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Re: Linux Technology

From Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject Re: Linux Technology
Date 2016-04-29 18:24 +0200
Organization DNLA GmbH
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DFS wrote:

> On 4/29/2016 9:44 AM, Peter Köhlmann wrote:
>> DFS wrote:
>>
>>> On 4/29/2016 3:30 AM, Peter Köhlmann wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> The linux box is doing the compile of a *very* large project (more
>>>> than 200.000 lines of source code)
>>>
>>>
>>> 200K lines of code?  Sounds huge.  Years-long project?
>>
>> Yes. It is a project I started in the early 90th and which I have
>> rewritten from scratch about 8 years ago and all the time extended and
>> perfected.
>>
>> The first version was windows only, written in Borlands C++
>> It needed to be redone because the external supplier of a printing
>> library went out of business and all the printing had to be redone from
>> scratch (one of the dangers of using closed source. You can be certain I
>> will not make that false decision ever again. You get into dependencies
>> you don't want to ever have)
>>
>> I rewrote it completely fromn scratch using Qt C++, and by that gained
>> source code compatibility across windows, OSX and linux. The same source
>> compiles on all of those platforms, getting programs which behave exactly
>> the same and use the same data formats and DBs (MySQL), yet have the look
>> and feel of the native platform.
>>
>> I naturally had the advantage of knowing what had to be done, which
>> design errors were made the first time, and naturally what could be made
>> better on rewrite. Most important was that I could reuse the (very
>> complex) mathematical routines for evaluation from the first version
>> without changes. That saved considerable amounts of time as those had not
>> to be tested again with lots of test-data, but all the rest had to be
>> rewritten completely which took 2 years for the first (new) version
>> (still *extremely* fast for that amount of code. Well, it was about
>> 160.000 lines then)
>>
>> It is a project where psychological tests (made online and coded answers
>> are sent by eMail automatically) are evaluated. The project has currently
>> 14 different psychological tests, and it is available in 17 languages.
>> Next languages which will be added are arabic and hebrew. Also 1 language
>> has been dropped for the time being (Thai), as the tests have to be
>> adapted heavily for souther asian people. They "tick" differently than
>> europeans
>>
>> Note that the languages change nothing on the project itself, as the
>> translations are made on the fly by the Qt built in translation engine
>> after the original language has been worked on by a profesional
>> translator
> 
> 
> Sounds like a good project.
> 
> My Dad's a shrink.  I've taken MANY psych tests thru the years, from him
> and in job interviews etc.  I always played a game: I looked for them to
> use the same question several times, but phrased differently to try and
> check your honesty.  I'm sure your math routines do regression testing
> and ferret out things like that.

You can bet on that. Additionally, the questions are asked in a random 
fashion, so people can't get a "cookbook recipe"
Also the social competence test is dtermining if someone answers in a way to 
look "socially desirable", answers contradictory or has avoided a definite 
response

> Here in the US, Janus Assoc. is a big industrial psych testing company.
> Ever heard of them?  

Yes

> I took their tests when applying for work at Delta
> Airlines.
> 
> Who did the db behind your system?

I did

The math routines were also done by me, after the heads behind the 
statistics had determined what should be computed how (lots and lots of 
papers with computing stuff)

The tests are evaluated and rated by universities according to some 
standards created for these grounds

> In the past, I designed a 45-table survey system (plus created all the
> front-end) for a client who used it to do post-opening franchise visits,
> interface it back to their guest satisfaction and revenue mgmt systems,
> etc.
> 
> It had a master list of questions from which you could pick to combine
> create new surveys, use different answer scales, question categories,
> screen and report ordering, etc.  Similar to your survey system I would
> guess.

Yes, similar to one new test I am designing now. It consists of a mix of 
already present tests where the client can opt which factors should be 
tested (not totally free, as some factors correlate with others)

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