In before some middle aged software developer who reads reddit and practices agile methodologies points us to an essay by Paul Graham or No Silver Bullet.
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Anonymous2007-07-05 16:50 ID:5PDSM6AJ
>>3
Wow, I hadn't read any "Paul Graham" before.. hes so cool! I think I will try out lisp now :D
LOGO is awesome. I first learnt programming with that language
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Anonymous2007-07-06 8:00 ID:ueTaoTYe
>>10
So your path to EXPERT PROGRAMMER has been blocked forever, because you've been tainted with idiotic concepts and nonsensical syntax?
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Anonymous2007-07-06 8:55 ID:92AS2qLZ
Logo was created by spiritual guide Hal Abelson as an introductory language. Everybody should learn programming with either Logo or Scheme, know Scheme, maybe Common Lisp, and read SICP.
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Anonymous2007-07-06 8:57 ID:Y83/iSeG
>>10
I once generated the Mandelbrot set using LOGO. Have I reached Satori?
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Anonymous2007-07-06 9:45 ID:PNW9cx0J
>>2
Is there something better than combination of php and mysql?
>>14
if by better you mean worse, then asp + ms access
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Anonymous2007-07-06 19:53 ID:9SQD06CK
>>17
Hey, ASP might totally suck donkey cocks, but least it has some semblance of consistency in its function naming. Contrast PHP, which has strlen vs. str_split vs. stripos vs. stripslashes ("strip OS"? "string IP slashes"?)... or str_shuffle vs. just shuffle (why not array_shuffle?), eleven (!) different functions to sort an array instead of having one function with a flag parameter to handle the variants, etc. etc. etc.
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Anonymous2007-07-07 6:43 ID:gpM9wT9e
>>18
PHP's standard library is a mess, and the language is limited, but at least it's not a closed piece of shit from Microsoft. Also, you end up using just a small, relatively consistent subset of the standard library for 90% of the time. Don't do any string manipulation with PHP functions, use preg_match and preg_replace, which are powerful, consistent, easy to remember, easy to port to other languages, and faster.
>>28
ONE WORD, THE FORCED INDENTATION OF CODE, THREAD OVER
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Anonymous2007-07-07 14:08 ID:iIHWcmg4
>>27
Java is supposed to be used for ENTERPRISE software.
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Anonymous2007-07-07 23:01 ID:igSnYrbj
>>29
I hate THEFORCEDINDENTATIONOFCODE(omg1wrd)! FREE intdentin is hte win!!!1void
print(int x,
int i
){i = 10;
int
y=0; for((i = 10)
;
(i--))y+=i&=x;putchar
(y) ;}
>>31
Error: Unexpected ')' on line 7 near '--))'
Error: Unexpected expression on line 7 near ')y+'
Error: Unexpected ';' on line 8 near 'y);'
Error: Missing ')' before ';' on line 8 near 'y);'
Hint: Free-form code is like a knife, you can use it to kill others or do something useful like kill yourself.
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Anonymous2007-07-08 11:53 ID:FnDqbNnm
hte fixed!!!1void
print(int x,
int i
){i = 10;
int
y=0; for((i = 10)
;;
(i--))y+=i&=x;putchar
(y) ;}
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Anonymous2007-07-08 12:58 ID:tuorODqJ
>>29
I can't believe this meme I started still lives!
I agree with Abelson and Sussman that programs should be written
primarily for people to read rather than machines to execute.
Then why did you ignore this advice, Paul? Oh yeah, because you're a fucking twat who should stick to perl.