(new) Theory and Practice of Programming

Problem for STers - (deSitter) - (1) - Aug. 11, 2003, 12:42:40 AM EDT

You're thinking about it inside out - (tuberculosis) - Aug. 21, 2007, 12:45:26 PM EDT

What I hate about C++ - (gdaustin) - (8) - Aug. 9, 2003, 09:01:54 AM EDT

Re: What I hate about C++ - (neelk) - Aug. 9, 2003, 01:39:07 PM EDT

?? STL - (Simon_Jester) - Aug. 9, 2003, 04:32:07 PM EDT

So you have to use simple stuff - (tuberculosis) - (5) - Aug. 21, 2007, 12:43:30 PM EDT

Interpreted Environments - (gdaustin) - (3) - Aug. 9, 2003, 10:48:31 PM EDT

So you're ready for Squeak - (tuberculosis) - (2) - Aug. 21, 2007, 12:44:57 PM EDT

Need scalability.. And not necessarily a Web App... - (gdaustin) - Aug. 10, 2003, 08:24:10 PM EDT

To be fair... - (gdaustin) - Aug. 10, 2003, 08:41:12 PM EDT

Happened to me before - (orion) - Aug. 10, 2003, 08:38:52 PM EDT

Have I mentioned how much I love design? - (FuManChu) - (2) - Aug. 7, 2003, 04:31:40 PM EDT

... - (admin) - (1) - Aug. 7, 2003, 04:39:08 PM EDT

Yup. - (FuManChu) - Aug. 7, 2003, 07:15:45 PM EDT

Interoperability, MS style - (Arkadiy) - (3) - Aug. 7, 2003, 02:42:31 PM EDT

"We're all about standards. Until they become difficult." -NT - (FuManChu) - Aug. 7, 2003, 03:49:04 PM EDT

Embrace. Extend. Extinguish. -NT - (static) - (1) - Aug. 8, 2003, 08:07:18 AM EDT

Spot on! -NT - (a6l6e6x) - Aug. 8, 2003, 04:06:35 PM EDT

BBS Door/Games programming and FOSSIL - (orion) - Aug. 6, 2003, 06:53:02 PM EDT

XML Mania is driving me crazy - (bluke) - (29) - Aug. 5, 2003, 08:57:52 AM EDT

AAAAHHH!! Make it stop! -NT - (deSitter) - Aug. 5, 2003, 08:59:56 AM EDT

AAAAHHH!! Make it stop! -NT - (deSitter) - (2) - Aug. 5, 2003, 09:00:04 AM EDT

Bug!? - (deSitter) - (1) - Aug. 5, 2003, 09:01:43 AM EDT

Uh huh. - (pwhysall) - Aug. 6, 2003, 03:41:07 AM EDT

There are only two reasons to use XML: - (admin) - (15) - Aug. 5, 2003, 09:33:30 AM EDT

Re: There are only two reasons to use XML: - (deSitter) - Aug. 5, 2003, 09:37:21 AM EDT

Does our situation fit your criteria? - (drewk) - (9) - Aug. 5, 2003, 09:56:46 AM EDT

That's part of what Scott meant by "loose coupling". - (FuManChu) - Aug. 5, 2003, 10:55:14 AM EDT

Only you are using the data - (tuberculosis) - (7) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:36:15 AM EDT

Got a link for PLists? (google give too many to dig through) -NT - (drewk) - (3) - Aug. 5, 2003, 01:07:42 PM EDT

Explain it right here - (tuberculosis) - (2) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:36:27 AM EDT

How about multi-dimensional arrays? -NT - (drewk) - (1) - Aug. 5, 2003, 03:22:38 PM EDT

Lists of lists -NT - (tuberculosis) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:36:32 AM EDT

Re: Only you are using the data - (JimWeirich) - (1) - Aug. 6, 2003, 12:42:46 AM EDT

Too complicated -NT - (tuberculosis) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:39:28 AM EDT

Was just reminded that's not always going to be true - (drewk) - Aug. 6, 2003, 03:24:33 PM EDT

Re: There are only two reasons to use XML: - (neelk) - (3) - Aug. 6, 2003, 03:17:26 PM EDT

Agreed. - (admin) - (2) - Aug. 6, 2003, 03:36:24 PM EDT

An effort to make this constructive and educational - (FuManChu) - (1) - Aug. 6, 2003, 04:10:55 PM EDT

PLists on sockets - (tuberculosis) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:39:38 AM EDT

Luddite standing in the way of progress! :) - (a6l6e6x) - Aug. 5, 2003, 02:02:13 PM EDT

