7/2     Is this valid C++ code?  It works for gcc but in VxWorks the array
        is initialized to { 0, 0 }.  Just out of curiosity/bitterness.  tia.
        #define IN_Q 0
        #define OUT_Q 1
        int foo () {
          int queueTypes[] = { IN_Q, OUT_Q };
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5/6     I'm trying to use "#define errno WSAGetLastError()" in a winsock
        file, but the compiler says errno is already #def'ed.  I can't
        just run cpp on the file--it's a crappy ide-based compiler--so
        I'd like to do something like printf("errno"), but of course that
        just prints "errno" instead of the preprocessor's notion of what
        errno is #def'ed to.  What should I do instead?
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2/23   I need to come up with some sort of scriptable solution for controlling
       various hardware-- we already have an interface that accepts
       string-based commands over a socket, but no way to control it via script
       (e.g. with variables, if/then/else/while, error recover/reporting).
       Would perl be good for this sort of thing, or are there simpler, more
       focused languages/modules available?
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11/19   Anybody write code (or know people who write code) that go into
        airplanes, guided missiles, or satellites, etc?  Code that just HAS
        to work 100% of the time?   I'm wondering about what kind of
        OS they use (if any) or how exactly they write such code.  Any
        documented procedure online?  Thanks.
        \_ APL and no stupid "we'll just patch it later" testing.
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4/28    Too many political trolls, so here's a computer one:
        Ok... how did sodans/calgrads start up on learning COM/MFC?
        Learning things like VxWorks, RogueWave and J2EE was pretty easy
        given my Cal background, but Win32 has always eluded me. MFC looks
        big an hairy, and COM doesn't seem too much friendlier. That said,
        C# looks to be pretty easy to pick up... although I'd be more
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3/13    Are VxWorks and PSOSystem related?  Or are they completely separate
        products?  Which one was the one used on the Mars Pathfinder?
        \_ VxWorks and PSOS were once separate OS and companies.  Now
           they are one.  I don't know how they are merging the two
           now...
        \_ BTW, is VxWorks hard real-time or soft real-time?  With all the
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2/23    I'm looking for examples of a company successfully rewriting an OS.
        Like Sun transitioned from 4.1.3 -> Solaris.  This transition has to
        happen while the company is still developing features and pushing the
        old OS.  How many times have a massive SW development effort like this
        succeeded?  Thanks.
        \_ Windows to NT.
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2/1     Gee, how many planes have crashed in the past 12 months?  Seems like
        it has happened much more frequently than before.
        \_ No more so than usual and still far less than linux boxes crash
           going by the numbers.  I'd rather fly than use linux.
           \_ Oh, this is utter bullshit. In last two years only two Linux
              boxes crashed on me and it was because of either hardware
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