(new) Theory and Practice of Programming

Buggy .NET components... - (admin) - (37) - July 30, 2003, 09:42:30 PM EDT

I see a pattern.... - (slugbug) - (33) - July 30, 2003, 11:36:45 PM EDT

Re: I see a pattern.... - (deSitter) - (32) - July 31, 2003, 02:24:28 AM EDT

Unfortunately.... - (slugbug) - (31) - July 31, 2003, 10:28:34 AM EDT

Integration testing... - (admin) - (30) - July 31, 2003, 11:19:12 AM EDT

Anybody given Mono a swing? - (tuberculosis) - (8) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:25:12 AM EDT

Hasn't caught up to Microsoft C# yet - (orion) - (1) - July 31, 2003, 06:22:56 PM EDT

It won't matter much - (tuberculosis) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:25:27 AM EDT

Haven't had it since I was a teenager. -NT - (Steve Lowe) - (1) - July 31, 2003, 06:23:50 PM EDT

I thought that was one of those "have it for life" things. -NT - (admin) - July 31, 2003, 06:44:41 PM EDT

The problem being, of course... - (admin) - (2) - July 31, 2003, 06:45:41 PM EDT

So where does it fit - (tuberculosis) - (1) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:29:07 AM EDT

Front-end HTML generation - (admin) - Aug. 1, 2003, 10:13:29 PM EDT

Why **** with Mono and .NET when I've got: - (FuManChu) - Aug. 1, 2003, 02:57:33 AM EDT

Re: Integration testing... - (deSitter) - Aug. 2, 2003, 02:01:01 AM EDT

On stability, scalability, and IT today.... - (slugbug) - (19) - Aug. 3, 2003, 02:27:35 PM EDT

IT today - (orion) - Aug. 3, 2003, 02:59:54 PM EDT

Blame it on the boom - (tuberculosis) - (16) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:30:35 AM EDT

What can you do? Build wooden boats for a living? - (orion) - Aug. 3, 2003, 06:27:48 PM EDT

Not just the code.. recall Tufte's brilliant deconstruction - (Ashton) - (8) - Aug. 3, 2003, 06:33:36 PM EDT

Formula is for babies. - (FuManChu) - (7) - Aug. 3, 2003, 07:49:58 PM EDT

Thou sayest (only better) - (Ashton) - Aug. 4, 2003, 06:46:08 AM EDT

Have you used MS Project? - (drewk) - (4) - Aug. 4, 2003, 10:05:32 AM EDT

Yes and it is a joke - (tuberculosis) - (3) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:31:15 AM EDT

I only want it for one thing - (drewk) - (1) - Aug. 4, 2003, 10:48:40 AM EDT

Link's broken -NT - (tuberculosis) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:34:16 AM EDT

The Planning Game - (JimWeirich) - Aug. 4, 2003, 07:41:34 PM EDT

Excellent point -NT - (deSitter) - Aug. 4, 2003, 10:49:11 AM EDT

It is all too easy... - (slugbug) - (5) - Aug. 4, 2003, 03:12:48 PM EDT

Re: It is all too easy... - (deSitter) - Aug. 4, 2003, 03:18:39 PM EDT

Oh well on that front - (tuberculosis) - (2) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:34:03 AM EDT

Astounding - (deSitter) - Aug. 4, 2003, 04:06:28 PM EDT

Try Telcordia in Lisle Illinois - (boxley) - Aug. 4, 2003, 05:43:40 PM EDT

How things have changed over the years - (orion) - Aug. 4, 2003, 05:08:47 PM EDT

Java's not much better - (bluke) - Aug. 4, 2003, 07:42:10 AM EDT

Not ready for prime time, .NET - (orion) - (2) - July 31, 2003, 12:11:26 AM EDT

.Net - (mmoffitt) - (1) - July 31, 2003, 09:27:21 AM EDT

800 pound gorilla - (orion) - July 31, 2003, 12:56:27 PM EDT

Python 2.3 out as of July 29, 2003 - (FuManChu) - July 30, 2003, 01:06:27 PM EDT

Cool Python trick for persistence options - (FuManChu) - July 29, 2003, 06:39:30 PM EDT

Python, mod_python, and statistics - (FuManChu) - (3) - July 29, 2003, 02:20:49 AM EDT

A few solutions: - (admin) - (2) - July 29, 2003, 09:30:26 AM EDT

Knew I could count on you, Scott :) - (FuManChu) - (1) - July 29, 2003, 11:03:12 AM EDT

Just imports the namespace. - (admin) - July 29, 2003, 11:40:34 AM EDT

Another Java article perpetuates FUD about Smalltalk - (bluke) - (10) - July 28, 2003, 08:24:58 AM EDT

