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Giovanni Dicanio[^]:
How do “Connie” and “meow” differ from “The Commodore 64 is a great computer”?

How long is a string?

Kent Sharkey wrote:
How long is a string?

Let's see... s-t-r-i-n-g... I would say 6 chars Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

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Bzzzt! I said, "a string" Smile | :)

TTFN - Kent

Nitpicky... D'Oh! | :doh:

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7 - Terminating Zero

9 if Pendant Who Shall Not Be Named gets his way.

8 If you consider the PLC Strings.

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That's actually a good question, Ken. The article didn't cover it and presumably it's an implementation detail, but it would be one that would be good to know as a developer since it has so much different dynamics about it, by which I mean, SSO creates more locality and since it is not heap oriented, "short" strings can be stored contiguously in memory using std::vector. That's my takeaway.

But, here's the downside they didn't mention. It makes std::string stack heavy - unless there's some magic there I don't understand.

On IoT that's a problem, and looking at the asm output at godbolt.org for things like even declaring an iostream makes me shy well away from it there.

I've taken to rewriting a lot of the functionality in the STL in my C++ IoT applications because as The STL has evolved it has gotten less and less friendly to little processors like the ones I use daily.

Now, that's unfortunate, but I don't want it to be read as a criticism. An AllWinner H3 1Ghz quad core, running even 128MB of DDR3 will have no trouble with modern STL, and these ARM Cortex As are seemingly a big part of the future (and present) of small smart computing.

It's moving there. But the hardware at the IoT level isn't quite up to the software. It's being sorely outpaced at the bottom end.

For perspective, let me put it in US dollars

A Sunxi AllWinner H3 SoC with a quadcore 1GHz ARM Cortex A53 CPU+ Mali GPU, and 128MB with DDR3 can be had in terms of components (sans supporting capacitors, power supply, and stuff - just SoC, RAM and eMMC) for $13-$18/per depending on which parts you source stateside (some you have to get out of Asia)

An Espressif ESP32S3 with "SoC" with a dual core 240MHz CPU (no GPU) but with 512kB embedded SRAM and 8MB of PSRAM, + 16MB of internal flash storage (requiring no external memory or flash) can be had for $4.31/per stateside. And this is a very capable chip as IoT class stuff goes. I don't count the RPi among this class.

The ESP32S3 and chips like it are the little IoT widget class chips, and they don't run the STL very well.

The std::string optimization seems like it makes a bad situation worse in some respects, in terms of stack bloat. You often don't have dynamically growable stacks or even much room on the stack to begin with. printf is bad enough. You start throwing a bunch of std::strings at it and pretty soon you're in real trouble.

To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.

Gizmodo[^]:
Researchers said they could access an imaging satellite’s control interface, letting them manipulate its systems and introduce malicious code.

In space, no one can hear you hack

I suppose the next target will be the one with the weapons? Unsure | :~

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ITPro Today[^]:
A New Relic report identifies Amazon Corretto as the top JDK distribution, outpacing Oracle for the first time.

Double-double?

Quote:
What Is the state of the Java ecosystem in 2023?

Screwed up?

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Winner, winner, chicken dinner!

TTFN - Kent

Kent Sharkey wrote:
A New Relic report identifies Amazon Corretto as the top JDK distribution, outpacing Oracle for the first time.

I'm pretty sure that is mostly due to AWS being the dominant internet hosting platform; but it still says wonders for how well whOracle is manging the platform.

Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius

IEEE Spectrum[^]:
Balsa-based circuit component could be integrated into living plants

Now you can whittle yourself a new CPU!

IEEE Spectrum wrote:
could be integrated into living plants

I suppose Elon is going to be interested, if it can be integrated in living plants, it should not be so far from being able to integrate it in living persons... D'Oh! | :doh:

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Obligatory xkcd: Surgery

Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.

If I understood what I read, and I definitely could be wrong, what they actually built was a wooden receptacle to hold a conductive fluid. he story says they treated the Balsa wood (What kind of Balsa wood was it to be considered "strong" anyway? The gliders of Balsa I had as a kid were the antipathy of "strong".) with heat and chemicals to remove most of the inner parts of the wood itself.

Does that REALLY make it a wooden transistor?

I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
I’m begging you for the benefit of everyone, don’t be STUPID.

DevOps[^]:
A recent study from Microsoft found that 89% of CIOs and IT pros said low-code is effective in increasing efficiency.

And by 'benefits' they mean 'more half-solutions to fix'

Kent Sharkey wrote:
And by 'benefits' they mean 'more half-solutions to fix'

Or Benefits to the ones that have to rebuild them once they have given up... The 'no-code' dream… | CommitStrip[^]

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Visual Studio magazine[^]:
Microsoft has improved the code-completion capabilities of Visual Studio's AI-powered development feature, IntelliCode.

Now called ArtificialIntelliCode?

Neowin[^]:
It's sometimes difficult to label a product or service that truly changed the world after it was released.

What ever happened to that world wide web thingie?

Kent Sharkey wrote:
What ever happened to that world wide web thingie?

Back to how it should be | CommitStrip[^] Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

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The Register[^]:
Microsoft is rewriting core Windows libraries in the Rust programming language, and the more memory-safe code is already reaching developers.

I've thought Windows was a little rusty for years

The Register wrote:
Microsoft is rewriting core Windows libraries in the Rust programming language,

So... I suppose we should expect a new wave of ~~bugs~~ new features in the next updates?

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