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gstolarov wrote: The next step would be to copyright it and then sue anyone who would even think about porting it to another platform.
Answered your own question there 
TTFN - Kent
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gstolarov wrote: Just why in the world would anyone develop yet another language?
There's no end to the number of new languages being created!
Kevin
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It's not a technical decision; merely marketing.
One that worked wonders for IBM when they were up against MS 
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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gstolarov wrote: What's wrong with Java, Javascript, C#, VB, Python, TypeScript, CoffeeScript
Did you write that with a straight face? 
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington
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The programming language Objective-C was originally developed in the early 1980s. (wikipedia)
Interesting. It's had a long life.
But we wondered what we could do without the baggage of C.” Amusing, after that post on how great C is.
Marc
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Interesting: looks like an ML variant with C-like syntax: static type system with type inference, variables are const by default, options (I hope that means no nulls), closures.
Mandatory garbage collector, though  . I still like Rust[^] better.
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See this post[^] for some non-Apple-centric info, including a link to an ePub version of the document.
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Thanks. 
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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May was the seventh full month of availability for Microsoft’s latest operating system version: Windows 8.1 continues to grow slowly while Windows 8 remains largely flat, allowing the former to finally pass the latter in market share. At the same time, Windows 7 has managed to climb back over the 50 percent mark, while Windows XP still has more than 25 percent of the pie, despite support for the ancient OS finally ending in April. In related news: Vista still has almost twice as much market share as Linux
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Maybe this is the year of Vista ?
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It's looking like Microsoft's new 'mini' Start Menu for Windows 8.x won't be part of Windows 8.1 Update 2 as rumored. Instead, it's sounding like a 2015 deliverable now. Did they lose the code for the old one or something?
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Did they lose the code for the old one or something?
No, of course not. They just don't know how to untangle Clippy from the Start Menu code.
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Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote: No, of course not. They just don't know how to untangle Clippy from the Start Menu code.
Looks like you were trying to press the start button.
Would you like me to:
_ Downgrade to Windows 7
_ Add a start menu to Windows 8
_ Go away.
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Pualee wrote: Downgrade Upgrade to Windows 7
FTFY
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There are over a billion Linux end-users in the world in 2014. Yes, that's right, a billion. Welcome to The Year of Linux (Nth Anniversary Edition)
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Which leads to the question: what do you like about it? The minimalism? No GUI?
TTFN - Kent
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- The minimalism is definitely one of the biggest benefits; a fresh install is nice and snappy but totally functional.
- PACMAN package manager.
- Rolling release - no perpetual betas and RC's.
- Package repository gets a lot of attention...also a separate package repository called 'Arch User Repository' where 3rd parties can share their packages.
- One of the few repos that has a working MONO that you don't have to build from source.
- Works well in Hyper-V with no add ons from Microsoft eg: Linux Integration Services.
- Arch Wiki has lots of walkthroughs on how to install just about everything.
- Arch Linux for ARM processors: http://archlinuxarm.org/[^] ...works on Raspberry Pi! 
...stuff just seems to work better on it...I even managed to get a Samba share going where I can map to Windows and create and compile Visual Studio .Net projects...build console apps in Windows and run from command line in Linux
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For me this is the 7th year of Linux - since 2007 I'm on Fedora, running Windows and other Linux (servers) in VM...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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The founder of Stack Overflow is on to change the world of online communication...again. This time with Discourse. Who'd be crazy enough to try running an online community? Oh, sorry Chris.
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I hope he didn't modeled Discourse on SO! IMHO it is one of the worst online communities...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: IMHO it is one of the worst online communities...
Why?
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IMO (and no, this isn't a**-kissing), I think CP's forums are the best designed I've ever seen.
For example (from Discourse):
We've replaced all that with the power of just-in-time loading. Want to read more? Keep scrolling down.
No, I don't want to see everybody's inane post. I often selectively choose the 5's and the one's from members that have "Marc Reputation Points". If a member doesn't have an MRP but is 5'd, then they are added to my mental MRP list if they seem to get have intelligent things to say (using the Marc Intelligence Filtering algorithm.)
Anyways, CP's forums are easy and a joy to use. I've never experienced better a better forum implementation. The world should take note.
[edit]BTW, I just checked out the Discourse test sandbox. Looks like crap. So much wasted space. [/edit]
Marc
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