(new) Theory and Practice of Programming

Why Vista is not built on .NET - (tuberculosis) - (6) - May 1, 2006, 07:01:21 PM EDT

Seem to recall you decrying type systems of any sort.... -NT - (jb4) - (4) - May 2, 2006, 01:58:16 PM EDT

A typesafe language is preferable to C/C++ - (ben_tilly) - May 2, 2006, 02:00:31 PM EDT

The problem is that C/C++ has a typed compiler - (admin) - May 2, 2006, 02:14:53 PM EDT

The opposite is true - (tuberculosis) - (1) - May 2, 2006, 02:18:02 PM EDT

Amen to that - (warmachine) - May 2, 2006, 07:25:57 PM EDT

dot-net is a Java competitor - (tablizer) - June 12, 2006, 02:37:36 AM EDT

Python to get Squeaky - (tuberculosis) - (1) - April 21, 2006, 10:48:28 AM EDT

Sounds neat. -NT - (Another Scott) - April 21, 2006, 11:14:06 AM EDT

When 6 Sigma doesn't apply to IT projects - (dbishop) - (16) - April 20, 2006, 10:41:00 PM EDT

Well, on the flipside of this... - (folkert) - April 21, 2006, 10:08:05 AM EDT

Don't knock it quite so quickly - (ben_tilly) - (12) - April 21, 2006, 07:31:52 PM EDT

Answering both you and Greg - (dbishop) - (11) - April 22, 2006, 10:53:33 PM EDT

That's not my understanding. - (Another Scott) - (2) - April 22, 2006, 11:29:35 PM EDT

I didn't say there's no place for it - (dbishop) - (1) - April 22, 2006, 11:41:47 PM EDT

Good points. -NT - (Another Scott) - April 23, 2006, 12:09:52 AM EDT

Measure what you want to improve - (ben_tilly) - (7) - April 23, 2006, 02:36:02 AM EDT

And that should be cost or revenue - (dbishop) - (4) - April 23, 2006, 09:26:37 PM EDT

As I recall, at IBM, peer code reviews to catch - (a6l6e6x) - April 23, 2006, 10:23:29 PM EDT

You misremember that article - (ben_tilly) - (2) - April 23, 2006, 10:28:30 PM EDT

Do you think everyone not you is stupid? - (dbishop) - (1) - April 23, 2006, 11:51:37 PM EDT

No. Only when they ignore important stuff. - (ben_tilly) - April 24, 2006, 02:09:32 AM EDT

Many elements of software development are stochastic - (dws) - (1) - April 24, 2006, 01:02:43 AM EDT

One must keep balance. - (ben_tilly) - April 24, 2006, 02:19:59 AM EDT

Let's start again. - (Another Scott) - (1) - April 24, 2006, 12:24:29 AM EDT

Your point #2 is pretty much my whole point - (dbishop) - April 24, 2006, 09:05:01 PM EDT

Underhanded C contest - (ben_tilly) - (1) - April 14, 2006, 11:15:53 PM EDT

What's the name of that contest, 'Employment'? -NT - (drewk) - April 15, 2006, 09:18:39 PM EDT

Can you imagine how much more productive the world would be- - (jb4) - (2) - April 14, 2006, 04:59:47 PM EDT

Blame Ken Tompson - (tuberculosis) - (1) - April 14, 2006, 05:07:53 PM EDT

Ken shall consider a clue-by-four applied... - (jb4) - April 19, 2006, 06:01:46 PM EDT

Creating a dictionary key on demand - (pwhysall) - (1) - April 10, 2006, 06:59:45 AM EDT

Do you mean this? - (admin) - April 10, 2006, 06:05:19 PM EDT

General DB integration question - (systems) - (6) - March 20, 2006, 09:29:50 PM EST

First step is to realize this is not a technology project - (drewk) - (4) - March 20, 2006, 09:43:43 PM EST

Double plus good - (JayMehaffey) - March 20, 2006, 10:38:01 PM EST

Thanks :) - (systems) - (2) - March 22, 2006, 08:15:23 AM EST

Note well - (jake123) - (1) - March 22, 2006, 09:39:08 AM EST

No... you did very well. One thing to add. - (folkert) - March 22, 2006, 10:55:25 AM EST

stovepiping is your friend - (boxley) - March 21, 2006, 09:01:31 AM EST

Hey Todd, know this guy? - (Yendor) - (33) - March 9, 2006, 02:15:03 PM EST

ICLRPD (new thread) - (broomberg) - March 9, 2006, 07:21:26 PM EST

Most people from there would be clueful - (tuberculosis) - (31) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:23:59 AM EDT

