Re: [ql-users] Fred Toussi

2005-02-19 Thread Tony Firshman
On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 at 01:07:14, extdgl42 wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) snip ...snip... +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

Re: [ql-users] Fred Toussi

2005-02-19 Thread P Witte
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.

Re: [ql-users] Fred Toussi

2005-02-18 Thread Norman Dunbar
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

Re: [ql-users] Fred Toussi

2005-02-18 Thread James Hunkins
:) 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

Re: [ql-users] Fred Toussi

2005-02-18 Thread Tony Firshman
On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 at 14:50:13, James Hunkins wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) :) 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

Re: [ql-users] Fred Toussi

2005-02-18 Thread extdgl42
-Original Message- From: Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Feb 19, 2005 12:09 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ql-users] Fred Toussi On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 at 14:50:13, James Hunkins wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) :) That story sounds all too true. I have actually seen some

Re: [ql-users] Fred Toussi

2005-02-17 Thread Phoebus Dokos
Thu, 17 Feb 2005 23:35:55 +,() Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] /wrote: 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

Re: [ql-users] Fred Toussi

2005-02-17 Thread Norman Dunbar
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. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG

Re: [ql-users] Fred Toussi

2005-02-17 Thread James Hunkins
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