Advogato blog for ali

12 Feb 2001

Mon, 12 Feb 2001 09:53:40 GMT

Seems like RedHat7's makedepend isn't too nice. "makedepend file.cpp" creates Makefile entries like "file.c.o: file.h". It doesn't seem to be a configuration option or something. It is *very* funny to chase random segfaults a whole day just because "make depend" doesn't do is job. Ho-ho.

11 Jan 2001

Thu, 11 Jan 2001 06:58:00 GMT

The girlfriend complained her computer is still offline. Huh. Now, why does my kernel hang from time to time when I have two network cards installed? Anybody want to spend me a hub?

10 Jan 2001

Wed, 10 Jan 2001 15:33:12 GMT

Seems like I got a job where I have to code in Java... Seems like I have to learn Java... Seems like I hate Java.

Can ANYBODY tell me why Sun has to offend me all the time?

I want to overload operators, but NO, the official (Sun's) opinion is that operator overloading is too confusing for the average programmer (what? erm...).

I want to pass int's as call-by-reference, but NO, that's not needed (what?). Okay, so I want to pass Integer's as call-by-reference and it works. Besides the *little* problem that Integer's are constant. Huh-huh.

I want to quickly pass object's to functions without fearing that I somehow modify them. Okay, they are passed as call-by-reference, so it's quick. But they can be modified. How funny. So, either I have to write an interface "MyConstObject" (as if I'm bored), or I have to completely duplicate every object before I pass it (as if my users like slow application).

Damn, stupid language. Phew. (And why does Sun tell me that I'm not able to maintain object deallocation on myself??? They don't even know me!)

19 Dec 2000

Tue, 19 Dec 2000 22:00:11 GMT

woohooo... seems like it was true... wait a day or two, and whoops, two nice people certify you. Wow. :)