schiptsov

There are huge differences between JVM and cpython. First of all - Python isn't trying to be an isolated VM with its own, hardware-independ type system, complicated FFI which involves lots conversions, memory copying and reallocations and other crap called Native Interface. You need no servlets, containers and other useless abstractions. You're just loading a module (linked with a shared library) and calling necessary functions.

Of course, if you are getting paid (very well) just for lines of Java code (because technically incompetent investor believes in all that hype about Java and JVM) it makes a lot of sense, but don't even try to say that utilizing useless abstractions and thousands of lines of code to do primitive tasks is 'the right way' or even a competent one.

I didn't make any long arguments, assuming that so-called hackers are aware of absurdity of trying to manage an OS (some kernel modules utilizing an API implemented as a shared library) from a virtual machine which is, in its turn, implemented as an user-level process running under that same OS. And I'm assuming that these hackers are familiar with python's standard library and a long tradition of implementing system management utilities in Python since, at least, RH6.. ^_^

btw, thank you for explaining your opinion. It is much more civilized than silent down-voting by frustrated fanboys. ^_^

'Less is more' is a thousand years old general maxim. And of course, there is nothing from Buddhism or stoicism in cutting some costs and undoing some bad habits. One also should watch the Fight Club movie. ^_^

For the love of God, why Java when there is Python? ^_^

It is amazing to see that current HN's audience is unable to notice that consumers are switching from PC+ADSL scheme to laptop+HSDPA USB stick or some Android/Apple device and that global GSM carriers were already won the market with cheap data-only plans.

But it is OK that typical US citizen hardly knew that other countries exists. ^_^

btw, I'm currently in Sweden, where HSDPA coverage even in rural areas is a defacto standard. Same trends going on everywhere in the world (Asia and Europe), except, of course, US. ^_^

Internet is already GSM-based which is much much worse.. ^_^

and compared to ejabberd it is, let me guess, slower, unscalable, uses more memory and can handle less simultaneous connections. ^_^

Terminal is a program of some kind, like xterm, (or a monochrome device with nice smooth scrolling), shell is a different kind of program, that interpret your input like bash. TTY is an interface to access a system over serial line, and console is an interface pre-configured for administrative access. ^_^

Also good readings: type in google search:

  threads +posix +signals

  threads +stack +usage

  thread +safe +function

Transcendentally useless. ^_^

Please, visit http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-comput... instead.

Just face the reality - comparing to Android, let alone iOS that thing does not exist. That is why HP dumped it. Even money cannot make it fly. ^_^

Why and how it is better than YUI? Because it is from Twitter? ^_^

YACPB - Yet Another Copy-n-Paste Book.. ^_^

Nice move, really. Now it is time for Apple Samsung pair? ^_^

Because they want us (early adopters) to use their product. try to think a little bit more - "so their shares in the startup will grow up in price".

Did I express any difficulty with understanding? I thought it was just less fanboyism and a little bit of nonconformism.. ^_^ And of course I used to mass down votes for saying things unpleasant to fanboys.

Why you're telling them how to use their own marketing/PR tools? ^_^

This site is about making good PR (with some rare mistakes, such as in airbnb's case, but there is really big money involved at the time of the next giant bubble bursting =) and promoting their business and ways of making money, as almost every other site on the net.

So, honestly, why they should provide you with the content you like for free? ^_^

Why to make so much noise? Universities, even good ones, are about making money at first. So, if mediocre masses thinks that python is 'more practical' or that 'with Java they can always get a job' they have no choice, but to follow these stupid stereotypes.

Trying to convince mediocre masses that Scheme is really beautiful or SCIP is the greatest programming book ever (OK, together with the Man-month =) is not their job, their job is to get money from student's parents, good PR and grants from government or IBM.

Those who are smart enough and have a bit of taste will find out SCIP or discover beauty of Scheme (Python3/Ruby) and abandon Java or PHP themselves. ^_^

Why be so shy? Faster than Assembly language! Faster than Assembly language with cache size alignment and padding of data structures! ^_^

This guy it seems trying to say that Android's APIs were developed by (talented) engineers for engineers (skilled programmers) on the go, while Apple just adopted mature libraries from OSX which are providing set of hight-level abstractions and APIs understandable by any mediocre coder (the way of 'easy/cool' java/php frameworks).

But one should remember that too high-level APIs and abstractions has its cost in terms of performance and bloatedness of required runtime (J2EE/Spring/Hibernate way) especially on resource-limited (lack of FPU, etc) platforms.

Which, by the way, is all scientifically unsubstantiated bullshit this statement is too bold to continue any reasonable discussion. ^_^

Freud was extended and popularized the theory of unconscious mental dynamics which need not to be explained to any educated person. It covers almost anything from cognitive tasks and linguistics to somatic processes.

Secondly, he developed theory of therapist-patient relationships which was extended after him to anything from propaganda and advertisements to NLP and other influental techniques.

Of course, unconsciousness was known since Upanishads, but Freud was popularisator.

Show us your accomplishments (your code) first.. ^_^

I have no time and intention to launch into a big discussion about scientific approach to mental states and their relation to the bodily ones. What I can tell for sure - describing and studying them scientifically in separation from other dynamic processes is deeply flawed approach.

You can, for example, find tons of studies about so-called 'attention window' or 'working memory span', but they didn't even mention that those characteristics could be dramatically reduced under stress or any other state of overload. There are a dozen variables on which it depends on, from the time of day to a noise level.

And, of course, calling Freudian works a hack is a little bit naive. Yes, you could call his Interpretation of dreams a hack, but he developed and extended a more general theory of mental dynamics, which, ironically, was known for aeons in the East.

Rediscovering sublimation? Again? ^_^

It is said thousands years ago - control your emotions or be controlled by emotions. Freud emphasized that energy bounded to some emotions and mental states can be redirected, transformed, controlled.

General Taosist example is a river overflowed with monsoon water. It sweeps out everything when uncontrolled, but if people have built some dams and walls in advance, then all flooding waters will run into more-or-less controlled way.

So, if one can control himself why not use ones obsessions instead of being used by them?

"Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing more to cut off."

Adding fancy syntax does not magically transform that crapware to something almost perfect like python3 or ruby (in its way) where these syntactic forms are among foundations of the language and are supported through all basic idioms. ^_^

It is remarkable stupidity to post such nonsense on the site which is a reality-check example of the exactly opposite. ^_^

Framework is a thing that should emerge as a result of your own project long after its launch (after major evolutionary changes/rewrites based on actual usage feedback). It is your team's encoded skills and experience.

People who are trying to choice a framework by browsing trough feature lists (not even the code) before they have a working prototype (which means understanding of actual algorithms and data structures) are doomed. ^_^

People who're trying to sell you a piles of code "you really-really need" such as J2EE are just cheaters.

btw, no one prevents you from copying the code from any codebase you like, but only if you can read and understand it. My favorite example is libnginx.so - just better APR. ^_^

Yes, pile it up! Now we all need Coffeescript for Clojurescript. ^_^

Well, it is good to have rich parents, no one argues. You can discover basics of the life in 8 years rather than in one year of visiting a public library. ^_^

Disclaimer: I have seen so many Enlightened Tourists after two weeks in Lhasa or a Hindu/Yogi Gurus after one months in Varanasi and especially Teachers Of Humanity with an obvious Narcissistic Personality Disorder.

The link above is just a compilation of quotes.

Legeds of Javascript are thinking about their own fame, their own place in the world, their money and their own selves, in the first place.

touch.c is another good example. Especially one from Open Solaris. ^_^