(new) Theory and Practice of Programming

Pointers point, references refer. - (marlowe) - (13) - Feb. 5, 2003, 12:44:56 PM EST

Easy for you to say - (ChrisR) - (5) - Feb. 5, 2003, 12:54:52 PM EST

this post left blank.... -NT - (folkert) - Feb. 5, 2003, 01:20:13 PM EST

This one too.... GAH!!!! -NT - (folkert) - (2) - Feb. 5, 2003, 01:21:00 PM EST

Yes, but I'll refer you to another post... - (tseliot) - (1) - Feb. 5, 2003, 02:18:56 PM EST

My point exactly -NT - (folkert) - Feb. 5, 2003, 02:20:49 PM EST

ICLRPD (new thread) - (folkert) - Feb. 5, 2003, 01:21:25 PM EST

Why check for null? - (tuberculosis) - (5) - Feb. 5, 2003, 02:46:25 PM EST

Have you looked at the IBM GUI lib for Java? (new thread) - (admin) - Feb. 5, 2003, 03:05:46 PM EST

Wow, that's one wide-ass blog site you got there, Todd! - (CRConrad) - (1) - Feb. 5, 2003, 05:06:36 PM EST

Dave Winer is Lame - (tuberculosis) - Feb. 5, 2003, 05:33:39 PM EST

Interesting rant. - (static) - Feb. 7, 2003, 06:30:39 AM EST

Re: Why check for null? - (jb4) - Feb. 10, 2003, 05:28:33 PM EST

References can be very useful. - (static) - Feb. 7, 2003, 06:34:49 AM EST

need referral for a quick primer - (lincoln) - (6) - Feb. 5, 2003, 09:28:42 AM EST

Would Critter Notes work? - (ChrisR) - Feb. 5, 2003, 09:41:58 AM EST

grab a copy of my res from the link in my sig - (boxley) - Feb. 5, 2003, 12:56:29 PM EST

You may need an HTML editor - (orion) - Feb. 5, 2003, 05:27:12 PM EST

You know I once had an idea - (orion) - Feb. 5, 2003, 05:31:23 PM EST

At least one tip - (tuberculosis) - Feb. 5, 2003, 05:38:52 PM EST

Editor - (pwhysall) - Feb. 6, 2003, 02:36:24 AM EST

Sun's engineers don't like Java. - (Another Scott) - (10) - Feb. 4, 2003, 04:08:54 PM EST

Bad link? - (admin) - (1) - Feb. 4, 2003, 03:41:38 PM EST

Yup. Correct now. -NT - (Another Scott) - Feb. 4, 2003, 04:09:25 PM EST

Doesn't sound like it's Java, per se. - (admin) - (2) - Feb. 4, 2003, 04:39:09 PM EST

blows with the flows - (tablizer) - Feb. 6, 2003, 03:45:32 AM EST

We ended up shipping entire Java dev environment, - (Arkadiy) - Feb. 9, 2003, 09:02:45 PM EST

More on Java JRE on Solaris from TheInq. - (Another Scott) - (3) - Feb. 8, 2003, 09:52:05 AM EST

TogetherJ used 64M tops on my Linux box - (admin) - (2) - Feb. 8, 2003, 12:56:45 PM EST

Depends on what you use - (tuberculosis) - (1) - Feb. 8, 2003, 06:27:59 PM EST

That last line applies to a lot of languages - (boxley) - Feb. 8, 2003, 06:31:48 PM EST

Memo is two years old, claims Sun - (admin) - Feb. 13, 2003, 05:09:02 PM EST

Re: There is NOTHING wrong with pointers! - (admin) - (46) - Feb. 4, 2003, 01:55:10 PM EST

Re: There is NOTHING wrong with pointers! - (dshellman) - (5) - Feb. 4, 2003, 02:57:39 PM EST

Cross-platform can be nasty. - (admin) - Feb. 4, 2003, 03:38:34 PM EST

Er,...really? - (jb4) - (3) - Feb. 4, 2003, 06:47:07 PM EST

Java pointer problems - (ChrisR) - (2) - Feb. 4, 2003, 09:32:06 PM EST

OT: threading - (admin) - Feb. 4, 2003, 09:36:29 PM EST

Just a nit - (dshellman) - Feb. 7, 2003, 01:13:26 PM EST

Re: There is NOTHING wrong with pointers! - (deSitter) - (1) - Feb. 4, 2003, 03:20:17 PM EST

Re: There is NOTHING wrong with pointers! - (admin) - Feb. 4, 2003, 03:40:40 PM EST

I guess I don't see the problems with the compiler - (jb4) - (33) - Feb. 4, 2003, 06:40:12 PM EST

