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Re: Tentacle Defense
Did you really just say it's less buggy to write things in binary? Seriously? I was almost willing to believe you for a while there...
For example, lets say there are two programs. Big, complex, programs. One is in binary, one is written in a higher-level programming language. For the sake of the argument, we'll pick the last little utility I wrote in java. It is 3000 lines of code, properly formatted. The compiled .jar file is 225,000 bytes in length, and for this exercise we'll assume that's the length of the equivalent binary program. While you could probably write it in fewer lines in binary, that file doesn't include all the java6 libraries I referenced. Lets introduce one error into each version of the program - a single bit flipped in yours, and a single letter capitalized in mine.
To find my typo, I look for the red "error" marker on the scroll bar in eclipse, scroll to that point in the program, and change the underlined letter from lowercase to capital.
Did you really just say it's less buggy to write things in binary? Seriously? I was almost willing to believe you for a while there...
More like someone who would rather mass manufacture things by placing individual molecules by hand then by using a custom-tooled factory. And if you place any single molecule wrong, the whole thing explodes.a binary writer is basically someone who would rather use hand-tools for carpentry rather than power tools
For example, lets say there are two programs. Big, complex, programs. One is in binary, one is written in a higher-level programming language. For the sake of the argument, we'll pick the last little utility I wrote in java. It is 3000 lines of code, properly formatted. The compiled .jar file is 225,000 bytes in length, and for this exercise we'll assume that's the length of the equivalent binary program. While you could probably write it in fewer lines in binary, that file doesn't include all the java6 libraries I referenced. Lets introduce one error into each version of the program - a single bit flipped in yours, and a single letter capitalized in mine.
To find my typo, I look for the red "error" marker on the scroll bar in eclipse, scroll to that point in the program, and change the underlined letter from lowercase to capital.
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