Comments for Software & Engineering http://coliveira.net by Carlos Oliveira Tue, 15 May 2012 01:46:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Creative Freedom for Developers by http://www.megaplastium.net/forum/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=30761 http://coliveira.net/software/creative-freedom-for-developers/comment-page-1/#comment-1970 http://www.megaplastium.net/forum/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=30761 Tue, 15 May 2012 01:46:36 +0000 http://coliveira.net/?p=730#comment-1970 <strong>Of all the benefits that virtue confers upon us, the contempt of death is one of the greatest....</strong> One may be humble out of pride.... Of all the benefits that virtue confers upon us, the contempt of death is one of the greatest….

One may be humble out of pride….

]]> Comment on Using Gmail as a Notebook by trevor http://coliveira.net/software/using-gmail-as-a-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-1969 trevor Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:25:49 +0000 http://coliveira.net/?p=889#comment-1969 I want a draft release for gmail I want a draft release for gmail

]]> Comment on Readability Advantages of C over C++ by Vijay Kanta http://coliveira.net/software/readability-advantages-of-c-over-c/comment-page-1/#comment-1968 Vijay Kanta Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:23:56 +0000 http://coliveira.net/?p=934#comment-1968 Simply put, I never want to learn another language other than C, is because I want to *only* develop an application's logic for a platform, systems/web etc. I know C and it helps me do it well. End of story. Simply put, I never want to learn another language other than C, is because I want to *only* develop an application’s logic for a platform, systems/web etc.

I know C and it helps me do it well. End of story.

]]> Comment on The Wasteful Legacy of Programming as Language by Cuma Honda http://coliveira.net/software/the-wasteful-legacy-of-programming-as-language/comment-page-1/#comment-1967 Cuma Honda Mon, 16 Apr 2012 07:04:32 +0000 http://coliveira.net/?p=1028#comment-1967 Hi, Neat post. There's an issue together with your website in internet explorer, might test this… IE nonetheless is the market chief and a huge component to people will pass over your great writing due to this problem. Hi, Neat post. There’s an issue together with your website in internet explorer, might test this… IE nonetheless is the market chief and a huge component to people will pass over your great writing due to this problem.

]]> Comment on Day 1: Read Other People’s Code by Technology | Pearltrees http://coliveira.net/software/day-1-read-other-peoples-code/comment-page-1/#comment-1966 Technology | Pearltrees Sun, 15 Apr 2012 22:57:54 +0000 http://coliveira.net/?p=325#comment-1966 [...] In fact, I believe that just the opposite is the case. Day 1: Read Other People’s Code [...] [...] In fact, I believe that just the opposite is the case. Day 1: Read Other People’s Code [...]

]]> Comment on Why C++ will not die by chandan Jena http://coliveira.net/software/why-c-will-not-die/comment-page-1/#comment-1965 chandan Jena Sat, 31 Mar 2012 13:46:02 +0000 http://coliveira.net/?p=643#comment-1965 ok...why a language is diminish...in market due to lack of it's application or usefulness. but I found C++ is touched every corner of the of software industry..from system program to embedded kind of program so..I don't think so.. we have to do a lot of research and development on this field to keep our loving language alive... ok…why a language is diminish…in market due to lack of it’s application or usefulness. but I found C++ is touched every corner of the of software industry..from system program to embedded kind of program so..I don’t think so..
we have to do a lot of research and development on this field to keep our loving language alive…

]]> Comment on Day 26: Write About Your Problem by Bruce http://coliveira.net/software/write-about-your-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-1964 Bruce Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:54:13 +0000 http://coliveira.net/?p=1072#comment-1964 Totally agree. In terms of design, the process of distilling ideas into a clear, concise document solidifies them in your own mind, reveals contradictions, omissions and other issues. I also like to use scratch paper when working through elusive bugs. I've been laughed at for this, but it works for me. Totally agree.

In terms of design, the process of distilling ideas into a clear, concise document solidifies them in your own mind, reveals contradictions, omissions and other issues.

