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> Yep. I bet this changes relatively soon, since you can sometimes use recursion in OpenCL & CUDA.

Am I correct in assuming you can only recurse when the recursion can be "unrolled" into a simple loop? In other words, no program flow structures.

Neanderthal isn't a synonym for stone-age.

Oh, duh.

Still, javascript.

High CPU overhead seems reasonable for HTML5-based games. Introducing a DOM can only make things slower relative to a leaner (native) engine.

For reference, I'm on a late-2015 laptop (XPS 13 9350) with integrated graphics, but the newer i3 gives me perfectly fine performance.

Wow, that webpage sucks. What are the specs?

Touche.

> Java calls references, works more like C/C++ pointer, rather than C++ reference

What makes you say this? You can't do pointer arithmetic on Java references, and the internal memory model is completely obscured. C++ and Java references look similar to and are accessed like variables. The major difference is that Java references can be reassigned, like a pointer, which is necessary in a language without true pointers.

Java references are closer to C++ references than anything else. They're like pointers until you access/call them, at which point they're just objects. C++ references are identical, but the syntax is a bit more explicit.

It is a funny language feature to have when you think about it; it just so happens to be useful. References and pointers are distinct in languages that have both (C++), so not mixing the terms between languages is helpful. If Java programmers started referring to their variables as "pointers," because internally, that's more representative of what they are, I'd be a bit irked.

I would actively avoid that, but only because it confuses me.

That syntax loosely implies that removing the second d assignment would allow me to create new-but-altered dogs with alterDog(Dog), which isn't the case. If I wanted to use assignments like that, I would try to go fully immutable with factory methods that help me make slightly different, new dogs on the fly, and return them.

Here lies the tale of Marissa Mayer.

That article sure manages to say a lot without saying anything at all.

It's whoever 4chan is.

Ah, shit.

I'd wager that Spotify is nearing the point at which - if not already there - record labels cannot afford to revoke their license. If they can get away with it, they'll try to push some buttons, but I doubt a full confrontation.

If there's any evidence against this, please let me know. I think it's interesting.

Why, no government-funded institutions have ever violated our privacy. What a wonderful idea.

Propaganda, trite.