XML - Some Thoughts - (gdaustin) - Aug. 5, 2003, 06:54:02 PM EDT

Winnah! of the Lucid Post of the Month award! - (jb4) - Aug. 8, 2003, 03:49:01 PM EDT

Let's promote a relational alternative - (tablizer) - (5) - Aug. 9, 2003, 01:48:22 PM EDT

But... - (gdaustin) - Aug. 9, 2003, 10:53:56 PM EDT

Spitting - (tuberculosis) - (3) - Aug. 21, 2007, 12:45:02 PM EDT

But you see, Todd? - (gdaustin) - (2) - Aug. 11, 2003, 12:08:18 AM EDT

I don't think its the PHBs - (tuberculosis) - (1) - Aug. 21, 2007, 12:45:28 PM EDT

Another possibility... - (gdaustin) - Aug. 11, 2003, 11:51:09 AM EDT

Why extends is evil? - (johnu) - (44) - Aug. 4, 2003, 01:01:44 PM EDT

Is this just for Java? - (drewk) - Aug. 4, 2003, 01:08:47 PM EDT

This argument is needlessly pedantic, IMO - (FuManChu) - Aug. 4, 2003, 01:19:58 PM EDT

Lesson learned from Smalltalk - (ChrisR) - (1) - Aug. 4, 2003, 01:22:03 PM EDT

sounds like a will -NT - (deSitter) - Aug. 4, 2003, 02:43:03 PM EDT

Inheritance is a tool. - (admin) - (7) - Aug. 4, 2003, 02:30:40 PM EDT

Re: Inheritance is a tool. - (deSitter) - (3) - Aug. 4, 2003, 02:43:38 PM EDT

There's more to life than implementation inheritance. - (admin) - Aug. 4, 2003, 03:24:35 PM EDT

Definitions - (johnu) - (1) - Aug. 4, 2003, 03:24:52 PM EDT

I'd ask Alan Kay - (tuberculosis) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:34:14 AM EDT

Thank you, Scott! - (jb4) - (1) - Aug. 4, 2003, 07:25:50 PM EDT

Another Me Too - (JimWeirich) - Aug. 4, 2003, 07:36:37 PM EDT

Good example of bad inheritance, java.util.Stack - (bluke) - Aug. 5, 2003, 08:14:25 AM EDT

This guy cracks me up - (tuberculosis) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:34:08 AM EDT

IS A vs HAS A - (gdaustin) - (30) - Aug. 4, 2003, 10:30:10 PM EDT

Quite. - (static) - Aug. 5, 2003, 08:16:32 AM EDT

I missed that course - (drewk) - (18) - Aug. 5, 2003, 09:29:59 AM EDT

Shorthand for relationships - (admin) - (17) - Aug. 5, 2003, 09:36:46 AM EDT

Re: Shorthand for relationships - (deSitter) - (1) - Aug. 5, 2003, 09:40:20 AM EDT

snicker - (FuManChu) - Aug. 5, 2003, 10:51:07 AM EDT

ISA/HASA are good for a first approximation - (JimWeirich) - (14) - Aug. 5, 2003, 10:02:12 AM EDT

So what does it get you? - (drewk) - (10) - Aug. 5, 2003, 10:07:20 AM EDT

Specialization vs. Generalization - (gdaustin) - Aug. 5, 2003, 10:25:51 AM EDT

Code - (JimWeirich) - (7) - Aug. 5, 2003, 10:59:43 AM EDT

Thanks, but what would HASA look like? -NT - (drewk) - (6) - Aug. 5, 2003, 11:22:29 AM EDT

HASA - (gdaustin) - (5) - Aug. 5, 2003, 05:31:03 PM EDT

See, that's where I always get tripped up - (drewk) - (4) - Aug. 5, 2003, 05:53:29 PM EDT

There is a point to naming the useless stuff - (ben_tilly) - (3) - Sept. 21, 2003, 05:36:50 PM EDT

Clarification - (drewk) - (2) - Sept. 22, 2003, 10:37:14 AM EDT

Yes - (ben_tilly) - (1) - Sept. 22, 2003, 10:04:26 PM EDT

That's why I shouldn't be a teacher - (drewk) - Sept. 23, 2003, 10:51:27 AM EDT

The example of a stack (see post above) is a good one - (bluke) - Aug. 5, 2003, 11:47:35 AM EDT

My car is a Saturn - (gdaustin) - Aug. 5, 2003, 10:31:43 AM EDT

hierarchies and the real world - (tablizer) - (1) - Aug. 9, 2003, 02:07:51 PM EDT

