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I can only hope that this marks the beginning of the end of duck-type languages, which, after working with Ruby, should be called "duct-tape" languages, a la McGyver.
Marc
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Hey, that's insulting to duct tape. Duct tape is outta this world: Duct Tape[^]
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Microsoft has announced an end-of-life schedule for .NET 4.0 thru 4.5.1. After January 12 of 2016, all technical support, including security and non-security updates, will be discontinued.
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
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This is not good work by Microsoft. What about the old systems? Like Windows XP and the users that don't want to support .NET 4.5?
What about the developers who develop the applications for the old framework. This is not fair by Microsoft.
Favourite line: Throw me to them wolves and close the gate up. I am afraid of what will happen to them wolves - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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Considering that Microsoft doesn't support XP anymore, I don't think they really care about the users.
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Considering how sad XP really was near the end and how long it took them to replace it adequately, one could make the argument that Microsoft has not really cared about its customers for quite a few years. 
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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Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan wrote: This is not fair by Microsoft.
Ah, it would be more fair to prohibit them from dropping support?
It's their product, and their decision. In a similar way, you cannot force the market to produce Betamax-hardware, or spare parts for your walkman. Neither companies nor products have an eternal life.
Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan wrote: and the users that don't want to
They should have realised the risks before buying that Betamax.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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C++ creator Bjarne Stroustrup writes: “C++14 was delivered on schedule and implementations are already shipping by major suppliers. Coming soon: more uses for those characters you never type otherwise
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Is it as good as D yet?  I don't see how they can continue to post-increment C without reaching D.
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I think they should start pre-incrementing C so that people use it like a better language...
rather than having a better language and continuing to use it like C
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I really believe, newer is better! 
Favourite line: Throw me to them wolves and close the gate up. I am afraid of what will happen to them wolves - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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This is just an interim release that mainly fixes features introducted in C++ 11. The next version should be the good one :- Concepts Lite should make it into the standard.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Oracle has taken its development of Java 9 up a gear. A preliminary set of Java Enhancement Proposals (JEPs) for the next major release 9 has appeared on OpenJDK. And this time, Oracle are talking real features. A "smart Java compiler"? Excuse me while I avoid the obvious snark
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Modular source code? Color me intrigued...
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A perspective on whether Moore's law will hold, as well as whether it matters. Moore's Law is more of a guideline
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They always have. That may have been Moore's point.
Mechanical ==> electronic --> relays --> tubes --> transisters ...
All the different techniques that have been used to store a bit.
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Real innovation doesn't happen behind closed doors. "Talk is cheap. Show me the code."
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The tag line is a circular argument - real innovation may happen behind closed doors but because those doors are closed we don't know about it.
However a more serious problem is this articles glossing over the fact that the most significant cost - "For example, a company may spend $100,000 on an ERP system, but they're going to spend another $500,000 making it work. " - doesn't go away if you use open source.
The hidden cost of open source is that you need to employ someone to watch that open source project(s) and merge in (or not) changes as they occur. You need to maintain a catalogue of what OSS is used and where - so if something like HeartBleed comes along you know what needs to be fixed.
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Unity’s WebGL deployment support will be free of charge for both free and Pro users. You’ll be able to build a game in Unity’s engine and push it to the web without paying them a dime. Oh, Flash: don't let the door hit you on the way out
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C++ inventor details the language's latest changes and assesses the strengths and weaknesses of its competitors. The kids love them some braces and operator overloading
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A question come to mind, what is a 'real' dev? Why should I care anyhow?!
"Real" developers love C++? good for them!
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The new C++ standard instead of simplifying the language, has complicated the language with hard-to-remember rules for new features like auto type inference. All these people in C++ committee, none of them has read research/books on human brain? Human brains can at best juggle with 3 - 4 things at the same time: When developers does coding, he/she have to deal with the specs, the APIs/libraries and the language. With a complicated language, it is easy to make mistakes with so many rules to remember. This shows that computer languages are better designed with a few people than by consensus.
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This is why my main languages are C and C#. I missed C++ out, every bit of code I've seen just looks damn scary. I'm sure it's not that bad when you use the language, but still.
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I agree, but remember just because a feature exists does not mean you have to use it 
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