An important affirmation of the core strengths of C++: "Games are going to be written mostly in C++ for the next umpteen-thousand years. Even if MS comes through with their promise to make managed DirectX run at 98% performance, you won't be seeing C# games on the shelves. You're probably …
more ...I'm a judge for the .NET vs. J2EE Smackdown Next Week
I've been asked to be one of the judges for next Monday's .NET vs. J2EE "Smackdown" event in Redwood Shores, which will have reps from Microsoft and Sun slinging code on stage. It ought to be a blast and …
more ...The latest Joel on Software "The Law of Leaky Abstractions" is, as always, well worth reading.
more ...Anders' presentation from OOPSLA contains some code samples of features that will be coming in the next major version of C# (note that these features are not in the Everett Visual Studio release which is due shortly; these features will probably be hitting the streets around a year from now …
more ...New C# Language Features (someday).
::: {style="COLOR: #565656"} Chris Sells: "On November 7th, at the OOPSLA Conference in Seattle, WA, C# creator Anders Hejlsberg unveiled several potential language features for the next major release of Visual C# .NET. The four primary features Anders spoke about were:
-Generics, a form of …
more ...During the Tablet PC launch keynote, Gates talked about "immersive reading" and ... a usable experience for interacting with published media on a computing device. .... I think it will be a lonnnng time before people are comfortable reading War and Peace or Wired on a computer screen. I like the physical …
more ...Oi! The first Winter storm of the season just knocked out my power for 60 hours. Catching up...
1. Did you vote in your last elections?
Of course. I've voted in every election since I was 18. I am appalled that people don't vote.
2. Do you know …
more ...Putting the Web back into Web services. Mark Baker thinks GWS is on the right track, but fails the uniform interface litmus test: ... [Jon's Radio]
more ...Feeling lethargic? Blame the PC. Japanese researchers publish a study showing that prolonged daily computer use can make you sore and deplete your strength, energy and motivation. [CNET News.com]
more ...TabletPC: Simple To Program, But Programming Is Key
For the past few weeks, I have been working with an Acer TravelMate C100 TabletPC. I will be reviewing it more fully for SD Times in the coming weeks and I hope to put up videos of the TabletPC in action and …
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