Nonsense - (ChrisR) - Aug. 9, 2003, 03:51:57 PM EDT

Not quite that simple - (tuberculosis) - (9) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:36:01 AM EDT

Thing I love/hate about smalltalk - (drewk) - (2) - Aug. 5, 2003, 12:26:10 PM EDT

Similar to Python in that fashion -NT - (admin) - Aug. 5, 2003, 12:41:34 PM EDT

Its real -NT - (tuberculosis) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:36:13 AM EDT

Forgot to mention: key driver is "substitutability" - (tuberculosis) - (4) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:36:18 AM EDT

Techies at Hertz - (tablizer) - (3) - Aug. 9, 2003, 02:12:31 PM EDT

And if your Table or Data Structure is... - (ChrisR) - Aug. 9, 2003, 03:53:19 PM EDT

Mostly - (tuberculosis) - (1) - Aug. 21, 2007, 12:45:06 PM EDT

Or perhaps that .... - (gdaustin) - Aug. 11, 2003, 12:03:54 AM EDT

Code sharing vs. polymorphism - (johnu) - Aug. 5, 2003, 04:42:32 PM EDT

Naming convention/linguistic poser - (FuManChu) - (12) - Aug. 4, 2003, 12:42:39 AM EDT

Group, list, collection, army, gang, troop, tribe, flock... -NT - (a6l6e6x) - (5) - Aug. 4, 2003, 12:14:51 PM EDT

gaggle, herd, mob, assortment, bunch ... -NT - (jbrabeck) - (4) - Aug. 4, 2003, 12:41:31 PM EDT

BagO' -NT - (admin) - (3) - Aug. 4, 2003, 12:43:03 PM EDT

Metric assload -NT - (drewk) - (2) - Aug. 4, 2003, 12:45:04 PM EDT

Cubic Chin -NT - (pwhysall) - (1) - Aug. 4, 2003, 12:53:59 PM EDT

Oh, *that's* what 'cc' stands for (gotta learn this metric) -NT - (drewk) - Aug. 4, 2003, 12:56:14 PM EDT

Dilberts. -NT - (Another Scott) - Aug. 4, 2003, 12:51:00 PM EDT

Fie on the lot of you! - (FuManChu) - (2) - Aug. 4, 2003, 01:00:03 PM EDT

Green, orange, pekeo, jasmine, spice, black tea... -NT - (jbrabeck) - Aug. 4, 2003, 01:01:42 PM EDT

What's wrong with... - (admin) - Aug. 4, 2003, 02:33:33 PM EDT

Coordinator - (tuberculosis) - (1) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:34:22 AM EDT

Yes, that'll do nicely! -NT - (FuManChu) - Aug. 4, 2003, 06:51:12 PM EDT

Assistance with constraint violation error messages - (boxley) - (4) - Aug. 3, 2003, 09:33:21 PM EDT

Depends how you define bug. - (ChrisR) - (1) - Aug. 3, 2003, 10:15:00 PM EDT

My thinking exactly - (boxley) - Aug. 3, 2003, 10:31:06 PM EDT

The question is what does the spec say? - (a6l6e6x) - Aug. 3, 2003, 10:37:20 PM EDT

Trivial bug - (JayMehaffey) - Aug. 3, 2003, 11:32:39 PM EDT

Delivering sub-second response times - (admin) - (11) - July 31, 2003, 10:00:32 AM EDT

Distributed monitoring tools... - (slugbug) - (3) - July 31, 2003, 10:38:06 AM EDT

To a certain extent. - (admin) - July 31, 2003, 11:23:20 AM EDT

Database? - (gdaustin) - (1) - Aug. 1, 2003, 05:06:21 PM EDT

One More Thing.. - (gdaustin) - Aug. 1, 2003, 05:41:11 PM EDT

you may want to take a look here - (boxley) - (1) - July 31, 2003, 03:55:36 PM EDT

A year ago, maybe. - (admin) - July 31, 2003, 04:08:19 PM EDT

My two cents - (lincoln) - (1) - July 31, 2003, 08:25:05 PM EDT

Considering... - (admin) - July 31, 2003, 10:49:29 PM EDT

Query count versus query types. - (static) - (2) - Aug. 1, 2003, 03:55:20 AM EDT

Just doing that move myself - (FuManChu) - Aug. 1, 2003, 12:46:49 PM EDT

one thought.... - (slugbug) - Aug. 3, 2003, 01:58:13 PM EDT

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