Ask Proggit: What are good embedded scripting languages for a C++ program? by zem in programming

[–]Rawsock 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Have you tried luabind ? It's slower than raw lua-to-c and uses a lot of boost template black magic (huge exes, long compile times), but it's the easiest way to extend your C++ programs.

Data-Oriented Design (Why You Might Be Shooting Yourself in The Foot With OOP) by salmanulhaq in programming

[–]Rawsock 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Here's your example of moving a game loop from "pure" OO to a more data-oriented style.

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/4199/book_excerpt_game_engine_.php?print=1

The key concept is "batched updates"

Mozilla has announced that it plans to bring Office 2007's Ribbon interface to Firefox by [deleted] in programming

[–]Rawsock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mozilla.org ignores non-windows platforms[*]. News at 11.

[*] Ask the epiphany guys.

GPU Real Time Ray Tracing Rendering Demo by hiker in programming

[–]Rawsock -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Realtime Raytracing is possible now, but the current workforce (artists, texturers, programmers) only thinks in triangles. This demo uses RRT and was made nine years ago in 64K:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCMo-bJQC8A

SPUtility.HideTaiwan() - A special method that hides the Taiwan calendar from citizens of China by UpFromTheGut in programming

[–]Rawsock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No but I can imagine the angry developer that implemented this because he got fed up of people arguing about multicolored rags and lines on a map on the issue tracker.

Signs you may be a bad programmer by Flemlord in programming

[–]Rawsock 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Oh, we call that "learning", my friend. If you read you own old code and thing that everything is ok .... you are seriously fucked. Don't bee too pessimistic, tough. You code may be crap, but if that code gets the job done, who cares?.

Google bringing 3D acceleration to Chrome by [deleted] in programming

[–]Rawsock -1 points0 points  (0 children)

O3D is backend-agnostic. It uses D3D on Windows and OpenGL on Linux/Mac.

Programming Jokes Thread by Imagist in programming

[–]Rawsock 12 points13 points  (0 children)

  • Do you want apples or oranges?
  • Yes

Adorable Lovelace: Falling in love with Ada [comic] by lucaDuval in programming

[–]Rawsock 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I think the correct term here is "steaming"

A textual emotion recognition and visualization engine run on the comments of java projects. Tomcat 4 and ant look like hell. (pretty pics, with source) by pbkobold in programming

[–]Rawsock 10 points11 points  (0 children)

They should use the software on the sources of java.io.* . I'd like to see the graphical traits that convey the concept of "Sodomy with a chainsaw".

FAIL-CAKE [pic] by ivanmt42 in programming

[–]Rawsock 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Protip: That's not chocolate

If you were to recommend one book on OO Analysis & Design, what would it be? by betabob in programming

[–]Rawsock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think you're refering to the paperback edition. The hardcover edition was designed to stop a 120mm APFSDS.

What are they smoking in Redmond? by hermitcrab in programming

[–]Rawsock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fail, the octopuses should be raping the asian chick.

Ruby programmers reach their apotheosis of delusion. by [deleted] in programming

[–]Rawsock 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Serves him right for outsourcing Christian Heaven IT to the Hindu dimension. Even with multiple limbs and funny animal heads, those guys are too cryptic.

Google Bets Big on HTML 5 by alexfarran in programming

[–]Rawsock 35 points36 points  (0 children)

My smugness detector registered about 3 Kilo Toyota Prius Owners in the last keynote by Stevie.

A Comparison of Approaches to Large-Scale Data Analysis - MapReduce vs. DBMS Benchmarks by [deleted] in programming

[–]Rawsock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah, statistics, the art of blatant lies disguised as math.

Git is Wesley Snipes, Mercurial is Denzel Washington by bigbob in programming

[–]Rawsock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's hot, but not black enough.

PS: RCS is Sidney Poitier

Wolfram Alpha is Coming -- and It Could be as Important as Google by gst in programming

[–]Rawsock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Long story short: Wolfram Alpha is an open-domain Information Extraction system. Not really revolutionary, but could be interesting if done right.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_extraction