Simple answer - (drewk) - July 28, 2003, 08:55:41 AM EDT

Re: Another Java article perpetuates FUD about Smalltalk - (JimWeirich) - (6) - July 28, 2003, 10:08:55 AM EDT

My impression - (bluke) - (3) - July 28, 2003, 11:12:31 AM EDT

Er... - (Yendor) - (2) - July 28, 2003, 11:14:26 AM EDT

Because the author claimed ... - (bluke) - July 28, 2003, 11:22:20 AM EDT

99.9% of the speed improvement in Java... - (ChrisR) - July 28, 2003, 11:27:35 AM EDT

The fact is that for most business systems ... - (bluke) - July 28, 2003, 11:26:38 AM EDT

Personal experience for me - (tuberculosis) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:07:36 AM EDT

Re: Another Java article perpetuates FUD about Smalltalk - (dshellman) - July 28, 2003, 12:54:36 PM EDT

Lost cause, give up. Can't beat PHB's - (tablizer) - July 29, 2003, 01:06:22 AM EDT

Message Object Oriented vs Function Object Oriented - (JimWeirich) - (71) - July 21, 2003, 12:57:05 PM EDT

It's not so much a Language issue... - (ChrisR) - (28) - July 21, 2003, 01:30:46 PM EDT

Mind Games - (JimWeirich) - (27) - July 21, 2003, 03:35:18 PM EDT

The biggest difference is how one treats the interaction - (ChrisR) - (26) - July 21, 2003, 04:30:20 PM EDT

Now a Language Issue again - (JimWeirich) - (25) - July 21, 2003, 04:52:33 PM EDT

Is it "missing methods" or "invalid messages" it handles? - (CRConrad) - (23) - July 21, 2003, 05:04:43 PM EDT

Both. - (admin) - (22) - July 21, 2003, 05:08:28 PM EDT

Sorry, I don't think you quite understood what I meant. - (CRConrad) - (21) - July 21, 2003, 05:28:58 PM EDT

Needlessly pedantic, IMO. - (admin) - (20) - July 21, 2003, 05:32:53 PM EDT

OK, so why don't we do it that way, then... - (CRConrad) - (8) - July 21, 2003, 05:47:53 PM EDT

Lose the chip... -NT - (admin) - (3) - July 21, 2003, 05:49:48 PM EDT

OK, bye, then. (Heard anything from Addison, lately?) -NT - (CRConrad) - (2) - July 21, 2003, 06:02:31 PM EDT

Suit yourself. -NT - (admin) - July 21, 2003, 06:03:29 PM EDT

You can do it (new thread) - (orion) - July 21, 2003, 07:41:37 PM EDT

FOO bad. MOO good. - (ChrisR) - (2) - July 21, 2003, 06:12:31 PM EDT

Mooooooo. -NT - (admin) - July 21, 2003, 06:16:14 PM EDT

Re: FOO bad. MOO good. - (JimWeirich) - July 21, 2003, 06:31:36 PM EDT

Re: OK, so why don't we do it that way, then... - (JimWeirich) - July 21, 2003, 06:35:39 PM EDT

Method VS Message - (JimWeirich) - (10) - July 21, 2003, 06:42:26 PM EDT

Sure. -NT - (admin) - July 21, 2003, 06:56:59 PM EDT

Re: Method VS Message - (tuberculosis) - (8) - Aug. 21, 2007, 05:42:37 AM EDT

Re: Method VS Message - (deSitter) - (7) - July 21, 2003, 11:42:24 PM EDT

Didn't you finish that smalltalk history doc Todd showed us? - (FuManChu) - (1) - July 22, 2003, 12:49:34 AM EDT

Re: Didn't you finish that smalltalk history doc Todd showed - (deSitter) - July 22, 2003, 12:59:53 AM EDT

In theory yes, in practice no - (bluke) - (4) - July 22, 2003, 06:01:52 AM EDT

You must cheat - but you must not get caught - (tuberculosis) - (3) - Aug. 21, 2007, 05:44:33 AM EDT

Yes exactly - (bluke) - (2) - July 22, 2003, 10:31:22 AM EDT

Hmmm sounds as if - (Ashton) - (1) - July 22, 2003, 09:19:49 PM EDT

Not *so* clever - (tuberculosis) - Aug. 21, 2007, 05:51:46 AM EDT

At that level, it is a language issue... - (ChrisR) - July 21, 2003, 05:32:00 PM EDT

