From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3e1162e60706200916j4fc63feck1c1be39ab0dea7d4@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 09:16:47 -0700 From: "David Leimbach" To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] Anyone else see this? In-Reply-To: <6e35c0620706200913j37f720e8y7406ff1c60cb5ed3@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_86795_13455403.1182356207076" References: <6b638ce78a2a72f47418839ca0c09081@9netics.com> <0c1a4db6945e57890384d3476773dbeb@coraid.com> <775b8d190706192254m5d960ccdq270b4f2b9fdc2b4@mail.gmail.com> <6e35c0620706200913j37f720e8y7406ff1c60cb5ed3@mail.gmail.com> Topicbox-Message-UUID: 839a0ca0-ead2-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 ------=_Part_86795_13455403.1182356207076 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On 6/20/07, Jack Johnson wrote: > > On 6/19/07, Bruce Ellis wrote: > > opinionated inaccurate posts on ./ - no way. > > I'm surprised no one caught/mentioned this: > > ------ > > The top 10 dead (or dying) computer skills > > [...] > > 6. C programming > As the Web takes over, C languages are also becoming less relevant, > according to Padveen. "C++ and C Sharp are still alive and kicking, > but try to find a basic C-only programmer today, and you'll likely > find a guy that's unemployed and/or training for a new skill," he > says. > > ------ > > http://www.globalknowledge.com/training/customgo.asp?find > =P38_FEATURE&id=18488&pageid=29&country=United+States > > > -Jack > I beg to differ, I know lots of C programmers, and only few good ones :-) (And I don't consider myself to be that great either...) I actually did learn C++ before C too, that probably screwed me up for good. What's a kid in an under-funded school to do when the only way he feels he can learn to program is to save up and buy a copy of Turbo C++ for DOS :-) (also known as the last IDE system I ever liked.) Dave ------=_Part_86795_13455403.1182356207076 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline

On 6/20/07, Jack Johnson <knapjack@gmail.com> wrote:
On 6/19/07, Bruce Ellis <bruce.ellis@gmail.com> wrote:
> opinionated inaccurate posts on ./ - no way.

I'm surprised no one caught/mentioned this:

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The top 10 dead (or dying) computer skills

[...]

6. C programming
As the Web takes over, C languages are also becoming less relevant,
according to Padveen. "C++ and C Sharp are still alive and kicking,
but try to find a basic C-only programmer today, and you'll likely
find a guy that's unemployed and/or training for a new skill," he
says.

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http://www.globalknowledge.com/training/customgo.asp?find=P38_FEATURE&id=18488&pageid=29&country=United+States


-Jack
I beg to differ, I know lots of C programmers, and only few good ones :-)  (And I don't consider myself to be that great either...)

I actually did learn C++ before C too, that probably screwed me up for good.

What's a kid in an under-funded school to do when the only way he feels he can learn to program is to save up and buy a copy of Turbo C++ for DOS :-)  (also known as the last IDE system I ever liked.)

Dave


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