Re: [dev] [OT] What's wrong with C++?
>One of my maxims is that "everyone mistakenly thinks that the kind of
>programs that they write are the kind of programs everyone writes".
There are arguments against C++. Nothing more than that.
I'd use Python to check md5 hash of my downloads
$alias md5.="python -c \"import hashlib; print
hashlib.md5(open('$1').read()).hexdigest()\"
Should I write md5.py, I could port it on M$Win and with Autohotkey I could
make it
start when I middle-click a file on explorer and pop the result up in the tray,
with 3 more lines of code.
Of course this could suck less. Python and Autohotkey require interpreters and
libraries.
Who cares. I could write it in C of course. But this is the first thing that
comes to my
mind that gets the job done, sucks relatively, it's damn fast to write, easy to
read and
it's good to me because I use those interpreters for a load of things.
>> Why program in C++ when you can do it in C, making the program simpler and
>> better?
When you can't make the program simpler and better, or you need to do it faster
than you do in C, just write C++ or whatever.
This is just the place where people write about C, little overheads and simpler
programs.
---
Wyrmskull
Re: [dev] [OT] What's wrong with C++?
Uriel has a page on that, you can find some link there. http://harmful.cat-v.org/software/c++/ C++ inserts a serie of unneeded complexity to the straightforwardness of C. If you think object-orientedly, you sure imagine a lot of Player objects each with a Position object (x,y,z) referenced to a Scenario object. Lists also exist in C. You could write instead a C program which is a PlayerManager, which spawns "n" Player threads, and communicates with another program which is a Scenario. This would remove the need of a big monolithic program and would add to modularity. You could spawn every Player routine from a PlayerManager program which would communicate with a Scenario program which represent the game's "Universe". Let's also add that an addictive game doesn't have to have full blown graphics, think about puzzle games, arcades, Pet Society, Farmville, Ogame. Roleplaying games mainly involved text for some decade, and we could mention Crobots. Why program in C++ when you can do it in C, making the program simpler and better? "GObject"-like things is about thinking objects in a non OO language. It's just bad imho. C++ is understood fully by people here (not talking about myself), but people do have their opinion, likes and dislikes. --- Wyrmskull
Re: [dev] [OT] Music?
An answer from a leecher: Avant-progressive rock Thinking Plague, 5uu's Progressive rock Yes, Genesis, King Crimson, Banco del Mutuo Soccorso David Sylvian Iva Bittova Jazz-rock Soft Machine, Hatfield and the North Frank Zappa John Zorn (Naked city and Masada) Thrash metal Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Evile, Nevermore, Sepultura, Anthrax, Exodus, Diamond Head, King Diamond Black Sabbath, Motorhead Death metal Entombed, Enslaved, Meshuggah, Portal, Gorguts Type 0 Negative (R.I.P. Peter) 1900's classical music Alban Berg, Arnold Schoenberg, Debussy, Satie, Prokofiev, Stockhausen, Scriabin ( fav ever: Horowitz plays Scriabin's "Vers la flamme" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlqGkVc29Gw&feature=fvwd) Jazz Too many. Just to name a few of the classics: Parker, Brubeck and his quartet, Scofield, Coltrane, Petrucciani, Corea, Gershwin, Metheny, Pastorius, Swallow... Mainstream Simply Red, A-ha, Tears for Fears, Celine Dion, Run DMC, Spin Doctors, Massive Attack, Muse, Everything but the girl, Jamiroquai, Daft Punk... and really many more. Nikhilesh S wrote: > What kind of music do you listen to? Your favourite artists, genres, > etc.? --- Wyrmskull
Re: [dev] Assembly interpreter/vm
Huh, could be, but... The assembly interpreter I saw some years ago just had some code piped in, and the demos/examples were written in a single html page. Has that tiny bit grown into such a project? I'll have a look, thanks Jacob (and pancake of course). Jacob Todd wrote: > On Sun, Aug 01, 2010 at 01:07:06PM -0700, Paolo wrote: > > Once I saw a project for a suckless Assembly interpreter / vm, > > I can't remember - but I'm sure I've seen it on a personal > > website of someone here. I've spent half an hour searching > > but I'm probably doing it wrong. Any hints? > radare? http://radare.nopcode.org/ --- Wyrmskull
[dev] Assembly interpreter/vm
Once I saw a project for a suckless Assembly interpreter / vm, I can't remember - but I'm sure I've seen it on a personal website of someone here. I've spent half an hour searching but I'm probably doing it wrong. Any hints? --- Wyrmskull