I also like to use scratch paper when working through elusive bugs. I’ve been laughed at for this, but it works for me.

]]> Comment on Why Learning Prolog Can Make You a Better Programmer by jesus smith http://coliveira.net/software/why-learning-prolog-can-make-you-a-better-programmer/comment-page-1/#comment-1959 jesus smith Wed, 21 Mar 2012 03:14:24 +0000 http://coliveira.net/?p=240#comment-1959 I used Turbo Prolog to provide small applications for users at Redcliffe City Council, 1990-1994. (Jim in Health, Andrew Osborne in the Library). I also completed work for for Spencer Yule in plumbing - graphs of water data - and Trevor Green in Health - image processing but did not use them. I also wrote a sort for Bill Darch because his MS-DOS sort would not handle the amount of data. In hindsight of course, I should have asked him to buy a new computer. I also wrote code to solve Lewis Carrol's zebra problem, and also wrote to study the text of an RFT for the accounting system. With unlimited storage today for source code, it would make sense to keep all the code we wrote as part of a running system. Also wrote word counting application in 1990. What I would like to do now is to find gapped n-grams. Perhaps it is possible to find some gapped n-grams which fit together like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. Will use an evaluation copy of SIcstus Prolog for now because I used Sicstus before at Macquarie in 2002. I also hope to go over some of the code in one of Covington's books on NLP. I used Turbo Prolog to provide small applications for users at Redcliffe City Council, 1990-1994. (Jim in Health, Andrew Osborne in the Library). I also completed work for for Spencer Yule in plumbing – graphs of water data – and Trevor Green in Health – image processing but did not use them. I also wrote a sort for Bill Darch because his MS-DOS sort would not handle the amount of data. In hindsight of course, I should have asked him to buy a new computer. I also wrote code to solve Lewis Carrol’s zebra problem, and also wrote to study the text of an RFT for the accounting system.

With unlimited storage today for source code, it would make sense to keep all the code we wrote as part of a running system.

Also wrote word counting application in 1990.

What I would like to do now is to find gapped n-grams. Perhaps it is possible to find some gapped n-grams which fit together like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle.
Will use an evaluation copy of SIcstus Prolog for now because I used Sicstus before at Macquarie in 2002.

I also hope to go over some of the code in one of Covington’s books on NLP.

]]> Comment on RAII is Overrated by Andreas Pokorny http://coliveira.net/software/raii-is-overrated/comment-page-1/#comment-1958 Andreas Pokorny Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:41:44 +0000 http://coliveira.net/?p=941#comment-1958 "Even the work performed on behalf of stack allocated objects is nothing more than syntactic sugar. While tedious, it is not hard to add a matching clean up procedure at the end of the scope where an object is used, when necessary. If no exceptions are used in code (which is a common case even on C++), this is all one needs to have correct programs." The basic motivation behind something that you call syntactic sugar is writing less and being more expressive in doing so. You have to see programming as a form of asyncronous communication. You leave message for other people or your self in source code files. These messages can be tedious verbosity (C) or clumsy cluttered subjectives (Java), or it can be expressive poetry (C++ when used right). “Even the work performed on behalf of stack allocated objects is nothing more than syntactic sugar. While tedious, it is not hard to add a matching clean up procedure at the end of the scope where an object is used, when necessary. If no exceptions are used in code (which is a common case even on C++), this is all one needs to have correct programs.”

The basic motivation behind something that you call syntactic sugar is writing less and being more expressive in doing so. You have to see programming as a form of asyncronous communication. You leave message for other people or your self in source code files. These messages can be tedious verbosity (C) or clumsy cluttered subjectives (Java), or it can be expressive poetry (C++ when used right).

]]> Comment on Using the Immediate Window on Visual Studio by Abdullah Musani http://coliveira.net/software/using-the-immediate-window-on-visual-studio/comment-page-1/#comment-1957 Abdullah Musani Thu, 08 Mar 2012 07:44:51 +0000 http://coliveira.net/?p=572#comment-1957 Thanks Its worthy for me. Thanks Its worthy for me.

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