Well after all this discussion it would appear that a 'Python like' language has appeared => Prothon. http://www.prothon.org/index.html Very alpha, sort of like Python (if you consider the indenting is what makes Python unique) and sort of Ruby in its use of prefixes to define scoping etc (although there is no reference to this trait being...

Can we write a C programe with out a semicolon ? printing HELLOWORLD !

I heard people saying prefix increment is faster than postfix incerement, but I don't know what's the difference. They both are i = i+1. i++ ++i Please advise. thanks!!

What about an enhancement of foreach loops which allows a syntax like that: foeach(int i in 1..10) { } // forward foeach(int i in 99..2) { } // backwards foeach(char c in 'a'..'z') { } // chars foeach(Color c in Red..Blue) { } // using enums It should work with all integral datatypes. Maybe we can step a bit further: foeach(int i in...

Hi, is there a way to show a form without a titlebar (and therefore no control box/minimize box/title etc) but still have it appear looking like 3D? The property FormBorderStyle to None - this gives no titlebar etc but the form borders don't look 3D. In case I haven't explained what I want well, I want a form that looks like a button...

I have the view below and if I use vwRouteReference as the rowsource for a combo box in an MS Access form or run "SELECT * FROM vwRouteReference" in SQL Query Analyzer, the rows don't come through sorted by Numb. Everything I've read on the web suggests that including the TOP directive should enable ORDERY BY in views. Does someone have an...

Hi. Is it possible in javascript to operate on an array without knowing how mamy elements it has? What i want to do is sending an array to a script, and this script should add all values from that array Could you show me a little example how to do this? Thanks.

Hello all, Is there a function in the standard C library which returns a prime number which is also pseudo-random? Assuming there isn't, as it appears from the docs that I have, is there a better way than to fill an array of range 0... RAND_MAX with pre-computed primes and using the output of rand() to index into it to extract a random...

Well apparently not since one can step thru template code with a debugger. But if I was willing to make the concession on debugging, templates would be strictly a precompiler thing? I have a feeling the answer I'm going to get back will be "no, because templates have taken on a life of their own since their original conception and now also...

Hi all, Whenever I use the gets() function, the gnu c compiler gives a warning that it is dangerous to use gets(). why...? regards, jayapal.

§27.4.2.1.4 Type ios_base::openmode Says this about the std::ios::binary openmode flag: *binary*: perform input and output in binary mode (as opposed to text mode) And that is basically _all_ it says about it. What the heck does the binary flag mean? -- If our hypothesis is about anything and not about some one or more particular things,...

I'm trying to built and array of circular link list but when I read the input file Ijust get a long link list instead of different list and after trying to use Linked_list_Stack *obj; I'm getting this errors newcir.cpp:107: request for member `push' in `obj', which is of non-aggregate type `Linked_list_Stack*' newcir.cpp:110: request for...

hey! I have a program that takes two input files(one in the matrix form) and one in the sequence form.Now my problem is that i have to give the matrix file(containing many matrices) and sequence file containing many sequences and calculate the same log score as I did for one matrix file and one sequence file. how it should exactly work is...

Hi, I have a PHP script that does some processing, and stores an error message as a variable. The script then redirects to another script with the error string in the URL, with the second script displaying the message and continues with the rest of the logic. Now I want to hide the error message from the URL, but the second script needs...

How do we get out of the browser infinite loop quicksand when we navigate to web pages designed to lock us in and force us to hit the "pay me" button (whatever they want to force you to do)? These are just a sample of nasty quicksand web pages I've run into which lock your browser into a loop and won't let you get out until you hit the...

I date back to the early days of the web when HTML was limited but very managable, and have always maintained that hand-coding HTML gives you far better control and cleaner HTML markup than any WYSIWYG editor. But all the sites I created and manage are small sites (<50 pages). And I've been out of the loop in terms of what's new in...

I'd like to hear thoughts on what books, in your opinion, are true classics in the field of software engineering. I read a lot on the topic - at least a book a month for many years. There are many good authors, however, the only book on making software that is truly timeless, in my opinion, is "Mythical Man Month" by Brooks. It never ceases...

How do I prevent the save/print/email/mypictures toolbar from popping up when IE users place their cursor over photos at my website? Thank you in advance for your help. Signed, me

Can 0x0 be a valid virtual address in the address space of an application ? If it is valid, then the location pointed by a NULL pointer is also valid and application should not receive "SIGSEGV" ( i am talking of unix machine ) while trying to read that location. Then how can i distinguish between a NULL pointer and an invalid location ?...

Sometime ago on the comp.lang.c, I saw a teacher's post asking why C compilers produce so many error messages as soon as a closing bracket is missing. The response was simply because the compiler can't tell where a bracket is missing.... a few weeks have past, I requested a feature for the delphi ide/editor "automatic identation of code in...

i had the pleasure to read the PHP's manual today. http://www.php.net/manual/en/ although Pretty Home Page is another criminal hack of the unix lineage, but if we are here to judge the quality of its documentation, it is a impeccability. it has or possesses properties of:

www.webmaster, was suggested that this ng could be a better place.] I've updated my test server to handle if-modified-since. I've noticed that the (old copies I run of) IE and Netscape seem never to send if-modified-since. But the strange thing is that Opera sends if-modified-since but when I reply with "HTTP/1.0 304 Not Modified" it is...

Hi everyone, I have been asked this question quite a few times and i wonder what could the actual reason? " When to prefer C over C++ or vice versa, of course this is for real world pratical scenario" As per my understanding, C++ makes it easier to program application related logic as OOPS helps in that sense, but for some reason that...

I am running into a problem with a web page I have created when viewing it in IE6 on some machines. The page has a database lookup. The user enters an account name or number and clicks a lookup button. This hits an AS400 database looks for matches and returns a dataset that is used to populate a datagrid. The user then selects one of the...

Hello, I'm considering a career switch to a more database-related job, but need help on a few questions and issues. I'm a Computer Engineering graduate and have always felt most comfortable creating database- driven applications, preferably for web portals. 1. What are the most viable career options for me out there? What profile do I...