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Does 10x faster development dumb down programming?
Blog Comment Alex, I'm willing to bet that any competent Rev programmer could write a complex app in a fraction of the time it would take you in C++ (and there are many complex apps written in Rev. There's no comparison; you have so much more work to do in C++...
[November 27, 2009, 18:13]
Does 10x faster development dumb down programming?
Blog Comment Bret wrote: "The C# program, for instance, can be shortened to 13 lines… many lines of rev is necessary to serialize an object to a SQL database? Or can you even do that? Even at 13 lines its still a lot more effort!
[November 27, 2009, 16:26]
Does 10x faster development dumb down programming?
Blog Comment bobdowne wrote: "Watch though that its closed nature and quirky nature (non-text program files) don't block adoption of better methods (version control, concurrent development, behavior driven design, etc) though or you could find it incredibly...
[November 27, 2009, 16:16]
Does 10x faster development dumb down programming?
Blog Comment It seems from the comments from non-rev users that they don't believe that the rev users can be telling the truth. I don't work for runrev, and have never had a single penny in payment from them. In fact, I suspect I've got a bad reputation amongst...
[November 27, 2009, 15:45]
Does 10x faster development dumb down programming?
Blog Comment "It can enable you to write less code (in some cases a lot less) e.g.http://www.runrev.com/pdf/revTalk-Other-Comparison.pdf Kevin (RunRev)" That comparison document is quite specious. For instance, in all of the languages, you declare a variable on...
[November 27, 2009, 14:06]
Hitachi slides faster drive into notebooks
News The drives will run at 7,200 revolutions per minute, faster than competing 2.5-inch notebook drives on the market, which generally run at 5,400 rpm, the company said. The decrease in the size of the slider, the device that holds the read/write head...
[May 14, 2003, 14:44]
Does 10x faster development dumb down programming?
Blog Comment It looks like VB meets COBOL with a crufty and mandatory UI, source control mechanism, etc. Sure, it is far less wordy than C++ or Java, but what isn't. From the replies it seems good at getting non-coders coding but I bet they'd have an easy time...
[November 27, 2009, 9:01]
Brocade: Faster and greener than the competition?
News At Storage Expo 2007, Tom Buiocchi, Brocade's worldwide vice president of marketing, tells ZDNet.co.uk's Colin Barker about how his company's 48000 Director for storage area networks has been upgraded to perform at 8Gbps — allegedly giving twice...
[October 19, 2007, 19:09]
Adobe taps graphics chip for faster Photoshop CS4
News Photoshop is known as a taxing piece of software but, beginning with the upcoming Creative Suite 4 version, it will be able to employ the muscle of a computer's graphics chip for the first time. The new version of Adobe's flagship software product...
[September 24, 2008, 12:52]
IT Company Provides Faster Access to Commercial Real Estate Data
White Papers CoStar is committed to delivering the most relevant, up-to-date information about commercial real estate to professionals in the United States and the United Kingdom. The company wanted to provide customers with property listings that were more...
[September 5, 2007, 1:00]
Faster, sleeker blades coming from IBM
News IBM will introduce a new chassis for its blade servers in 2006, boosting its networking features and flexibility, the new leader of the company's blade group said on Thursday. Blade servers are thin systems that plug into a chassis that supplies...
[October 21, 2005, 9:55]
A Short guide to a faster WAN
White Papers Wide areas networks (WANs) are essential to the majority of businesses, connecting remote locations and individuals back to centralised IT resources. But as the network is expected to handle more bandwidth intensive applications such as voice and...
[July 21, 2007, 1:00]
Google Site Search users get faster indexing
News Google has launched an 'on-demand indexing' feature that lets customers of its Google Site Search service more rapidly include new pages in search results. With Site Search, Google indexes customers' publicly available websites and powers a search...
[November 14, 2008, 11:39]
Faster than speeding spam - 2004's Internet Hero
News This year's nominees for the ISPA Internet Hero award illustrate the importance that spam, laws and a bit of enthusiasm play in the Internet industry. Among the nominees are Steve Linford of Spamhaus, for work on spam; the Law commission and...
[December 23, 2003, 12:15]
Leibniz Computing Center Achieves 10x Faster Supercomputer Data Services With NetApp Solution
White Papers The Leibniz Computing Center provides IT services for Munich universities and for the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The challenge was to implement a storage solution to deliver project file services in a 4,096-CPU SGI Altix 4700...
[July 20, 2007, 1:00]
Faster & More Accurate Data Analysis at John Deere Dubuque With STATISTICA Enterprise-Wide SPC System (SEWSS)
White Papers One of the world's oldest and most respected enterprises, Deere & Company creates smart innovations in the form of advanced machines, services, and concepts, for customers on farmsites, worksites, and homesites worldwide.
[September 20, 2008, 0:00]
Citrix launch faster web delivery controller
Blog Citrix has given something of a boost to the performance of its web application delivery controllers with the addition of two NetScaler MPX controllers. The 17000 and 15000 slot in above the 12000 range and offer what the company is claiming is...
[May 9, 2008, 15:39]
UK hits back at US 'grow faster' demands
News Microsoft's Bill Gates, Intel's Andrew Grove and 'Being Digital' author Nicholas Negroponte are among those luminaries who have recently blamed Europe for unsatisfactory growth. Now the Brits are hitting back.or at least, in our mild mannered way...
[August 26, 1997, 16:03]
A Year Ago: CD-ROM speeds just keep getting faster
News Barely a week goes by without a new CD-ROM speed being announced. Toshiba has just released details of its 15-speed drive and Korea's L.G. Electronics has announced a 16-speed CD-ROM drive expected to ship before the end of the year.
[November 19, 1997, 9:06]
Five years ago: CD-ROM speeds just keep getting faster
News Toshiba has just released details of its 15x drive and Korea's L.G. Electronics has announced a 16x CD-ROM drive expected to ship before the end of the year. Toshiba has announced 10x and 12x drives in the last few months and this new drive has a...
[November 16, 2001, 6:00]
