This is probably just the NSA, pumping out as many crypto FUD distractions as possible.
"His position is basically a pro-business position" What utter nonsense. Being ignorant of the facts and making vague claims of protecting economic interests can only be described as a "pro-getting-paid position". You…
It's telling that this bill is sponsored by Lamar Smith (R-TX). He was also one of the most steadfast sponsors of SOPA. These guys are just hired goons.
UTF-8 strings ARE byte arrays -- just with some extra semantics for certain operations. Many operations don't even need to be aware of anything besides the raw array of bytes. C# has the worst-of-all-worlds approach and…
But still. Marketing speak is creepy and oozes dishonesty.
Explaining it as "basically a way to XYZ" doesn't make it any more agreeable. Stealing your wallet is "basically a way for me to get some easy money" -- so f*cking what?
The best thing about C for a long time has been that it has precious few hipsters trying to fuck it up. Please stay away, hipsters. P.S. I heard the ECMAScript mailing list needs more suggestions for the garbage heap of…
What the *&^@ is a "static language"?
But who really cares what's on the up? Reality TV and Simon Cowell shows are on the up too.
ECMAScript Harmony is just another design-by-committee disaster that's eerily similar to how C++ came about. I would say that it'll "ruin JavaScript", but that'd be implying the false premise that JavaScript was ever…
If a company using PHP decides to switch to a different stack, chances are their developers will just need training, not retraining.
This is probably just the NSA, pumping out as many crypto FUD distractions as possible.
"His position is basically a pro-business position" What utter nonsense. Being ignorant of the facts and making vague claims of protecting economic interests can only be described as a "pro-getting-paid position". You…
It's telling that this bill is sponsored by Lamar Smith (R-TX). He was also one of the most steadfast sponsors of SOPA. These guys are just hired goons.
UTF-8 strings ARE byte arrays -- just with some extra semantics for certain operations. Many operations don't even need to be aware of anything besides the raw array of bytes. C# has the worst-of-all-worlds approach and…
But still. Marketing speak is creepy and oozes dishonesty.
Explaining it as "basically a way to XYZ" doesn't make it any more agreeable. Stealing your wallet is "basically a way for me to get some easy money" -- so f*cking what?
The best thing about C for a long time has been that it has precious few hipsters trying to fuck it up. Please stay away, hipsters. P.S. I heard the ECMAScript mailing list needs more suggestions for the garbage heap of…
What the *&^@ is a "static language"?
But who really cares what's on the up? Reality TV and Simon Cowell shows are on the up too.
ECMAScript Harmony is just another design-by-committee disaster that's eerily similar to how C++ came about. I would say that it'll "ruin JavaScript", but that'd be implying the false premise that JavaScript was ever…
If a company using PHP decides to switch to a different stack, chances are their developers will just need training, not retraining.