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Quote: Originally Posted by sexualintellectual Yes, there are layers inherently involved in programming. Apple just wants to make sure you stick to the ones they have the most control over. I think that these are indeed Apple's intentions. An…
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Quote: Originally Posted by omnivector The real irony is that you are wrong because both are written using native windows graphics APIs and C++. No. Apple ported Core Graphics and Core Foundation to use GDI+ and Windows' System APIs. The iTune…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Prof. Peabody I think you are letting your anger get ahead of your reasoning. Several things you say here don't seem to be true to me and your original argument that Scala should be used in place of Obj C is just an a…
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Quote: Originally Posted by tawilson How is garbage collection (checks to see if it needs to clear up any memory) going to use less processor time than manual memory management (clears up when it is told to). Only if it's badly written will the …
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Quote: Originally Posted by commun5 Your claim that "everybody knows" that Scala or other languages are better programming languages than those derived from C is what is ridiculous. For every advantage of Scala, there is a corresponding disadvan…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Mark Fearing Not what's best, or easiest for the develops who don't want to learn a different language. Sometimes I want to use a screwdriver, but it's not because I don't know how to use a hammer. The problem with …
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Quote: Originally Posted by RidleyGriff 3. Gruber said that they will always be inferior to a natively-coded app, and of course he's right. Whether it's speed, UI, or compatibility, an intermediary layer by its very nature will result in an app…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Mark Fearing I still don't understand why people are so upset that a vendor would ask that things written for their devices conform to a standard they feel is best for their device. Do you want to insist that radios al…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sflocal t's called evolution. Do you think we all should have stayed on FORTRAN and COBOL because too many people would raise a stink about having to learn a new language? Technology has been like this since the be…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sashuey What would happen if Microsoft suddenly released an update that prevented iTunes from running? Think of the chaos that would ensue. Microsoft could take a big cut out of Apple's sales by doing just that. Cou…
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Quote: Originally Posted by vinney57 Pretty well everything you use (numbers, text, constants etc) has to be wrapped in a Cocoa object and that allows all sorts of magic to occur behind the scenes; now including multi-tasking, state saving etc. C…
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Quote: Originally Posted by cczaphod I've never seen a code generator that created halfway decent code. In order to create churn out multi-platform crap, you've got to work toward the lowest common denominator. You know, all compilers are cod…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dick Applebaum The alternative is to have the system do garbage collection: look around, continuously, for memory to free. While not as expensive on a typical computer, it is very expensive on an embedded system wher…
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Quote: Originally Posted by chaywesley Without compiler introduced knowledge, the OS will have absolutely no idea what source language was used to write the original code. Exactly. This is the key point that proves the decision isn't technical…
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This argument about why all languages except C/Objective-C/C++ are prohibited doesn't hold up at all. All developers submit to the App Store is a binary--no source code at all. So if Apple is analyzing the program some how, they are analyzing the bi…
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While I'm looking at the ADC download page, is 7B86 the GM of Panther Server? -Chris
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Is 7B85 the GM? The seed note just says it's another seed but maybe that's because they declared it GM after it was seeded. If it is the GM then woohoo! -Chris
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I ordered three 15" PowerBooks at 3:15 a.m. on tuesday. At frst the order status page said they would ship the same day. Then, a day later it said they would ship thursday. I finally got an email from Apple with the tracing numbers and it appeared a…
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Apple has posted Panther Build 7B74 to the ADC site and doesn't cite any known issues in the seed note. We're getting close here!
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I can't stand Safari's URL autocomplete. I type "google" into the location field and hit enter and it takes my to my last google search It is so Microsoft the way it tries to think for me! Don't get me wrong, URL autocomplete is great -- one sho…