On Fri, 07 Jan 2011 14:44:10 -0500, Nick Sabalausky <a...@a.a> wrote:
"Walter Bright" <newshou...@digitalmars.com> wrote in message
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Max Samukha wrote:
On 01/06/2011 09:38 PM, Walter Bright wrote:
http://www.drdobbs.com/blog/archives/2011/01/patterns_of_bug.html
(dedicated to bearophile!)
Anyone want to post it on reddit?
Good points. However, computer hardware analogies are a bit outdated.
For
example, USB is prevalent nowadays. You connect a USB keyboard, mouse
or
whatever to a slot, which is closest to you and forget about it.
Yes, USB is a big improvement. So is SATA.
IDE's been keyed for a long time too. Wasn't originally, but has been
for a
long time now.
SATA is better not because of the keyed nature of it. How many times I
have tried to twist around my IDE cables so they would be the right way to
plug into two components!
That small cable makes a world of difference. Same thing with HDMI --
instead of 3-5 clunky cables that hopefully are color coded correctly, you
get one cable transmitting all data.
-Steve