I resemble that remark - (drewk) - (30) - March 9, 2006, 11:26:05 PM EST

I'd get 4, possibly 3, on his test - (ben_tilly) - (29) - March 10, 2006, 01:30:20 AM EST

We're pretty flexible - (tuberculosis) - (5) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:24:21 AM EDT

I stand by my assertion - (ben_tilly) - (4) - March 10, 2006, 02:28:44 AM EST

I thought you were into Ruby for a while...? -NT - (Another Scott) - (3) - March 10, 2006, 07:46:43 AM EST

I was. I like it. Didn't do it for work though. -NT - (ben_tilly) - March 10, 2006, 10:41:50 AM EST

Speaking of which... - (admin) - (1) - March 10, 2006, 03:41:07 PM EST

Whew! :-) -NT - (Another Scott) - March 10, 2006, 04:15:25 PM EST

No need to apologize - (drewk) - (22) - March 10, 2006, 08:17:55 PM EST

Sounds to me like you're a Bob - (ben_tilly) - (21) - March 11, 2006, 05:34:05 PM EST

Bob annoys me. - (broomberg) - March 11, 2006, 05:49:14 PM EST

Not even close - (drewk) - (19) - March 11, 2006, 09:26:31 PM EST

That's fair - (ben_tilly) - (18) - March 13, 2006, 11:45:42 AM EST

also reporting, like sysadmins will always be with us - (boxley) - (1) - March 13, 2006, 01:48:36 PM EST

Perhaps I'll stick with that for a while then :-) -NT - (ben_tilly) - March 13, 2006, 10:07:33 PM EST

Spot on - (drewk) - (15) - March 13, 2006, 02:21:57 PM EST

Doing your job shouldn't be an accomplishment - (ben_tilly) - (14) - March 14, 2006, 01:36:14 AM EST

Not sure where you get that from the link - (drewk) - (9) - March 14, 2006, 12:49:13 PM EST

Im satisfied by getting better errors each time I run it -NT - (boxley) - March 14, 2006, 12:51:40 PM EST

Well, what do YOU mean by accomplishment? - (ben_tilly) - (7) - March 14, 2006, 02:05:35 PM EST

Hmmphh. I resemble that remark. - (broomberg) - March 14, 2006, 08:14:36 PM EST

You've misunderstood both me and the article you linked - (drewk) - (3) - March 14, 2006, 08:44:03 PM EST

I *really* don't believe I misread the article - (ben_tilly) - (2) - March 14, 2006, 10:04:25 PM EST

I don't think he's a fan of CMM either - (drewk) - (1) - March 14, 2006, 10:58:15 PM EST

He's not. :-) - (ben_tilly) - March 14, 2006, 11:22:45 PM EST

OT: 2 days before running something - (admin) - (1) - March 14, 2006, 10:46:28 PM EST

I went back and forth on that before saying it - (ben_tilly) - March 14, 2006, 10:59:47 PM EST

I don't buy it - (tuberculosis) - (2) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:36:11 AM EDT

What I was trying to say... - (ben_tilly) - March 14, 2006, 10:14:45 PM EST

quite often in large corps org A doesnt realize that org b - (boxley) - March 14, 2006, 10:30:22 PM EST

Getting out of bed in the morning is my major accomplishment -NT - (ChrisR) - March 15, 2006, 11:23:35 AM EST

Oh. Look. A language from Microsoft for kids. - (imric) - (7) - March 3, 2006, 10:08:36 AM EST

What's VB for? -NT - (tonytib) - (1) - March 3, 2006, 11:21:57 AM EST

For those hopeless cases where there's no learning capacity? -NT - (ChrisR) - March 3, 2006, 11:25:44 AM EST

Its crap - (tuberculosis) - (3) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:04:56 AM EDT

*smile* First thing I thought of was squeakland. - (imric) - (2) - March 4, 2006, 12:19:38 AM EST

We can always use more thunder -NT - (tuberculosis) - (1) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:05:20 AM EDT

ICLRPD: We can always use more thunder (new thread) - (drewk) - March 4, 2006, 12:59:54 PM EST

Bob# -NT - (tablizer) - March 21, 2006, 11:02:46 PM EST

Editor learning curves - (ChrisR) - (5) - March 2, 2006, 10:33:35 PM EST

:-) What? No EDLIN? -NT - (Another Scott) - March 2, 2006, 10:45:50 PM EST

That's awesome -NT - (drewk) - March 3, 2006, 12:39:02 AM EST

Blocked?!? - (jb4) - (2) - March 7, 2006, 02:15:01 PM EST

Try this one. - (Another Scott) - (1) - March 7, 2006, 02:44:33 PM EST

Thankee...that one worked! -NT - (jb4) - March 7, 2006, 05:04:32 PM EST

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