Re: FW: OT: Why is C so popular?

2003-08-30 Thread Jacob Anawalt
Gregory Seidman wrote: On Fri, Aug 29, 2003 at 11:42:17PM -0600, Jacob Anawalt wrote: [...] } Ok, I'm not arguing pro/con Java here, I just have question. What other } option do I have for web browser enabled client/server communication } without reloading the page* that I can use in Koqueror or

Re: FW: OT: Why is C so popular?

2003-08-30 Thread Jacob Anawalt
Paul Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Aug 29, 2003 at 11:42:17PM -0600, Jacob Anawalt wrote: Ok, I'm not arguing pro/con Java here, I just have question. What other option do I have for web browser enabled client/server communication without reloading the p

Re: FW: OT: Why is C so popular?

2003-08-30 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Aug 30, 2003 at 10:23:24AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > Flash. Not that I'm promoting it, I'm just saying it's an alternative. > > And a god damned fscking bad one at that! I utterly hate and *loathe* > web-sites that have Flash-based advert

Re: FW: OT: Why is C so popular?

2003-08-30 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sat, 2003-08-30 at 06:40, Gregory Seidman wrote: > On Fri, Aug 29, 2003 at 11:42:17PM -0600, Jacob Anawalt wrote: > [...] > } Ok, I'm not arguing pro/con Java here, I just have question. What other > } option do I have for web browser enabled client/server communication > } without reloading t

Re: FW: OT: Why is C so popular?

2003-08-30 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Aug 30, 2003 at 07:40:49AM -0400, Gregory Seidman wrote: > } Ok, I'm not arguing pro/con Java here, I just have question. What other > } option do I have for web browser enabled client/server communication > } without reloading the page* that

Re: FW: OT: Why is C so popular?

2003-08-30 Thread Gregory Seidman
On Fri, Aug 29, 2003 at 11:42:17PM -0600, Jacob Anawalt wrote: [...] } Ok, I'm not arguing pro/con Java here, I just have question. What other } option do I have for web browser enabled client/server communication } without reloading the page* that I can use in Koqueror or other } non-mainstream

Re: FW: OT: Why is C so popular?

2003-08-30 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Aug 29, 2003 at 11:42:17PM -0600, Jacob Anawalt wrote: > Ok, I'm not arguing pro/con Java here, I just have question. What other > option do I have for web browser enabled client/server communication > without reloading the page* that I can u

Re: FW: OT: Why is C so popular?

2003-08-30 Thread Jacob Anawalt
bob parker wrote: On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 19:18, Paul Johnson wrote: On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 09:06:23AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: Or the poster doesn't know much about Java. Having used Java, I'd say that Java isn't good for small programs/quick hacks. And what I've seen of the larger

Re: FW: OT: Why is C so popular?

2003-08-29 Thread Ron Johnson
On Fri, 2003-08-29 at 11:54, Paul Johnson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Fri, Aug 29, 2003 at 11:08:13AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > And what I've seen of the larger stuff in Java, it's horrably slow and > > > unreliable. So if it's too elephantine for little

Re: FW: OT: Why is C so popular?

2003-08-29 Thread bob parker
On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 19:18, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 09:06:23AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > Or the poster doesn't know much about Java. Having used Java, I'd > > say that Java isn't good for small programs/quick hacks. > > And what I've seen of the larger stuff in Java, it's

Re: FW: OT: Why is C so popular?

2003-08-29 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Aug 29, 2003 at 11:08:13AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > And what I've seen of the larger stuff in Java, it's horrably slow and > > unreliable. So if it's too elephantine for little stuff and two slow > > and warped for the big stuff, just wha

Re: FW: OT: Why is C so popular?

2003-08-29 Thread Ron Johnson
On Fri, 2003-08-29 at 04:18, Paul Johnson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 09:06:23AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > Or the poster doesn't know much about Java. Having used Java, I'd > > say that Java isn't good for small programs/quick hacks. >

Re: FW: OT: Why is C so popular?

2003-08-29 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 06:01:54PM +0200, Thomas Krennwallner wrote: > For me its clear: use the language you think is good for completing a > given task. I know you cannot always make this decision but if you have > the chance, choose carefully ;-) B

Re: FW: OT: Why is C so popular?

2003-08-29 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 10:47:10AM -0400, David Z Maze wrote: > Java is garbage-collected That's not entirely true, or Java would have self-collected before I hit high school. 8:o) - -- .''`. Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' : `. `'`

Re: FW: OT: Why is C so popular?

2003-08-29 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 09:06:23AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > Or the poster doesn't know much about Java. Having used Java, I'd > say that Java isn't good for small programs/quick hacks. And what I've seen of the larger stuff in Java, it's horrably

Re: FW: OT: Why is C so popular?

2003-08-28 Thread Thomas Krennwallner
Hi! On Thu Aug 28, 2003 at 03:14:25PM +0300, Alphonse Ogulla wrote: > On Thursday 28 August 2003 11:16, you wrote: you == Thomas Krennwallner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and I wrote it at Wed, 27 Aug 2003 22:02:44 +0200 What's up with your MUA? > > There is no such language which performs in all situat

Re: FW: OT: Why is C so popular?

2003-08-28 Thread Tom Badran
On Thursday 28 Aug 2003 15:06, Ron Johnson wrote: > Or the poster doesn't know much about Java. Having used Java, I'd > say that Java isn't good for small programs/quick hacks. True, ive personally found java very good for two situations; 1) writing a fast (as in programmer time) multiplatform g

Re: FW: OT: Why is C so popular?

2003-08-28 Thread David Z Maze
Alphonse Ogulla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > C, Erlang, Prolog, Perl, Python and C++ are all refered to in the above > paragraph. Java is conspicuouly not mentioned. I construe that to mean Java > is so much lacking in useful qualities to serve any practical purpose. Java is garbage-collected,

Re: FW: OT: Why is C so popular?

2003-08-28 Thread paul
Alphonse Ogulla declaimed: > On Thursday 28 August 2003 11:16, you wrote: > > There is no such language which performs in all situations well. C is > > fast, but you have to code really careful and double-check your source. > > Erlang was designed for telephony tasks (message passing, ...). Prolog

Re: FW: OT: Why is C so popular?

2003-08-28 Thread Ron Johnson
On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 07:14, Alphonse Ogulla wrote: > On Thursday 28 August 2003 11:16, you wrote: > > There is no such language which performs in all situations well. C is > > fast, but you have to code really careful and double-check your source. > > Erlang was designed for telephony tasks (messa

Re: FW: OT: Why is C so popular?

2003-08-28 Thread Alphonse Ogulla
On Thursday 28 August 2003 11:16, you wrote: > There is no such language which performs in all situations well. C is > fast, but you have to code really careful and double-check your source. > Erlang was designed for telephony tasks (message passing, ...). Prolog > is superior in expert systems. Pe