On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 at 01:07:14, extdgl42 wrote:
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+Reminds me of a favorite story from work years ago (I think this is
+what's being talked about): I had a particularly important mod due
+yesterday. I tried several times to jump into coding without
Tony Firshman writes:
I keep quoting Lau's brilliant superHermes documentation, but it is
worth repeating.
The sH _asm was vast, but is mainly documentation.
He wrote giant introductions, where he had a dialogue (with himself) on
how to approach basic logic, listing out -all- his thoughts.
James Hunkins wrote:
Actually just poorly written Java apps and/or with poorly designed Java
development environments. I would presume that since he used to write
QL code that he knows how to efficiently use Java too. It makes a big
difference if you understand and apply good practices in
:) That story sounds all too true. I have actually seen some very fast
Java but unfortunately, that is more the exception than the norm. It
is very easy to program poor Java code and it can bog down big time.
The nice thing with C is that it tends to enforce proper use of
structures and
On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 at 14:50:13, James Hunkins wrote:
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:) That story sounds all too true. I have actually seen some very fast
Java but unfortunately, that is more the exception than the norm. It
is very easy to program poor Java code and it can bog down big time.
The
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Sent: Feb 19, 2005 12:09 AM
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Subject: Re: [ql-users] Fred Toussi
On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 at 14:50:13, James Hunkins wrote:
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:) That story sounds all too true. I have actually seen some
Thu, 17 Feb 2005 23:35:55 +,() Tony Firshman
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This is what Fred Toussi (Text87) is doing nowadays:
http://hsqldb.sourceforge.net/
his email is there on the developer's page.
Nice that 'sql' has a 'ql' in it (8-)#
Of course SQL is pronounced SeQueL :-)
I gather
The bit that puzzles me is the fact that it is written in Java, but
described as 'fast' and named 'Hypersonic'. Must be a different Java to
the one I've been used to. All Java applications are s...l...o...w !
:o)
Cheers,
Norman.
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Actually just poorly written Java apps and/or with poorly designed Java
development environments. I would presume that since he used to write
QL code that he knows how to efficiently use Java too. It makes a big
difference if you understand and apply good practices in Java, just
like it does