the things i/she would do to eachother, if i had a girl.. while im making toy programs in java she would come up to me, crawl under the desk, undo my zipper and start sucking, all without any words. it would last for hours at times, but she would like it. in the evenings i would download some random movies from the late 80-90's and we would enjoy them together. i'd call her my babe, not because shes 12, but because i LOVE her. i'd keep promising to release her if she acts like a good girl but in the end, when she'd have a chance to go back to her family, she'd choose to stay. And its not because i've kept her in captivity for the last 2 years, but because she returned my feelings, she loved me.
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Anonymous2009-07-17 12:19
Ensnare her with PySICP.
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Anonymous2009-07-17 12:30
>>7
Just read SICP. Read this extract from the wizard book
We are about to study the idea of a computational process. Computational processes are abstract beings that inhabit computers. As they evolve, processes manipulate other abstract things called data. The evolution of a process is directed by a pattern of rules called a program. People create programs to direct processes. [b]In effect, we conjure the spirits of the computer with our spells[b].
A computational process is indeed much like a sorcerer's idea of a spirit. It cannot be seen or touched. It is not composed of matter at all. However, it is very real. It can perform intellectual work. It can answer questions. It can affect the world by disbursing money at a bank or by controlling a robot arm in a factory. The programs we use to conjure processes are like a sorcerer's spells. They are carefully composed from symbolic expressions in arcane and esoteric programming languages that prescribe the tasks we want our processes to perform.
A computational process, in a correctly working computer, executes programs precisely and accurately. Thus, like the sorcerer's apprentice, novice programmers must learn to understand and to anticipate the consequences of their conjuring. Even small errors (usually called bugs or glitches) in programs can have complex and unanticipated consequences.
They are carefully composed from symbolic expressions in arcane and esoteric programming languages
Uncanny resemblance to Brainfuck programming language. Arcane and esoteric is the last word you want to see about code or language and scaring newbies with this SICP trash would not entice them to code anything.
>>1
There's nothing wrong with using real programming languages.
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Anonymous2009-07-17 13:39
>>1
I heard the ABC Programming Language is a good intro to programming
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Anonymous2009-07-17 13:45
>>15
He is making comparisons about the language used in casting spells. To an unlearned person, the language used to cast spells seems esoteric and arcane. He was talking about programming in general being esoteric and arcane. This analogy is intended to apply to all computer languages.
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OP2009-07-17 13:45
I think I'm just gonna teach her in C and tell her that she needs to know C to program in Java.