty cool what random can do.

http://www.dropshots.com/spectateswamp

CannotResolveSymbol wrote:



John Gault wrote:  ZippyV wrote: @ John Gault From your posts I can easily conclude the following: - You never built a search engine - You talk like a kid - Saying your name over and over again wont make you a grown up - You didn't finish college yet. lol, you expose your own ignorance little man. ROTFL !!!  Hint:  Read Atlas Shrugged dude

So naming yourself after a fictional character is supposed to give you credibility?

ZippyV wrote:

@ John Gault

From your posts I can easily conclude the following:
- You never built a search engine
- You talk like a kid
- Saying your name over and over again wont make you a grown up
- You didn't finish college yet.

CannotResolveSymbol wrote:

Since you insist on dirtying my name in any way possible (although I have done none of that to you):

1) Note the tongue in cheek.  Also note the subsequent responses, where he says he can do that.

2) Statement of fact.  He's not getting anywhere.

3) I didn't say that.  Check your facts before posting.

4) Efficiency is a valid issue when dealing with search.  I don't know a ton about the topic, but I would like to know as much as I can understand about his search.

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I didn't answer the stable question because I didn't know the answer.  It didn't have anything to do with my post.  You are simply trying to undermine my credibility with name calling.  I will not be spending any more time responding to your questions, because I will not respond to what is clearly flamebait.  I have better things to do with my time on a Wednesday afternoon.

Cyonix wrote:



John Gault wrote: Okay I agree with you.  Dont take him seriously.  But in my book that means don't respond, move on, find something else to do or comment on that is worth your time.  It does NOT mean make it your personal mission to let the guy know how clueless he is.   I don't think there is any reason to sit there using someone as a punching bag.  If you don't like what he's selling don't buy it.  Period.  But that guy Paolo and his thug CannotResolveSymbol must have gone through three pages telling this guy just how 'dumb' he is.  And I was like , 'who the F are you'.  I've been to paolo's site.  Anyone who puts that piece of kaka together has no business criticizing other people.

I agree that what has been said may appear to have been excessive but this continently isn't the first thread we have had from SpectateSwamp PIMPing his software.

People started explaining why his software is irrelevant, he ignored and continued PIMPing. This obviously pissed people off that this guy is so narrow minded that he can see that his love child is horrible.

CannotResolveSymbol wrote:

Since you insist on dirtying my name in any way possible (although I have done none of that to you):

1) Note the tongue in cheek.  Also note the subsequent responses, where he says he can do that.

2) Statement of fact.  He's not getting anywhere.

3) I didn't say that.  Check your facts before posting.

4) Efficiency is a valid issue when dealing with search.  I don't know a ton about the topic, but I would like to know as much as I can understand about his search.

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I didn't answer the stable question because I didn't know the answer.  It didn't have anything to do with my post.  You are simply trying to undermine my credibility with name calling.  I will not be spending any more time responding to your questions, because I will not respond to what is clearly flamebait.  I have better things to do with my time on a Wednesday afternoon.

Cyonix wrote:



John Gault wrote: I am not his second personality nor his mentor.  I was reading along hoping to find some info about 'how to build a search engine'.  3 pages into the thread it starts to look to me like a free-for-all bash the developer thing.  I would have just loved to hear his thoughts without all the zings.  Some people were actually interested, others you could tell were just trying to get their digs in and that I wont stand for in my actual or virtual presence so I gave one of them a little taste of he's own medicine and the rest is history.  One fall out of this is the ever present truth:  Bullies cant stand the tables being turned.  Hence the: 'your being rude' routine.  He wont even acknowledge the fact the He himself was being very mean.  Like most bullies he lives in present tense.

If you had done your research on the correct person (SpectateSwamp not PaoloM), you would have found out that this guy consistently posts on lots of forums PIMPing his own search engine. If you kept looking you would find that everyone believes it is useless to everyone but SpectateSwamp.

If you had done as described above you would then understand why no one is taking SpectateSwamp seriously.