C++ volunteer

So, you're offering up to twenty hours a week for six months if and only if the project in question uses your Middleware Writer and the members of the project are "Torah scholars"?

Seems oddly specific...

I realize I'm blessed to be able to search for my dream job.


Brian Wood
Ebenezer Enterprises

"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you" Matthew 7:7.

[Edited by - wood_brian on September 7, 2010 2:06:01 PM]

IGTT 4.3/10

is this some kind of spam message?
Is it in any way related to game development, please enlighten us.

I don't have game development experience, but I'm willing to work on a game. The price is right in terms of the C++ Middleware Writer (free) and I'm also willing to augment that by helping someone with their project.


Brian Wood
Ebenezer Enterprises

I would like to pose the question that if your statement read

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I agree with that and want to do business with none Jews. I'm willing to donate twenty hours a week for up to six months on a project that uses the C++ Middleware Writer. coal at mailvault.com or support at webEbenezer.net.

Would that be an acceptable thing to say?

*Disclaimer I have no belief.

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Original post by dmail ...

Hey now, just posing the question hypothetically like that is kind of bordering on the unacceptable. :)

The man obviously wants to connect with his peers. I'm sure there are plenty of Jewish people on gamedev.net, but he's probably better off finding a match through a local Jewish Linux users group or something of that sort. I mean, we wouldn't want any non-Jewish people misreading his intentions... :)

I don't think it's necessary to imply that he would ever write something so blatantly ignorant. I've attended training classes with more than one Jewish person, even an Orthodox one, and I can assure you that they didn't think that Christians/athiests are technical morons unworthy of their attention. In fact, the Orthodox guy shared with me one of the best math jokes I've ever heard -- If Euler is pronounced Oy-ler, then why isn't Euclid pronouced Oy-clid? Oy vey!! :)

Edit: I wanted to rate you up a little bit to tease you, but I didn't think it would increase from like 90 to 140 at once. Sorry... :(

[Edited by - taby on September 7, 2010 11:29:04 PM]

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Original post by dmail I would like to pose the question that if your statement read Quote: I agree with that and want to do business with none Jews. I'm willing to donate twenty hours a week for up to six months on a project that uses the C++ Middleware Writer. coal at mailvault.com or support at webEbenezer.net. Would that be an acceptable thing to say?

I'm not sure what you are asking. Is there a typo in your statement?

Brian Wood
Ebenezer Enterprises

Guys, he's volunteering his services. If you don't like the conditions he's chosen to place on who may accept that offer, you're welcome to simply ignore it.

I don't think there's anything wrong with looking for a specific type of team/project as wood_brian is doing.

"a person must endeavor to marry the daughter of a Torah scholar, marry his daughter to a Torah scholar, eat and drink with Torah scholars, do business with Torah scholars..."

Okay, that should have been in the headline: "Jewish partner wanted for project", or at least in the OP. To make readers link to that explanation is crappy, esp. on a site with 10,000 viewers at a time. That's just common sense.

wood_brian, what exactly does C++ middleware writer do? I know what middleware is, however i cannot see exactly from a quick glance at your code what it does and how it relates to game development. Is it some toolkit to simplify boost? Would it be useful to me as a game developer, and in what context? What issues does it solve? I am always interested in seeing new code and new ways of thinking however your description of it and site could do with a bit more fleshing out, please take this as constructive criticism.

So... Please enlighten me!

Thanks :-)

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Original post by braindigitalis wood_brian, what exactly does C++ middleware writer do? I know what middleware is, however i cannot see exactly from a quick glance at your code what it does and how it relates to game development. Is it some toolkit to simplify boost? Would it be useful to me as a game developer, and in what context? What issues does it solve? I am always interested in seeing new code and new ways of thinking however your description of it and site could do with a bit more fleshing out, please take this as constructive criticism. So... Please enlighten me! Thanks :-)

Thanks for asking. The C++ Middleware Writer is an on line code generator. It facilitates the sending and receiving of messages between processes. It writes C++ middleware based on high-level user input. One of the advantages of the C++ Middleware Writer over competing serialization libraries is that it automates the creation of marshalling functions for user defined types. So adding, removing or changing a class' data members doesn't require users to also update the marshalling functions. There are also advantages that stem from the on line nature of our approach; the amount of code needed to get started using the C++ Middleware Writer is orders of magnitude less than that of competing serialization libraries. I received an email recently from someone who downloaded our software over a dial-up connection. He said it took one second for it to complete. The conciseness of our approach makes it easier for users to manage the software. In 2002 when the C++ Middleware Writer was first available I got some sarcastic remarks about the on line nature of our approach. I haven't heard any remarks like that though in years and traffic on the site continues to increase.


Brian Wood

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Is it basically a competitor to SOAP?

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Is it basically a competitor to SOAP?

In a way, yes. One difference between the two is SOAP deals with XML based services whereas the C++ Middleware Writer (C++MW) focuses on binary services. Another difference is the C++MW is on line. I'm not aware of any on line SOAP implementations.


Brian Wood

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Original post by wood_brian Quote: Is it basically a competitor to SOAP? In a way, yes. One difference between the two is SOAP deals with XML based services whereas the C++ Middleware Writer (C++MW) focuses on binary services. Another difference is the C++MW is on line. I'm not aware of any on line SOAP implementations. Brian Wood

That's cool. :) Can you explain to me what you mean by on line? I'm not quite clear on that part. I mean, I have an idea, but I'm not sure I'm correct. :)

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Original post by taby That's cool. :) Can you explain to me what you mean by on line? I'm not quite clear on that part. I mean, I have an idea, but I'm not sure I'm correct. :)

What is your idea? Probably it is correct. I'm not sure what to say. The C++MW is a server and is on line. Updates to the C++MW are handled by us, but we can make older versions of the software available if someone isn't able to move to a newer version. From a dissemination standpoint, the on line model is superior to older models. We're able to handle the administration of the software internally. When we fix a bug in a version of the software we know that everyone has that fix. It just makes things easier for everyone.

Brian Wood

OK. I think I understand. I have used SOAP via Linux/Apache/gSOAP to provide web services over the Internet (e.g., a query/answer system where exchange takes place in the form of XML metadata+data packets).

That's cool that C++MW has a built-in server. If I am correct, C++MW is a standard and a client/server implementation? Do you also provide a moderated messaging network? Either way, it seems that C++MW is much simpler to set up and use immediately in comparison to some SOAP implementations. I mean, setting up Linux, Apache, and gSOAP is not trivial the first few times that you do it.

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Original post by taby That's cool that C++MW has a built-in server. If I am correct, C++MW is a standard and a client/server implementation?

The C++ Middleware Writer is a server. There's a three tier architecture:

C++ Middleware Writer

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C++ Middleware Writer Ambassador

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Command line client

The C++ Middleware Writer Ambassador and command line client are open source and there are Windows and Linux versions of them.

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Do you also provide a moderated messaging network?

I don't think so, but am not sure what you mean.

Brian Wood

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Original post by braindigitalis I am always interested in seeing new code and new ways of thinking however your description of it and site could do with a bit more fleshing out, please take this as constructive criticism.

I would be happy to get some ideas on how to improve the documentation.

Brian Wood