DoesNotUnderstand - (tuberculosis) - (6) - Aug. 21, 2007, 05:42:14 AM EDT

Reified Messages - (JimWeirich) - (1) - July 21, 2003, 06:50:52 PM EDT

Sounds about right to me -NT - (tuberculosis) - Aug. 21, 2007, 05:42:32 AM EDT

Re: DoesNotUnderstand - (deSitter) - (3) - July 21, 2003, 11:45:13 PM EDT

nil is an object -NT - (admin) - (2) - July 22, 2003, 08:04:50 AM EDT

Re: nil is an object - (deSitter) - (1) - July 22, 2003, 10:07:10 AM EDT

Re: nil is an object - (bluke) - July 22, 2003, 10:49:10 AM EDT

ICLRPD - (static) - July 21, 2003, 10:53:46 PM EDT

It is a fundamental difference - (bluke) - (30) - July 22, 2003, 05:56:45 AM EDT

More Questions - (JimWeirich) - (9) - July 22, 2003, 06:28:12 AM EDT

Re: More Questions - (bluke) - (3) - July 22, 2003, 07:23:18 AM EDT

Re: More Questions - (JimWeirich) - (2) - July 22, 2003, 07:54:36 AM EDT

It relates more to the mindset - (bluke) - July 22, 2003, 08:03:03 AM EDT

In past discussions with Freep... - (ChrisR) - July 22, 2003, 09:52:34 AM EDT

Where does polymorphism fit in? - (static) - (1) - July 22, 2003, 08:42:30 AM EDT

Polymorphism via inheritance/interface - (ChrisR) - July 22, 2003, 09:37:43 AM EDT

Example - (tuberculosis) - (1) - Aug. 21, 2007, 05:45:22 AM EDT

Re: Example - (JimWeirich) - July 22, 2003, 11:45:27 AM EDT

Statically Typed Smalltalk - (tuberculosis) - Aug. 21, 2007, 05:45:29 AM EDT

Statically Typed MOO - (JimWeirich) - (19) - July 22, 2003, 10:41:22 AM EDT

The other possible avenue - (ChrisR) - (18) - July 22, 2003, 10:47:24 AM EDT

Do you know how they do that? - (bluke) - (17) - July 22, 2003, 10:54:10 AM EDT

Compiler generates the necessary calls - (ChrisR) - July 22, 2003, 11:02:54 AM EDT

AspectJ is code generation - (tuberculosis) - (15) - Aug. 21, 2007, 05:46:10 AM EDT

A comment and a question ... - (JimWeirich) - (12) - July 22, 2003, 02:19:07 PM EDT

Not really - (tuberculosis) - (11) - Aug. 21, 2007, 05:46:27 AM EDT

Pushing the limits of Blanchard's Law - (JimWeirich) - (10) - July 22, 2003, 03:57:21 PM EDT

I don't think the basic argument is so much - (ChrisR) - (8) - July 22, 2003, 04:09:32 PM EDT

Re: I don't think the basic argument is so much - (JimWeirich) - (7) - July 22, 2003, 04:35:10 PM EDT

Should probably let Todd defend his Laws....but.... :-) - (ChrisR) - (6) - July 22, 2003, 05:03:54 PM EDT

Still sounds arbitrary ... - (JimWeirich) - (5) - July 22, 2003, 05:14:31 PM EDT

On par with "Eval" - (ChrisR) - (1) - July 22, 2003, 05:20:45 PM EDT

Well said -NT - (tuberculosis) - Aug. 21, 2007, 05:51:08 AM EDT

No its not - (tuberculosis) - (2) - Aug. 21, 2007, 05:51:13 AM EDT

Ok, I get it. - (JimWeirich) - (1) - July 22, 2003, 07:48:18 PM EDT

Yep -NT - (tuberculosis) - Aug. 21, 2007, 05:51:33 AM EDT

Oh yeah - (FuManChu) - July 22, 2003, 04:28:15 PM EDT

What is your reasoning for this "law"? - (ben_tilly) - (1) - Sept. 21, 2003, 05:20:53 PM EDT

OT re: coming to this thread late - (drewk) - Sept. 22, 2003, 10:32:55 AM EDT

Litmus Test - (JimWeirich) - (1) - July 22, 2003, 07:03:41 AM EDT

Yes and No - (bluke) - July 22, 2003, 07:34:46 AM EDT

Interesting comp.lang.smalltalk thread on this - (bluke) - July 22, 2003, 08:16:51 AM EDT

Great OO arguement closer - (folkert) - (33) - July 16, 2003, 01:07:57 PM EDT

Re: Great OO arguement closer - (JimWeirich) - (32) - July 16, 2003, 02:06:39 PM EDT

Danke... -NT - (folkert) - July 16, 2003, 02:35:55 PM EDT

Huh? - (ben_tilly) - (29) - July 16, 2003, 04:10:00 PM EDT

Re: Huh? - (JimWeirich) - (28) - July 16, 2003, 06:36:05 PM EDT

Dunno, but I have a guess... - (CRConrad) - (27) - July 16, 2003, 08:01:47 PM EDT

Guaranteed destructor timing explained - (ben_tilly) - (26) - July 16, 2003, 09:06:08 PM EDT

