Tim Cao

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Recent posts by Tim Cao

Any chance of JVM optimization kicked in? The variable a is loop-invariant and thus b is too. Maybe Windows JVM does this and Solaris doesnt.


Originally posted by Bill Compton:
for(int i=0;i<iterations;i++)
{
double b;
b = Math.sqrt(a);
if ( b == 1.23455 )
{
System.out.println(b);
}
}
[ February 08, 2007: Message edited by: Bill Compton ][/QB]

17 years ago
Jesus, and I thought I am being well paid. At this rate, even if one works half of the time, he already earns 120*8*5*26 = 124800. Mark, can you elaborates the selection criteria for a developer you would hire .
17 years ago
Just came across this article on H1B, a bit old but might still be relevant for H1B holders

http://news.com.com/2100-1017-256477.html?legacy=cnet
17 years ago
Agree. I'd say the solution is to increase the application fee to, say, $10K. That'd give advantage to the "really good" people who can land well paid jobs with respectable, law-biding companies that are willing to pay premium for talents. In my experience, good companies spend lots of money on recruiting (both in US and overseas), so 10K is not an unreasonable amount. This also effectively eliminates (or reduces) the H1B abuse issues by dodgy "consulting companies".


Originally posted by Jeroen T Wenting:
the cap is sufficient. But the application process needs to be seriously toughened up to prevent the current widespread abuse which causes H1 to have become essentially a program to get cheap junior programmers into the US from Asia.

17 years ago
Henry,

At the moment, the communication is just plain Java method calling and data are passed as arguments. Socket calling is one way to do it but it will requires some modification in the backend engine. I wonder if there is a free/low cost equivalence to the JBrigde software that allows direct calling from a C# application.

Thanks,
Tim
17 years ago
Hi all,

I currently have a Java application with quite a clear modular design: a Swing user interface and a backend engine which does all the bussiness logic and jdbc stuff. Now I want to rewrite the interface in dotNet languages (preferably C#). The guys at http://www.jnbridge.com/ have a solution for doing just that. However, it costs a cool $800. Any idea how I should tackle this problem will be much appreciated.

Cheers,

Tim
17 years ago
Does it mean that one does not have to provide refrees' contacts anymore? Why cant recruiters simply ask for letters of reference instead? Surely, there is no legal risk in reading a letter that address to "Whom it may concern" ?

Originally posted by Mark Herschberg:
I was just speaking to a recruiter who told me that many top Wall St firms ahve given up reference checks. They are concerned that the value of the evaluation does not justify the legal risks inherent in the process. Instead they only do a background check. First time I've heard this.

--Mark

18 years ago
Are you sure you'll be happy working for those who say "a*** holes" to people they meet the first time?
18 years ago
hi,

Probably not many people here are from dubai , nice place I heard, just a bit hot. I think the salary must be competitive because the living expenses are quite high there.

Tim
18 years ago
Look at the demo/jfc directory in your JDK installation. There is one demo project named Notepad. It is a simple Swing based text editor. You can start by playing with it.
18 years ago
It is just bad management, I would think. They probably plotted a project, got the go ahead from someone higher, started hiring, then realized that the project was not likely to go anywhere. On a cost analysis, it is probably cheaper to pay you 2 months for doing nothing than going through the settlement to fire you. You should be happy to be in your situation, 2 months paid to learn from and contribute to javaranch , dont you think?
[ November 14, 2005: Message edited by: Tim Cao ]
18 years ago
Daniil,

In my opinion, there is no real advantage switching to C++. You still have as much data as with Java to deal with. You can allocate as much memory in Java as you can do in C++. Also, you wont have as good a colection library in C++ as in Java. STL is flawed from its design to implementation, Boost is too complex and underdocumented, etc. There are some other Windows based library but that would tie you to Microsoft platform.

I think your problem is with the design. Do you have the exact requirements for the software? I have tried to get the big picture from your posts but not really fully understand what the problem is. Lets say, you have a collection of quotes, which is readed from a stream. You then need to search, access, update delete them in real time? Or is it something else.

Why dont you post your full problem description and/or requirements here so we can all look at it? If the information is confidential (you seem to be working for a financial company ), then rephrase it . You can pm me too.

Best regards,

Tim.

Originally posted by Daniil Sosonkin:
[QB]Thanks for suggestions guys. Let me go though each issue raised to see how I can answer. First of all, let say that I've decided to switch to C++ as I see no viable solution in the near future. And also because the database will go immencely in the upcoming months. Anyone dealing with the market would understand. But I'm not going to abandon Java attempts just out of sheer challenge

18 years ago
Jim,

I appreciate that everyone is entitled to his/her opinion. However, I think many, if not most, people here in javaranch are non US-citizens, and many of them are actually looking for a position with a US company. As a consequence, I dont think you will get too many responses from this venue. I might be wrong though.

Besr regards,

Tim.
18 years ago
try

http://launch4j.sourceforge.net/

it seems to be the best that i have come across

Tim
18 years ago
hi all,

Back to the original post, does anyone know what state the proposal (bill) is in? Has it come into effect yet or, as someone already mentioned, it's getting diluted somewhere?

Thanks all,

Tim.
18 years ago