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Because its easier to generate code for a stackbased language since you dont have to name the intermediary values? Just a guess because I didn't read the article yet.
Re:What I found wrong in Docker 1.12 on Friday August 26, 2016 @02:46AM (#12364662)
So because docker is free it is worthless?
Re:Bluetooth 5 will quadruple the range, double the speed on Tuesday June 28, 2016 @01:49AM (#11991728)
The stringent licensing is the reason why thunderbolt 3 is dead.
Give them a break they only have a 300billion market cap.
You cab launch the client and immediately go into offline mode if you are concerned about your privacy
It does get in the way if you eant to run two instances of a game (one controlled by keyboard the second controlled by gamepad so that you can play with a friend) I've used sandboxie to get around this.
Re:Electron 1.0 is here on Wednesday May 11, 2016 @07:28AM (#11674268)
200MB is how much space eclipse takes up
Re:After a year of using Node.js in production on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @04:58AM (#11618968)
Is package.json webscale?
Re:Have Software Developers Given Up? on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @05:54AM (#11578994)
Overhead of unit testing is why I'm not a fan of it for personal projects. Testing even the simplest 400 lines of code needed more than 1000 lines of testcode and I'm doing as little as possible.
Re:Mitsubishi: We've been cheating on fuel tests for 25 years on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @03:30AM (#11578464)
My new gas car cost me 8000€ and gets 40mpg in practice (manufacturer says 50mpg but its obviously wrong) and I just happenbto be commuting roughly 40 miles (roundtrip) per day. That's about 800 miles a month just for the commute. At $5 per gallon that's $100 per month. Would you really say I'm rich?
Re:Is It Time for Swift? on Sunday January 31, 2016 @04:39AM (#11005853)
And C# is a Java clone which is a C++ clone which is a C clone. Who cares if languages take other languages as inspiration? Would you prefer a Disney-like situation where innovation is stifled because that is no longer possible?