From: lucio@proxima.alt.za
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] c++
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 19:58:17 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e170f8b403c5d736a9a208f5381b538a@proxima.alt.za> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAEoi9W4fkYwj2Y472catnNEv7YjQ7NQfvE-SmcCVJ3taNznA_g@mail.gmail.com>
> 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.
My experience with APL suggested otherwise. Assembler programming
teaches you what computers can and cannot do and a language like APL
teaches you what concepts your mind is able to embrace. COBOL shows
you the value of code discipline and fortran the benefits of
shortcutting functionality you don't really need in a certain sphere
of programming. No one language gives you everything and many
programmers only get to see and solve a fraction of the possible
problem space.
I think it is important for programmers to at least know that their
knowledge base is incomplete and, hopefully, come closer to rather
than further away from a broader knowledge by attempting to use more
rather than fewer tools. That some tools may lead to bad habits, that
could be termed a judgement call, or an occupational hazard.
++L
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-11-22 17:58 UTC|newest]
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
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 [this message]
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
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
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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