<r><B><s>[B]</s>Mac,<e>[/B]</e></B><br/>

<QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s><I><s>[i]</s>Originally posted by Mac <e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
<B><s>[B]</s>I don't have a Java standard so I cannot say what foo(i++, i) does <E>;)</E>.<br/>
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I have download the Java Language Spec now ...

<r><QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s><I><s>[i]</s>Originally posted by Mac <e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
<B><s>[B]</s>Never been to Parola (that's a shame)...<br/>
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It is really a nice museum with between 20 - 30 AFV's and an amored train as the main attractions. Even the ISU-152 is ...

<r><QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s><I><s>[i]</s>Originally posted by Veldor <e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
<B><s>[B]</s>No I certainly agree with you on that. It is most important that you START with the AI which VASL doesnt have.<br/>
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Ok, excellent, that is where JASL is today ...

<r>Mac,<br/>

<QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s><I><s>[i]</s>Originally posted by Mac <e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
<B><s>[B]</s>As why board games have a place it's because they are often more convenient, there is real social interaction going on (aka metagame), you're having fun with friends, you're not stuck sitting ...

<r><QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s><I><s>[i]</s>Originally posted by Veldor <e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
<B><s>[B]</s>I don't think you need to be a computer game publisher to realize that it WOULD have to be included. Playing vs a real opponent online and an AI. Perhaps you see a little more my point? <br/>
<e>[/B ...

<r>Sarge,<br/>

<QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s><I><s>[i]</s>Originally posted by Les the Sarge 9-1 <e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
<B><s>[B]</s>Metagame<br/>
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Some might have heard the term, it is certainly known to most my age (and so many wargamers are my age).<br/>
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You can make a computer game so good. But ...

<r>Sarge / Peter / Veldor,<br/>
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Sorry for this lengthy reply, but answering a lot here: <E>;-)</E><br/>

<QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s><I><s>[I]</s>Sarge wrote:<e>[/I]</e></I><B><s>[B]</s><br/>
Not so sure "the hobby is dying".<br/>
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The numbers are hard to track out here on the sidelines.<br ...

<r><QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s><I><s>[i]</s>Originally posted by Les the Sarge 9-1 <e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
<B><s>[B]</s>I am wanting to know, in addition to supporting an electronic window to ASL (which has a price tag you just don't want to add up), I am wondering, if anyone thinks having a genuine ...

<r><QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s><I><s>[i]</s>Originally posted by Veldor <e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
<B><s>[B]</s>Pretty much why I abandoned the thread and stopped responding to comments.<br/>
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Hmm, seemed more like you were not intrested in answering the questions.<br/>
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<r><QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s><I><s>[i]</s>Originally posted by Mac <e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
<B><s>[B]</s><B><s>[B]</s>Veldor<e>[/B]</e></B><br/>
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I get the feeling you don't want to discuss the pros/cons of programming languages for various purposes but want to draw this discussion into corporate MS vs ...

<r><QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s><I><s>[i]</s>Originally posted by Veldor <e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
<B><s>[B]</s>.NET is the latest edition of C++ from Microsoft. <br/>
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No, ".NET" is not a programming language as I think you should know. <br/>
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Since you bring this up ...

<r><QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s><I><s>[i]</s>Originally posted by Veldor <e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
<B><s>[B]</s>You don't seem to be too familiar with C++ especially Microsoft's .NET edition. I keep scratching my head at everything you say because .NET has all of this.<br/>
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Makes it difficult to debate.<br ...

<r><QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s><I><s>[i]</s>Originally posted by Veldor <e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
<B><s>[B]</s>I wonder if Larth would agree.<br/>
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He would.<br/>

<QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s><B><s>[B]</s>Yes I read that before my post too and it sounded to me more like C++ was ...

<r>Mac,<br/>

<QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s><I><s>[i]</s>Originally posted by Mac <e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
<B><s>[B]</s>larth<br/>
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Your entrance to this thread brought some balancing opinions that were IMHO needed. I must note that I did visit your pages when Les first posted to this thread and I didn't ...

<r>I wrote this answer before reading the contribution by mac (Hi!), so please accept some overlapping. I was going to quit the discussion since it seemed to bring little of worth to me so most of these comments are for Veldor.<br/>
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First:<br/>

<QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s><I><s>[i]</s>Originally ...

<r>I believe this is really turning in an off-topic discussion since most of your beef seems to be java...<br/>
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<QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s><I><s>[i]</s>Originally posted by Veldor <e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
<B><s>[B]</s>The most credible "universal" security report for last year stated LINUX as having ...

<r><QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s><I><s>[i]</s>Originally posted by Veldor <e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
<B><s>[B]</s>If I had to pick a piece it would be the part about putting SQL in the kernal and having everything from the file system to the registry to Active Directory in server cases, to program data residing ...

<r><QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s><I><s>[i]</s>Originally posted by Les the Sarge 9-1 <e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
<B><s>[B]</s>It just goes to show, no game can assure you, it's fans are worth considering worthy defacto.<br/>
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But it was enough to get me to flip the list the bird.<br/>
<e>[/B]</e></B><e>[/QUOTE ...

<r><QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s><I><s>[i]</s>Originally posted by Ludovic Coval <e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
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[Joke on]<br/>
Erik (Rutins) wonder <E>:D</E><br/>
[Joke off]<br/>
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LC,<br/>
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I didn't know you / eric but checking the ...

<r><QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s><I><s>[i]</s>Originally posted by Veldor <e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
<B><s>[B]</s>I'm quite bored with this thread as it accomplishes nothing when people do not respond to direct questions asked of them. Instead we all just post in endless circles.<br/>
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But I would like to say ...