Hmmmm - seems this thread got derailed due to ... - (dmarker) - (27) - Feb. 4, 2003, 08:02:51 PM EST

Java isn't a systems language at all, IMO. - (admin) - (26) - Feb. 4, 2003, 08:14:34 PM EST

I sure wouldn't use Java for Systems work - (dmarker) - (25) - Feb. 4, 2003, 09:18:47 PM EST

Which brings up the point: what IS systems work - (admin) - (24) - Feb. 4, 2003, 09:33:10 PM EST

The other aspect is... - (ChrisR) - (18) - Feb. 4, 2003, 09:40:25 PM EST

Stroustrup has a great quote about that: - (admin) - Feb. 4, 2003, 09:47:11 PM EST

Which is why C/C++ can be easily integrated with anything - (Arkadiy) - (16) - Feb. 5, 2003, 05:12:16 AM EST

*C* is the lingua franca. - (admin) - (15) - Feb. 5, 2003, 08:42:14 AM EST

ObjectiveC++ - (tuberculosis) - Feb. 5, 2003, 02:48:48 PM EST

Welcom to my nightmare! - (jb4) - (13) - Feb. 10, 2003, 10:02:27 AM EST

ABI: Application Binary Interface - (admin) - (12) - Feb. 10, 2003, 10:18:32 AM EST

I used to think Direct To SOM compilers would fix this - (tuberculosis) - (1) - Feb. 10, 2003, 10:27:21 AM EST

Some progress has been made. - (admin) - Feb. 10, 2003, 10:41:40 AM EST

Snide remark and a question - (jb4) - (5) - Feb. 10, 2003, 03:30:19 PM EST

Snide response. - (admin) - Feb. 10, 2003, 04:14:16 PM EST

Libraries - remember those? - (tuberculosis) - (2) - Feb. 10, 2003, 04:26:03 PM EST

Exactly. - (admin) - Feb. 10, 2003, 04:28:16 PM EST

Reality check: why libraries matter: - (admin) - Feb. 10, 2003, 06:19:37 PM EST

Libraries - remember those? - (tuberculosis) - Feb. 10, 2003, 05:53:57 PM EST

a day late and a dollar short...but extern "C" - (Simon_Jester) - (3) - Feb. 13, 2003, 12:28:21 AM EST

For a 3rd party module? No. - (admin) - (2) - Feb. 13, 2003, 09:02:41 AM EST

If you export C++ mangled functions, you're screwed. - (Arkadiy) - (1) - Feb. 13, 2003, 11:25:16 AM EST

Or, rather: Export C++ mangled functions in a lib you sell.. - (CRConrad) - Feb. 13, 2003, 05:40:18 PM EST

Simple - (deSitter) - Feb. 4, 2003, 11:33:33 PM EST

No - (Arkadiy) - (2) - Feb. 5, 2003, 05:09:24 AM EST

But, in the hands of a good programmer, it's a sharp tool. - (admin) - (1) - Feb. 5, 2003, 08:40:45 AM EST

Like Cathie Ryan said... - (Arkadiy) - Feb. 5, 2003, 10:05:14 AM EST

Friend of a Friend - (tuberculosis) - Feb. 5, 2003, 02:21:58 PM EST

Re: I guess I don't see the problems with the compiler - (admin) - (2) - Feb. 4, 2003, 08:13:12 PM EST

OK, here's where we agree to disagree, and agree to agree... - (jb4) - (1) - Feb. 10, 2003, 03:10:35 PM EST

Re: OK, here's where we agree to disagree, and agree to agre - (admin) - Feb. 10, 2003, 04:25:58 PM EST

Geronimo! - (tuberculosis) - Feb. 5, 2003, 01:55:33 PM EST

Attacking Java doesn't make C++ better - (tuberculosis) - Feb. 5, 2003, 02:38:37 PM EST

does the content of this thread indicate Bryce is right? :-) -NT - (boxley) - (3) - Feb. 5, 2003, 03:09:20 PM EST

Inasmuch as: - (admin) - Feb. 5, 2003, 03:14:05 PM EST

C++ implements OO programming - (tuberculosis) - Feb. 5, 2003, 03:23:37 PM EST

Not at all. - (static) - Feb. 7, 2003, 06:44:29 AM EST

I'm spoiled by the VB IDE - (orion) - (40) - Jan. 28, 2003, 08:37:18 PM EST

Norm, this does NOT count as improvement - (ben_tilly) - (23) - Jan. 28, 2003, 09:09:44 PM EST

I am having a problem finding the right language tool - (orion) - (10) - Jan. 29, 2003, 12:48:08 PM EST

