Re: [dev] what's your opinion on Go

2011-12-13 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On 13/12/11 Bjartur Thorlacius said: > Then what is D? I guess the answer will be the same as for Haskell. > > + D is the best of C and Python modulo compatibility and popularity. > Unlike lisp, most any programmer can read it. Python is my go-to language right now, but if I had to pick one lang

Re: [dev] Linux sucks!

2011-10-29 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On 29/10/11 hiro said: > Well, I use Linux because I couldn't customize my task bar. When I bought my netbook it came with win7 starter. Micro$oft doesn't let you set your own wallpaper in starter. I couldn't get Debian on it fast enough. Mike signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: [dev] Linux sucks!

2011-10-28 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On 29/10/11 Guilherme Lino said: > people are relieved that the linux class is over and they don't have to use > it again > if in 700 computer science students the great majority says "windows is so > cool", "C# is so cool", "visual studio 2010 is the best" and "linux is > crap"... thats because a

Re: [dev] Linux sucks!

2011-10-28 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On 29/10/11 Guilherme Lino said: > maybe they are, just like you, a special boy! but lets not talk about that.. > > > in my university we have 700 computer science students > > if 30 like linux its already to much, if really understand really linux > again to much Sorry, I don't know what you'

Re: [dev] Linux sucks!

2011-10-28 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On 28/10/11 Kurt H Maier said: > > And I absolutely agree that for most FOSS projects, grokking the source > > is rather unlikely to have a positive ROI re time and effort, so > > > And that's why suckless.org is important. Is that to say that suckless.org code is simple enough to be its own do

Re: [dev] Linux sucks!

2011-10-28 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On 28/10/11 Connor Lane Smith said: > (The only truly intuitive interface is a nipple.) I have two kids. Trust me, it's not. Mike signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: [dev] Linux sucks!

2011-10-28 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On 28/10/11 Pieter Praet said: > When acquiring *any* type of technology (in the very broad sense of the > word), you should either make an effort to educate yourself regarding > available options, usage and maintenance, or reimburse someone to do it > all for you. > > If you refuse to do either

Re: [dev] Linux sucks!

2011-10-28 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On 27/10/11 Guilherme Lino said: > yeah but the true is that a linux desktop is almost useless for a normal > person Dunno, my Mother is pretty normal. My 9-year-old son is rather special, but he's had no computer education at all. They both manage. At least openoffice allows opening of those st

[dev] [OT] twitter

2010-06-11 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On 11/06/10 Kris Maglione said: > I'd sooner throw away my computer than sign up for a Twitter > account. I have one but I admit it was mostly out of curiousity. I feel like an idiot saying "tweet". Just fix email, at least it's decentralized and universal. Mike --

Re: [dev] Is Mercurial (hg) suckless?

2010-06-11 Thread Michael P. Soulier
one another into a single file. Mike -- Michael P. Soulier "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." --Albert Einstein pgpEshagkZLRs.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [dev] Is Mercurial (hg) suckless?

2010-06-10 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On 10/06/10 Uriel said: > Amen, instead of wasting time arguing over hg vs. git, people should > instead push to kill the abomination that is SVN. Indeed. I actually find using CVS more pleasurable than SVN most of the time. Informed use of CVS isn't that difficult. That said, I love Git and at t

Re: [dev] Is Mercurial (hg) suckless?

2010-06-10 Thread Michael P. Soulier
more simpler? :) Git and Hg are very similar. IMHO it makes little difference which one you use. Mike -- Michael P. Soulier "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." --Albert Ei

Re: [dev] building Vi

2010-04-17 Thread Michael P. Soulier
91K. Wow, that's small. Mike -- Michael P. Soulier "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." --Albert Einstein pgpyLQQUcJlP0.pgp Description: PGP signature

[dev] building Vi

2010-04-17 Thread Michael P. Soulier
ror 1 I think I have the build requirements... Cheers, Mike -- Michael P. Soulier "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." --Albert Einstein pgpvwjVlUxRvX.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [dev] Anyone have the traditional vi working on the xterm?

2010-04-16 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On 16/04/10 pmarin said: > The One True Vi: http://ex-vi.sourceforge.net/ I'm curious. I remember using vanilla Vi, and I found it unsufficient for my work until I found Vim. Why would one prefer vanilla Vi? Mike Michael P. Soulier "Any intelligent fool can make things bi

Re: [dev] [OT] Java Hate

2009-11-18 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On 18/11/09 Michael P. Soulier said: > On 18/11/09 Uriel said: > > > http://harmful.cat-v.org/software/java And another http://www.cs.arizona.edu/projects/sumatra/hallofshame/ Mike -- Michael P. Soulier "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It

Re: [dev] [OT] Java Hate

2009-11-18 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On 18/11/09 Uriel said: > http://harmful.cat-v.org/software/java Awesome. :) pgpL0Ur1PM2fk.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [dev] Suckless (*NIX|*BSD) Distribution?

2009-06-20 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Thomas Gallen wrote: > Has setting PYTHONPATH/the module search path not worked out when you > changed it? I think the search path precedence is current directory, > then PYTHONPATH, then the default module search path. If that's not > working then there's somethin

Re: [dev] Suckless (*NIX|*BSD) Distribution?

2009-06-20 Thread Michael P. Soulier
gt; path, library locations, etc. I almost need multiple boxes to target each release I'm working on, but I can't afford that, so I have scripts to set up environment variables to pick the correct install of Python. Mike -- Michael P. Soulier "Any intelligent fool can make things bi

Re: [dev] Suckless (*NIX|*BSD) Distribution?

2009-06-20 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 4:49 AM, Paul Malherbe wrote: > I totally agree with your comments. I have been using gentoo in corporate > environments for the past 5 years mainly as servers but also as desktop > systems and yet have to find another distro to compare with its flexibility > and package man