Just for reference, before the torches and pitchforks come out against Oracle, Apache has butted heads with Sun over essentially the same issue: http://www.apache.org/jcp/sunopenletter.html
Being able to do something and actually understanding it aren't the same thing; I'm sure there are many things which you do which don't don't very much understand. I very much agree you don't really understand something…
I was just making light of the... dubious content that springs forth from 4chan. I do understand how he could be quite proud of the fact he created such an incredibly popular site.
4chan survived out of his sheer stubbornness to run the site at a loss for a long period of time and refusing to sell it to some porn network (possibly on multiple occasions?) It's impressive he was willing to spend the…
The JVM is a platform, much like x86/linux or PPC/mac. It's always advantageous to have a better understanding of the platform your code will be working on, but it's not strictly required to be an effective programmer.…
Very true about everyone being different. When I saw first diagnosed with ADHD-I, my pschyiatrist began with Ritalin. While it definitely helped me focus more, the come downs were absolutely awful and I'd feel…
That's what he's referring to; specifically ADHD-I. ADD and ADHD have been merged into ADHD-I/H(Inattentive or Hyperactive)
Just for reference, before the torches and pitchforks come out against Oracle, Apache has butted heads with Sun over essentially the same issue: http://www.apache.org/jcp/sunopenletter.html
Being able to do something and actually understanding it aren't the same thing; I'm sure there are many things which you do which don't don't very much understand. I very much agree you don't really understand something…
I was just making light of the... dubious content that springs forth from 4chan. I do understand how he could be quite proud of the fact he created such an incredibly popular site.
4chan survived out of his sheer stubbornness to run the site at a loss for a long period of time and refusing to sell it to some porn network (possibly on multiple occasions?) It's impressive he was willing to spend the…
The JVM is a platform, much like x86/linux or PPC/mac. It's always advantageous to have a better understanding of the platform your code will be working on, but it's not strictly required to be an effective programmer.…
Very true about everyone being different. When I saw first diagnosed with ADHD-I, my pschyiatrist began with Ritalin. While it definitely helped me focus more, the come downs were absolutely awful and I'd feel…
That's what he's referring to; specifically ADHD-I. ADD and ADHD have been merged into ADHD-I/H(Inattentive or Hyperactive)