Did you notice the irony? - (ben_tilly) - (9) - Jan. 29, 2003, 08:42:17 PM EST

All I want - (orion) - (8) - Jan. 30, 2003, 01:54:28 PM EST

Given your constraints - (ChrisR) - (7) - Jan. 30, 2003, 02:04:16 PM EST

His problem is simple - (ben_tilly) - (5) - Jan. 30, 2003, 06:55:41 PM EST

Quite - (deSitter) - Jan. 30, 2003, 09:50:49 PM EST

OK - this is the thing - Norman Look HERE. - (tuberculosis) - (3) - Jan. 31, 2003, 07:32:32 AM EST

That's exactly the same as Kylix / Delphi - (CRConrad) - (1) - Jan. 31, 2003, 10:19:11 AM EST

But there are free things out there - (orion) - Jan. 31, 2003, 11:09:25 PM EST

Re: OK - this is the thing - Norman Look HERE. - (orion) - Jan. 31, 2003, 11:00:34 PM EST

It may be best if I wait - (orion) - Jan. 31, 2003, 10:53:44 PM EST

If you read rest of the thread - (Ashton) - (11) - Jan. 29, 2003, 07:31:49 PM EST

I don't - (ben_tilly) - (10) - Jan. 29, 2003, 08:27:00 PM EST

Either way I lose - (orion) - (9) - Jan. 30, 2003, 01:58:07 PM EST

STOP WHINING! - (deSitter) - (8) - Jan. 30, 2003, 04:22:12 PM EST

It is hard - (orion) - Jan. 31, 2003, 10:56:42 PM EST

look at the bright side - (boxley) - (1) - Jan. 31, 2003, 11:09:52 PM EST

One way to look at it - (orion) - Jan. 31, 2003, 11:18:26 PM EST

Sorry to hear about the leg... - (Arkadiy) - (4) - Feb. 3, 2003, 04:16:13 PM EST

Better today - (deSitter) - (3) - Feb. 3, 2003, 06:53:22 PM EST

I used to work with a guy who lost his arm - (orion) - (2) - Feb. 3, 2003, 07:33:11 PM EST

Lefty - (deSitter) - (1) - Feb. 3, 2003, 07:47:18 PM EST

Actually it was his left arm he lost - (orion) - Feb. 5, 2003, 12:28:36 AM EST

Sheesh... I've said this a zillion times already: - (CRConrad) - (8) - Jan. 29, 2003, 03:09:40 AM EST

Re: Sheesh... I've said this a zillion times already: - (orion) - (5) - Jan. 29, 2003, 12:44:19 PM EST

NOTHING in life is "free", you goddam stupid whiner! - (CRConrad) - (4) - Jan. 31, 2003, 04:12:04 AM EST

Yes it is - (orion) - Jan. 31, 2003, 11:11:23 PM EST

CRC would make such a great mental therapist -NT - (tablizer) - (2) - Feb. 6, 2003, 03:48:44 AM EST

Oh, I'm "mental" all right, but "a therapist"? :-) - (CRConrad) - Feb. 6, 2003, 03:56:10 AM EST

More like the reverse of one - (orion) - Feb. 6, 2003, 12:30:15 PM EST

I have had nightmares about that - (orion) - (1) - Jan. 29, 2003, 06:56:36 PM EST

Another free Smalltalk - (Arkadiy) - Jan. 29, 2003, 08:34:13 PM EST

What happened with Squeak? - (tuberculosis) - (6) - Jan. 29, 2003, 08:15:59 AM EST

I downloaded it - (orion) - (5) - Jan. 29, 2003, 12:42:45 PM EST

Don't give up so easily - (tuberculosis) - (4) - Jan. 29, 2003, 03:05:52 PM EST

You have to understand - (orion) - (3) - Jan. 29, 2003, 06:44:11 PM EST

You have just given intelligible reasons for - (Ashton) - (1) - Jan. 29, 2003, 07:23:29 PM EST

Another feild - (orion) - Jan. 30, 2003, 01:48:12 PM EST

Well there's a start - (tuberculosis) - Jan. 30, 2003, 04:24:42 PM EST

I reinvented the long datatype this weekend. - (tseliot) - (7) - Jan. 21, 2003, 02:06:16 AM EST

? - (deSitter) - (6) - Jan. 21, 2003, 06:24:31 AM EST

Since when is 32 bits "extended precision"? -NT - (tuberculosis) - (1) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:35:18 AM EDT

eh? - (deSitter) - Jan. 21, 2003, 09:53:07 AM EST

Oh, STFU, you bloody sycophant. - (CRConrad) - (1) - Jan. 21, 2003, 09:26:06 AM EST

Re: Oh, STFU, you bloody sycophant. - (deSitter) - Jan. 21, 2003, 09:50:08 AM EST

