I was the happiest man in the world when they delivered our shiny new System/34. No more punch cards! ------Original Message------ From: André Warnier To: Tomcat Users List ReplyTo: Tomcat Users List ReplyTo: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: [OT] Re: So many timeout values Sent: Oct 29, 2009 5:08 AM
Peter Crowther wrote: > 2009/10/28 Christopher Schultz <ch...@christopherschultz.net>: >> Everybody ought to learn a little C at some point. It will make you >> really appreciate a relatively clean language like Java. > > ICL PLAN3 asembler, anyone? :-) > > More seriously, I agree with you and would add a second reason: doing > a little work in a language that is reasonably "close to the metal" > gives an insight into how the machine actually works, which stands you > in good stead when thinking about algorithms and resource usage in > those higher-level languages. > As long as we're on the [OT] subject, how about learning about the judicious and parcimonious usage of sorted data structures, on a computer with 16 Kb of RAM and punched paper cards as its only external memory store (IBM System 4, RPG) ? 2 GB heaps, ha ! Anyone else upping the ante ? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