OK, Jim, add one more: Delphi. (And rename the concept!) - (CRConrad) - (25) - July 17, 2003, 07:54:15 AM EDT

Introducing The Magic Of HTML - (pwhysall) - (11) - July 17, 2003, 07:39:43 AM EDT

Yeah, yeah, but not when I'm in a hurry. - (CRConrad) - (1) - July 17, 2003, 07:55:58 AM EDT

Well, slow down, then. - (pwhysall) - July 17, 2003, 07:58:17 AM EDT

Asterisks don't bother me -NT - (tablizer) - (8) - July 19, 2003, 12:00:19 AM EDT

It -NT - (deSitter) - July 19, 2003, 09:54:18 AM EDT

It -NT - (deSitter) - (6) - July 19, 2003, 09:54:26 AM EDT

STOP SAYING THE WORD!! -NT - (admin) - (4) - July 19, 2003, 09:55:01 AM EDT

Suffice to say... - (FuManChu) - (3) - July 19, 2003, 12:41:00 PM EDT

was it Nye or Ni? - (Simon_Jester) - (2) - July 20, 2003, 10:02:43 PM EDT

Ni! - (pwhysall) - (1) - July 21, 2003, 03:16:27 AM EDT

Sh! -NT - (FuManChu) - July 21, 2003, 11:05:44 AM EDT

WTF? -NT - (deSitter) - July 19, 2003, 09:55:24 AM EDT

Re: OK, Jim, add one more: Delphi. (And rename the concept!) - (JimWeirich) - (9) - July 17, 2003, 08:06:37 AM EDT

Ah; the problem seems to be I didn't take into account... - (CRConrad) - (8) - July 17, 2003, 09:19:30 AM EDT

Wow, are we in the same universe? - (JimWeirich) - (7) - July 17, 2003, 02:32:44 PM EDT

(... continuing from the previous message) - (JimWeirich) - (6) - July 17, 2003, 03:06:05 PM EDT

Combining replies into a single (bigger) slice of humble pie - (CRConrad) - (5) - July 19, 2003, 07:01:07 PM EDT

Lots of Comments ... - (JimWeirich) - July 20, 2003, 01:11:17 AM EDT

You remind me of the blub paradox - (ben_tilly) - (3) - July 20, 2003, 02:12:44 AM EDT

Speaking of PL History - (ChrisR) - (2) - July 20, 2003, 02:31:49 PM EDT

Kay's thinking - (tuberculosis) - (1) - Aug. 21, 2007, 05:40:24 AM EDT

xlnt -NT - (deSitter) - July 21, 2003, 12:48:33 AM EDT

Why are you so upset? - (ben_tilly) - (2) - July 17, 2003, 10:50:14 AM EDT

Caw, caw: My own fault, mostly, mis-remembering the thread. - (CRConrad) - (1) - July 17, 2003, 05:42:12 PM EDT

Just responding to the GC point... - (ben_tilly) - July 18, 2003, 02:09:36 AM EDT

Scope exit vs. object cleanup - (admin) - July 16, 2003, 04:47:47 PM EDT

Don't be a sharecropper - (orion) - (1) - July 13, 2003, 09:48:36 PM EDT

Read It Again. Then read below. -NT - (Ashton) - July 13, 2003, 10:52:35 PM EDT

Project Rave - (orion) - (7) - July 12, 2003, 11:09:44 PM EDT

Raised eyebrow... - (Simon_Jester) - (6) - July 13, 2003, 10:22:40 AM EDT

Re: Raised eyebrow... - (deSitter) - (5) - July 13, 2003, 11:19:56 AM EDT

Theories and principals - (orion) - (4) - July 13, 2003, 05:27:42 PM EDT

In that direction - (Ashton) - (3) - July 13, 2003, 10:43:32 PM EDT

I have to at least try - (orion) - (2) - July 13, 2003, 11:10:52 PM EDT

Try not! Do or do not, there is no try! - Yoda - (tuberculosis) - (1) - July 14, 2003, 01:52:40 AM EDT

I have love of programming, that isn't the problem - (orion) - July 14, 2003, 04:51:20 PM EDT

Quick and dirty, verses correct and proper programming - (orion) - (6) - July 10, 2003, 10:31:43 PM EDT

False dichotomy - (tuberculosis) - (4) - July 11, 2003, 05:36:42 PM EDT

inside out vs. top down -NT - (deSitter) - (2) - July 11, 2003, 10:04:03 PM EDT

More like "seat of your pants programming" - (orion) - (1) - July 11, 2003, 10:06:48 PM EDT

Not every building needs an architect - (tuberculosis) - July 12, 2003, 05:17:41 PM EDT

Quite. - (static) - July 12, 2003, 01:49:38 AM EDT

Cutting the managers out of the equation... - (ChrisR) - July 11, 2003, 11:08:24 PM EDT

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