Thread: Linux is a commie terrorist attack ... or something

  1. 12-10-2009 #16
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    Ok, sorry. I didn't get it

    Come over to Micronesia whenever you get the chance. I would love to meet up with you and Mario F.
    Quote Originally Posted by Bjarne Stroustrup (2000-10-14)
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    I'm surprised your letting an American teach you geography after the Miss South Carolina incident.
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    Ugh! Doesn't that come with subtitles?
    Originally Posted by brewbuck:
    Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MK27 View Post
    They don't know what they are talking about -- South Africa IS in Micronesia, whether you or anybody else wants to believe the truth here or not.
    Micronesia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Nope, South Africa hasn't been anywhere near Micronesia since the Triassic, which is the last time Europeans had the guts to make other life forms bleed.
    Last edited by abachler; 12-10-2009 at 07:24 PM.
  5. 12-10-2009 #20
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    Quote Originally Posted by abachler View Post
    which is the last time Europeans had the guts to make other life forms bleed.
    Tsk! Americans thinking they are tough.
    You have a lot to learn from us.
    Originally Posted by brewbuck:
    Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.
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    Personally I have coded in lots of languages on lots of platforms and coding for Linux remains the most "fun" for me. "Challenging but fun" would have to be custom OS on custom HW trying to emulate POSIX. Painful these days would be Perl or Win32...did a Win32 contract recently and at the end of 30 days wanted to pound a nail into my head to stop the pain...
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