How easy or hard a port is has more to do with architectural and feature overlap of the two languages involved. Going from straight C to Java for example is going to suck, despite Java being a higher level language. Objective-C and C++ diverge quite a bit and any program of significant complexity isn’t going to be trivial to port from one to the other. It’s not purely a syntax change.
JoshV
4182
It’s a data driven editor that’s fairly simple*, the data will be the same regardless of the app’s language, so the data structures and functional logic will all look very much the same. It’s a complete given that the UI will have to be scrapped, as it was written in Borland Builder (yuck) – but the guy thinks it will be impossible, while I think I could probably do it in a month if I wasn’t working on anything else.
*Simple as in, no inheritance, no virtual calls, no overloaded functions, its very close to a C application beyond some use of std libraries, which I’m sure Objective-C has similar collection and string utilities.
Sarkus
4183
I made it through my 24 hour stretch pretty well, all things considered. About 3/4 of the way through my shift I hit the wall and felt pretty tired, but a cup of coffee and a rare free work donut jumpstarted me enough to finish the day and get home. In fact, about an hour after I got home I’d eaten something and was wondering if I should go ahead with my plan to nap this afternoon. Of course once my head hit the pillow . . . ;-)
So four hours of sleep later I think I can make it until late tonight and then get back on a more normal sleep schedule.
I just bought a new Xena 10th Anniversary set at Value Village (completely randomly) and who the hell voted so that there are FOUR episodes from season five and only one from season two? >:(
Arguing about ethics at 2 in the morning with a bunch of geeks is awesome.
I have empirical evidence that nearly every significant life choice I’ve made in the last 18 years has resulted in a lower quality of life for myself & those I care about.
I doubt & second guess any source of information – internal intuition, logical analysis, results of scientific investigations, advice from family/friends/colleagues/therapists/spiritual leaders – as to what to change, or how to make peace with the choices I’ve made.
I feel disgusted with myself that I’m self-pitying when other members of the board are dealing with much heavier shit, not to mention thousands of Japanese folks I’ve never met have had their lives turned inside out in the last 2 weeks.
But hey, at least “Community” & “Parks & Recreation” have been renewed.
erikg88
4187
My not so random thought: follow this up? What decisions?
If you call an inanimate object such as a laser printer an “asshole,” you might be too stressed out.
I’m no professional but feeling this way can’t be healthy and it sounds like you need to talk to someone.
On the other hand, if you pat your car and say “Good girl”…you’re just weird.
Enidigm
4191
Did you do your best upon each juncture equipped with the resources and intellect you possessed at that moment, or did you not?
If you did, then there is nothing more you could have done, and have no cause for regret. If you did not, than you can aspire to improve yourself in the future; and the best remedy for regret is not wallowing in past mistakes but moving forward with a renewed desire to improve.
Dean
4192
Anybody else stop bothering to go to the last page in every thread at Qt3? I’ve been burned too many times, reading the top of the same page I just read, then getting halfway down and finding it’s the same page I just read.
Except now it’s doing it with two pages on this thread, so I may just stop going to any page but the one I get to with the “take me to where I stopped reading this thread” button lands on.
Eilonwy
4193
It’s really fucking unfair that someone can survive leukemia and then be done in by a god damn fucking blood infection from an IV. What the fuck!
I am hoping against hope that this isn’t related to your trip to Kansas.
I was about to say the same thing. :(
Eilonwy
4196
The leukemia is in full remission. But a blood infection has shut down her kidneys and is now in her heart and lungs. Resistant to every antibiotic they’ve tried. They only have one more they can. She’s in critical condition and Bahimiron’s father said the next time he called it would be to plan the memorial service.
It’s so fucking unfair.
Oh lord, mmalloy, I am so sorry. Sending good thoughts your way. Good luck to you and everyone there.
That is absolutely heartbreaking. I’m so sorry, you guys. If there is anything I can do, let me know.
It’s a little strange, and certainly disturbing, to look up a former Internet associate of oneself (an acquaintance both on certain gaming forums and in IRC) and discover that they’re featured prominently on a list of online pedophiles. And then you think about it for a moment, and it makes total sense, as they were always kind of creepy like that.
