(Untitled)- November 26, 2006 Object Ownership Way back when, back deep in the primordial mists of DOS, I used to code in C++. When using C++ I spent much time asking myself deep philosophical questions, such as "is the object I am about to try and make use of still there" Through some very hard knocks I learnt and applied these rules: Every object has only one owner. This owner both creates and destroys any object it may own. Ownership should not be transferred. The owner forms part of an...http://radio.weblogs.com/0130781/2006/11/26.html#a211 (Untitled)- November 20, 2006 Borland I learnt that Borland has decided to retain control of their tools division, choosing to spin it off into a separate wholly owned (and controllable) subsidiary. Larry O'Brien is wondering why there has been very little comment on this in the great blogosphere. I left one answer (I really need to watch my 2's), and as part of that answer I said "Borland's management don't appear to have a clear answer to a basic question: how do you compete with Microsoft on one side, and free...http://radio.weblogs.com/0130781/2006/11/20.html#a210 |