From: Dan Cross <crossd@gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] c++
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 09:38:06 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAEoi9W4fkYwj2Y472catnNEv7YjQ7NQfvE-SmcCVJ3taNznA_g@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
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Personally, I think that all of this language posturing is
"geekier-than-thou" nonsense.
Calling C++ or Java a disease? Really?
Suggesting that if you use one of those languages you're somehow mentally
deficient? Really?
Suggesting someone change jobs because they're asked to program in C++?
Really?
In the big scheme of things, absolutely none of this matters. Whether one
programs in Java, C, Go, COBOL or 370 assembler doesn't really make any
difference; one could die tomorrow, and would anyone care what language
s/he programmed in? really? This world has bigger problems than that.
Programming languages are tools; nothing more. Use whichever one fits the
problem at hand. If you're the kind of person who geeks out on and enjoys
playing around with new tools; the kind that appreciates the relative
aesthetic quality of one versus the other, more power to you: but
understand that trying to reformulate problems so that one can apply one's
whizz-bang new shiny SuperHammer when the thing that comes out of parents'
toolbox will do is just wasting time.
I came across this recently, and it really resonated:
http://www.lindsredding.com/2012/03/11/a-overdue-lesson-in-perspective/
- Dan C.
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Thread overview: 124+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-11-19 22:48 steve
2012-11-20 1:37 ` Jeff Sickel
2012-11-20 2:08 ` Matthew Veety
2012-11-20 10:12 ` Steve Simon
2012-11-22 9:54 ` Balwinder S Dheeman
2012-11-22 10:07 ` lucio
2012-11-22 10:21 ` Nemo
2012-11-22 15:37 ` lucio
2012-11-22 16:19 ` Nemo
2012-11-22 16:31 ` lucio
2012-11-25 6:09 ` David Leimbach
2012-11-22 10:39 ` Charles Forsyth
2012-11-22 10:18 ` Lluís Batlle i Rossell
2012-11-22 11:34 ` hiro
2012-11-22 11:57 ` Charles Forsyth
2012-11-22 14:25 ` Dan Cross
2012-11-22 13:13 ` Hugo Rivera
2012-11-22 13:48 ` hiro
2012-11-22 14:22 ` erik quanstrom
2012-11-22 14:38 ` Dan Cross [this message]
2012-11-22 14:47 ` erik quanstrom
2012-11-22 14:54 ` Hugo Rivera
2012-11-22 15:47 ` tlaronde
2012-11-22 16:00 ` erik quanstrom
2012-11-22 16:11 ` Bakul Shah
2012-11-22 16:15 ` lucio
2012-11-22 16:31 ` erik quanstrom
2012-11-22 17:30 ` lucio
2012-11-22 16:18 ` tlaronde
2012-11-22 16:06 ` lucio
2012-11-22 16:07 ` erik quanstrom
2012-11-22 16:12 ` Hugo Rivera
2012-11-22 16:25 ` lucio
2012-11-22 16:51 ` Bakul Shah
2012-11-22 17:16 ` Charles Forsyth
2012-11-22 17:39 ` lucio
2012-11-22 17:51 ` Paul Lalonde
2012-11-22 17:53 ` hiro
2012-11-22 18:13 ` lucio
2012-11-22 18:00 ` lucio
2012-12-03 13:43 ` Ethan Grammatikidis
2012-12-03 14:13 ` Charles Forsyth
2012-12-03 14:58 ` Kurt H Maier
2012-12-03 15:21 ` Charles Forsyth
2012-12-03 15:29 ` Kurt H Maier
2012-12-04 21:36 ` hiro
2012-11-22 16:58 ` Dan Cross
2012-11-22 22:25 ` erik quanstrom
2012-11-22 14:54 ` dexen deVries
2012-11-22 17:04 ` Dan Cross
2012-11-22 17:31 ` hiro
2012-11-22 17:45 ` Dan Cross
2012-11-22 17:46 ` lucio
2012-11-22 20:17 ` Matthew Veety
2012-11-22 17:42 ` lucio
2012-11-22 17:44 ` hiro
2012-11-22 17:47 ` lucio
2012-11-22 19:55 ` Kurt H Maier
2012-11-23 3:31 ` lucio
2012-11-23 3:56 ` Kurt H Maier
2012-11-22 17:50 ` Dan Cross
2012-11-22 17:59 ` lucio
2012-11-22 18:02 ` Charles Forsyth
2012-11-22 18:12 ` lucio
2012-11-22 19:15 ` Richard Miller
2012-11-22 21:48 ` Bakul Shah
2012-11-22 21:34 ` Bakul Shah
2012-11-22 16:15 ` Christopher Nielsen
2012-11-22 17:10 ` Kurt H Maier
2012-11-22 17:18 ` Charles Forsyth
2012-11-22 17:22 ` tlaronde
2012-11-22 17:27 ` Bakul Shah
2012-11-22 17:45 ` Dan Cross
2012-11-22 19:55 ` Kurt H Maier
2012-11-23 9:42 ` Balwinder S Dheeman
2012-11-22 17:58 ` lucio
2012-11-22 16:32 ` Richard Miller
2012-11-22 17:39 ` hiro
2012-11-22 20:14 ` Matthew Veety
2012-11-22 15:50 ` lucio
2012-11-22 14:54 ` Bakul Shah
2012-11-22 17:40 ` Pavel Klinkovsky
2012-11-22 18:11 ` tlaronde
2012-11-20 19:58 ` Wes Kussmaul
2012-11-20 20:07 ` tlaronde
2012-11-20 20:17 ` Wes Kussmaul
2012-11-22 12:58 ` Pedro Lamarão
2012-11-20 19:05 ` Bakul Shah
2012-11-20 20:31 ` Skip Tavakkolian
2012-11-20 20:09 ` dexen deVries
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2012-11-24 1:45 [9fans] C++ Winston Kodogo
2012-11-22 22:32 Winston Kodogo
2012-11-23 3:04 ` Comeau At9Fans
2012-11-23 9:47 ` Gorka Guardiola
2012-11-23 10:21 ` dexen deVries
2012-11-23 13:28 ` Pedro Lamarão
2012-11-23 14:02 ` lucio
2012-11-25 6:03 ` David Leimbach
2012-11-27 17:09 ` Eugene Gorodinsky
2012-11-27 19:57 ` David Leimbach
2012-11-27 20:15 ` Kurt H Maier
2012-12-03 10:02 ` faif
2012-11-19 9:59 [9fans] c++ Steve Simon
2012-11-19 10:10 ` Mathieu Lonjaret
2012-11-19 11:31 ` Aram Hăvărneanu
2012-11-19 10:45 ` iainws
2012-11-19 12:17 ` Balwinder S Dheeman
2012-11-19 12:46 ` Aram Hăvărneanu
2012-11-19 12:55 ` hiro
2012-11-19 13:22 ` cinap_lenrek
2012-11-19 14:58 ` tlaronde
2012-11-19 15:17 ` Bence Fábián
2012-11-19 14:25 ` Robert Raschke
2012-11-19 14:56 ` Calvin Morrison
2012-11-19 14:09 ` cinap_lenrek
2012-11-19 15:38 ` Bence Fábián
2012-11-19 16:45 ` Jeff Sickel
2012-11-19 15:10 ` Kurt H Maier
2012-11-22 14:10 ` David Leimbach
2012-11-22 14:13 ` David Leimbach
2012-11-19 16:21 ` Andrés Domínguez
2012-11-19 20:02 ` Aharon Robbins
2012-11-20 2:24 ` Taj Khattra
2012-11-20 3:47 ` Bruce Ellis
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