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My expirince with Longhorn

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muzzy:
I don't specifically like microsoft. I like the Windows operating system, specifically the NT-branch, especially Windows 2000 and 2003. I'll probably like longhorn as well, but I haven't yet felt like trying any betas. However, based on what I've heard about it, it's going to be very interesting indeed.

WMD:

--- Quote --- bet you'd regret that decision when you saw the source, it's apparently really solid stuff and very high quality.
--- End quote ---

I have it.  There's a couple spots of good code, but most of it is poorly organized and filled with goofy code.  And the comments are hilarious.  One thing in the Notepad code says something like, "Then pray we can allocate enough memory for this to actually work."  And that's just the text editor. :o

muzzy:
The portions I've seen have been very good. Honestly, I can't quite trust your judgement as a programmer, not knowing how competent you are. Reading code is always a lot more difficult than writing it, and reading something as large as Windows without deep insight into how the system works, it's not going to make any sense. AFAIK the source is well organized and the code is good and straightforward. You've only been searching for 'goofy comments', because everyone can understand the humor in them while not everyone can understand OS design.

I don't see anything wrong with "Then pray we can allocate enough memory for this to actually work". While it's not very serious, it might be proper in the context it is in. Most applications just die when memory allocation fails, so having an allocation failure check sounds like a good practice despite what you think of the associated comment.

BobTheHob:

--- Quote from: muzzy ---Most applications just die when memory allocation fails, so having an allocation failure check sounds like a good practice despite what you think of the associated comment.
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Stop talking out you're ass, you know damn well that they didnt put that comment in a serious nature. Of all the apps deserving memory allocation checks, notepad wouldent be of highest priority.

Aloone_Jonez:
Even though Windows isn't as stable or secure as BSD it has a better desktop and I'm not talking about the user interface either. I'm talking about the the way different Windows programs can interoperate with each other. For example OLE is consistent across the Windows platform this isn't the case with UNIX, and the clipboard is another example, lets not forget drag and drop. Yes I know KDE/GNOME might solve some of these problems but KDE applications don't communicate with the GNOME desktop very well, and dependences also aren't a problem with Windows. But these are the only two advantages of Windows, personally I'd rather use a more secure and stable operating system.

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