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Cyan~Fire · Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 9:49 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject: Bad Practice?

I have a chatnet client half-written in C++ that I abondoned long ago in light of schoolwork. However, since I have a little tiny bit of time off, I'd like to try finishing it in these 5 Thanksgiving days. So, here's my question.

Right now, I'm storing my player structs in a linked list almost completely ripped off MERVBot. However, I was re-familiarizing myself with the code and I thought "now what if I just make my player Listbox the playerlist, with lParams pointing to the player structs?".

Would this be bad practice? Or just a hassle? Or good?

Thanks.
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Mr Ekted · Movie Geek Gender: Joined: Feb 09 2004 Posts: 1379 Offline

Bad. Separate data from user interface.
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SuSE · Me measures good Joined: Dec 02 2002 Posts: 2307 Offline

DON'T BE SILLY LOOK AT WINDOWS!

Assassin2684 · Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2004 8:16 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Dont make fun of windows because it sucks ass.

Cyan~Fire · Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2004 9:36 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Uhh, whatever.

Anyway, sorry for replying, I just silently followed your advice.

Thanks.

Bak · Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 2:48 am *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Cyan~Fire · Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 5:59 am *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Yeah, it does a lot for you... just in very weird ways.

lp_street_soldier · Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 11:01 am *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

I might be chaning to Linux... but, it doesn't have as many capabilities as Windows XP. Windows 98SE is far better... but I mean, XP is advanced and better... more holes etc in it...

<shuts up>

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CypherJF · Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 5:31 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Yeah; but what does that mean to the CS majors who need to have good paying jobs to survive in the world.. when companies have to compete against open-source AND piracy.. :-/
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Dr Brain · Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 5:40 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

It means that they have to find a new economic strategy.

This means finding a job where either: Piracy means nothing and you can release your code open source and still make a profit. Device drivers are an excellent example of this. The software is totally useless without the hardware that the company sells.

The another option is to code for large corperations and remove piracy from the equation.

Other options include defence contracting and embedded system programming.

There will always be a place in the world for programmers, but the era of the paid application developer is coming to an end.
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SuSE · Me measures good Joined: Dec 02 2002 Posts: 2307 Offline

Exactly. Hardware OR...just don't charge $500 to use your program. Offer a decent trial and make it a small amount (like less than $5 or something) to get the full package.

D1st0rt · Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 6:55 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

98SE good? what?! 98SE is up there as possibly one of the worst operating systems ever, along with ME and OS9.
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Dr Brain · Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 8:02 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Actually, IMO, 98se is one of the best MS operating systems.

Cyan~Fire · Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 8:05 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

You're just saying that because it's cheaper. Cheaper just means older, not better.

CypherJF · Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 8:18 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

I thought 98se the best. ME has been by far the worse.

CypherJF · Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2004 4:35 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

SuSE · Me measures good Joined: Dec 02 2002 Posts: 2307 Offline

Well personally I'd make it something nearly irresistably cheap, like one or two dollars.

Software that disables is another story, anyways. It's innately gay.

CypherJF · Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2004 5:47 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

I believe he's changing it or did change it to nag-ware screen like winzip; supposively.

Dr Brain · Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2004 10:18 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

The point is that application developers are a dying breed.

Adapt or die. Resistance is futile.

CypherJF · Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2004 10:28 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Well considering most schools don't teach how to create, let alone teach C++ ASM etc, drivers for hardware, etc. Then probably in trouble.

Dr Brain · Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2004 10:34 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Your school doesn't even teach C++? Dude, that's not cool.

SuSE · Me measures good Joined: Dec 02 2002 Posts: 2307 Offline

School? ha

CypherJF · Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2004 11:07 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

LOL. I wanted to take it but my advisor sighed upon it; and kept talking me into these other classes like networking, software design, ya know.. "other" areas...

I ended up lets see, taking the software design and programming language; upto 18 credits... Thought about taking the C++ regardless, but its a web course etc etc.

myke · Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2004 11:47 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject: