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Weird code snippet #2: Generic Double Linked List

Unknown Unknown They say Generics and pointers don’t mix. type PMyThing<T> = ^TMyThing<T> // [DCC Error] E2508 type parameters not allowed on this type TMyThing<T> = record Thing: T; end;Ok, they don’t. But there is a loophole!type… … Read more 13 years ago in Delphi, generics, pointers 0

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Weird code snippet #1: Pseudobinary case statement

Unknown Unknown Curt Carpenter suggested a language addition for handing binary case logic.That gave me this idea. Chalk it up as another weird code snippet from yours truly.///<summary>> Convert array of booleans to a pseudobinary integer. ///Good… … Read more 13 years ago in binary, case, Delphi 0

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Going back to Delphi 5…

Unknown Unknown Prior to 2007, I had used Delphi 3, 4, 5 and 7. Without exception, they were all fine releases, generally they were great in themselves, but Delphi 4 in particular excelled in that I could… … Read more 14 years ago 0

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Finding yourself in a property bind

Unknown Unknown From the wishful thinking department, I would love to be able tovar Src: TSomeClass; MyObject : TBoundObject<Boolean>;begin MyObject.Bind(Src, CompilerMagic(TSomeClass.SomeBooleanProperty));end;instead ofvar Src: TSomeClass; MyObject : T… … Read more 14 years ago in bind, Delphi, generics, Wishlist 0

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Is WPF+Silverlight dead on Windows?

Unknown Unknown Does anybody still remember WinForms? If you think WinForms is old outdated technology, and WPF is the new and cozy, you might want to go on Youtube and look at the Windows 8 previews. Microsoft… … Read more 14 years ago 0

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OOP Spaghetti code explained

Unknown Unknown The term “spaghetti code” is usually attributed to pre-OOP code, but there is a lot of OOP code out there that is definitely entangled and a mess. I have seen quite some of it in… … Read more 14 years ago 0

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Why startups don’t use .net

Unknown Unknown There have been several articles over the last couple of weeks about the usefulness of .net for startups. I will mention three: * Did the Microsoft stack kill MySpace? * Why we don’t hire .net… … Read more 14 years ago in dotnet, innovation 0

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Apple leaves the PC era

Unknown Unknown In the recent iPad 2 announcement by Apple, Steve Jobs revealed, that Apple now earns most money on post-PC products like iPad, iPod, iPhone, Apple TV etc. This tendency does not need to continue for… … Read more 14 years ago in apple 0

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Why Microsoft and Nokia have a chance

Unknown Unknown Many iPhone and Android fans don’t believe that Nokia and Microsoft have much chance to succeed. While everybody agrees that they wouldn’t have a chance without good partners, few seem to agree that they can… … Read more 14 years ago in google, microsoft, nokia 0

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Android sells better than Windows to consumers

Unknown Unknown If you combine a few news articles, things get interesting: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/nov/29/apple-ipad-cannibalising-pc-sales “Gartner forecasts that worldwide PC shipments for 2011 will reach 409m units” = 1.1 million per day. It is… … Read more 14 years ago in android, google, windows 0

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GTK+ app interfaces using HTML5

Unknown Unknown This impressive demo of a web application deserves more publicity. I am quite sure that this is not the last GUI toolkit that interfaces with generic web browsers. … Read more 14 years ago in gtk, html 0

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R.I.P Microsoft Windows?

Unknown Unknown Microsoft is usually very good at presenting new products years ahead of the actual launch – but there continues to be a very remarkable absence of a single strategy for support of Windows applications or… … Read more 14 years ago in apple, google, microsoft 0