Classic oversolution. - (tseliot) - (1) - Jan. 21, 2003, 02:41:55 PM EST

Re: Classic oversolution. - (deSitter) - Jan. 21, 2003, 03:16:41 PM EST

Owen Densmore - (deSitter) - (4) - Jan. 20, 2003, 05:25:58 AM EST

Interesting - (deSitter) - Jan. 20, 2003, 05:41:17 AM EST

FORTH != Postscript - (JimWeirich) - (1) - Jan. 21, 2003, 01:12:19 PM EST

Re: FORTH != Postscript - (deSitter) - Jan. 21, 2003, 02:04:25 PM EST

Art imitates life... - (admin) - Jan. 21, 2003, 01:18:42 PM EST

Todd Q - (deSitter) - (1) - Jan. 18, 2003, 03:10:18 PM EST

I don't get news - (tuberculosis) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:25:25 AM EDT

Happy happy joy joy... - (admin) - (4) - Jan. 17, 2003, 06:19:42 PM EST

-malign C++ - (tuberculosis) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:25:31 AM EDT

(delete) - (tablizer) - Jan. 21, 2003, 01:44:04 AM EST

You still using stlport? - (Simon_Jester) - (1) - Jan. 21, 2003, 01:43:59 PM EST

Using it for 2.95.4 - (admin) - Jan. 21, 2003, 01:51:17 PM EST

I *heart* C++ - (admin) - (30) - Jan. 17, 2003, 11:52:49 AM EST

GNU compilers both sides? - (marlowe) - Jan. 17, 2003, 12:54:16 PM EST

What is the type of m_server_address? - (Arkadiy) - (3) - Jan. 17, 2003, 02:55:27 PM EST

As noted: - (admin) - (2) - Jan. 17, 2003, 03:01:40 PM EST

Re: As noted: - (deSitter) - (1) - Jan. 17, 2003, 03:04:08 PM EST

It isn't. - (admin) - Jan. 17, 2003, 03:05:50 PM EST

Fix: - (admin) - (24) - Jan. 17, 2003, 03:04:37 PM EST

const is a design error - (tuberculosis) - (23) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:17:22 AM EDT

One of my directives for this port: - (admin) - (8) - Jan. 17, 2003, 04:38:07 PM EST

Re: One of my directives for this port: - (deSitter) - (7) - Jan. 17, 2003, 05:22:29 PM EST

The "const" attribute means that, within the given scope,... - (a6l6e6x) - (6) - Jan. 17, 2003, 05:42:03 PM EST

Because it's not supposed to be modified... - (ChrisR) - (5) - Jan. 17, 2003, 07:31:13 PM EST

Yes, I remember all that.. - (deSitter) - (3) - Jan. 17, 2003, 10:31:53 PM EST

Re: why bother? - (a6l6e6x) - (2) - Jan. 17, 2003, 10:58:51 PM EST

Well, yes, that was what BS was obsessing on - (deSitter) - (1) - Jan. 17, 2003, 11:06:45 PM EST

Clearly BS hates programmers and doesn't trust them - (tuberculosis) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:25:33 AM EDT

Re: Because it's not supposed to be modified... - (JimWeirich) - Jan. 18, 2003, 10:58:42 PM EST

Re: const is a design error - (JimWeirich) - (13) - Jan. 17, 2003, 05:07:46 PM EST

Only if such differences exist - (tuberculosis) - (12) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:17:37 AM EDT

Fun in computing. - (static) - Jan. 18, 2003, 06:37:38 AM EST

Re: Only if such differences exist - (JimWeirich) - (10) - Jan. 18, 2003, 10:33:25 PM EST

const functions - (tuberculosis) - (9) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:28:10 AM EDT

Well, it doesnt' appear to be overloaded on const - (Simon_Jester) - (8) - Jan. 21, 2003, 01:53:21 PM EST

Re: Well, it doesnt' appear to be overloaded on const - (JimWeirich) - Jan. 21, 2003, 03:47:40 PM EST

No, thats exactly the problem - (tuberculosis) - (6) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:37:06 AM EDT

This is what bugs me in Scott's problem... - (Arkadiy) - (5) - Jan. 21, 2003, 05:42:24 PM EST

I was pissed enough at the problem - (Arkadiy) - (4) - Jan. 21, 2003, 09:43:01 PM EST

I was pissed enough that I: - (admin) - (3) - Jan. 21, 2003, 10:37:18 PM EST

Solution - (Arkadiy) - (2) - Jan. 21, 2003, 11:23:30 PM EST

ROFL - (admin) - Jan. 21, 2003, 11:24:50 PM EST

Re: "..you can make it swallow the code." Beautiful! -NT - (a6l6e6x) - Jan. 22, 2003, 11:08:55 AM EST

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