/prog/ - Coding is not fun anymore

Name: Anonymous 2012-01-07 11:01

Yes /prog/ I have forgotten the joy of coding.

I used to have fun at high school. I would write trivial programs to carry out my little tasks like math homeworks etc.

Now I'm a junior at college, and it is not fun anymore. I still happen to be finding "solving a problem" joyful, but not coding the solution I've found.

Have you ever felt the same? Have you been able to overcome it and taste *that feeling* when your code runs?

Name: Anonymous 2012-01-07 11:06

Try programming something that has visible results, like a Physics simulation.

Name: Anonymous 2012-01-07 12:07

or a scheduler

Name: Anonymous 2012-01-07 12:15

Stop using Java/C++/Python and use a programming language that lets you freely express your ideas.

Name: Anonymous 2012-01-07 12:30

>>4
Like Haskell.

Name: Anonymous 2012-01-07 12:35

>>5
or Scheme

Name: Anonymous 2012-01-07 12:37

>>5
This is what morons actually believe!

Name: Anonymous 2012-01-07 12:38

>>7
Friends don't let friends use Scheme.

Name: Anonymous 2012-01-07 12:39

>>8
Instead, they throw them into the deep end of the CL pool.

Name: Anonymous 2012-01-07 12:42

>>6
or brainfuck

Name: Anonymous 2012-01-07 12:42

>>1
Find a problem which will make you go insane as you attempt to code the solution.

Bonus points if you code in APL.

Name: Anonymous 2012-01-07 14:08

Do some parallel programming.

Name: Anonymous 2012-01-07 15:18

>>11
Most mathematical problems are actually easier in APL than in most other languages. Not having to worry about classes, memory, and loop counters saves a lot of time. And it's automatically parallelizable for GPGPU. An OS based on APL and using APL Shared Variables for I/O would be able to use a GPU as its main processor and can use a cheap RISC core (e.g. a $5 ARM) as the IOP, swapper, and IPL Service Processor. Shared Variables and Service Processors running on the IOP can handle disk and user I/O. GUI objects could probably be drawn entirely on the GPU.
http://http.developer.nvidia.com/GPUGems3/gpugems3_ch39.html

Name: Anonymous 2012-01-07 15:46

>>4

Well I have though about that. Inhabitants of prog is a big fan of SICP, so I was thinking about giving Scheme and the book a shot.
>>2
If someone suggest an idea or a place for looking ideas for this, I would be grateful.
>>3
I will for my OS course.

Name: Anonymous 2012-01-07 16:00

OP make a tree with a dynamic size that each branch will point to a fibonacci heap, make it all O(log N) and have a printout on my desk in a week as well as screenshots of the output and a digital copy turned in to my drop box. Also required a 3 page detail of each indiviudal function with it's purpose and lower-bound.

remember to smile

Name: Anonymous 2012-01-07 16:51

Implement a generic Brodal queue in C as macros.

Name: Anonymous 2012-01-07 17:00

>>1
what are you studying in college?

i'am the same as you, but studying pure mathematics so i got the oportunity of solving neat problem

Name: Anonymous 2012-01-07 17:46

Solve the graph isomorphism problem.

Name: Anonymous 2012-01-07 19:11

Use a managed language for less low-level tedium and more problem solving.

Work on bigger projects.

Name: Anonymous 2012-01-07 19:23

Make a roguelike in Lisp, but use 2hus instead of dragons.

Name: Anonymous 2012-01-08 1:08

Make a roguelike compiler in Lisp
_^BONUS Emits brainfuck bytecodes for better than Java write once run everywhere portability.

Name: Anonymous 2012-01-08 9:21

The problem is programming was never fun to begin with. The answer I've found is GNU/drugs or as I've recently taken to calling them "my little helpers."

Name: Anonymous 2012-01-08 14:09

>>17
Computer engineering.

>>18
IHBT.

>>22
I'm thinking of taking psychedelics, too. Advice noted.

Name: Anonymous 2012-01-08 14:19

>>23

>>22-san never mentioned the psychedelics, could've been talking about pretty much anything. I figured he was talking about some of these new designer drug thingies programmers seemed to be attracted to.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nootropic

Name: Anonymous 2012-01-08 14:20

>>23
Ask /jp/, they love that shit.

Name: Anonymous 2012-01-08 14:26

>>24

I don't want to use anything that causes addiction or has adverse effects. I know psychedelics are harmless, so I will most probably go for them.

>>25
Will do, thank you.

Still, I doubt this would make programming fun again. It will make life more bearable at best, I guess.

Name: Anonymous 2012-01-08 14:33

>>26
Hmm... looks like 4chan is down ;_;

Name: Anonymous 2012-01-08 16:35

psychedelics are harmless
Kids these days.

Name: Anonymous 2012-01-09 7:32

? I am in university and it is still fun

Name: Anonymous 2012-01-09 8:15

>>29
that's because it's your first semester

Name: Anonymous 2012-01-09 12:19

Do something really fun, like [b]Nested ~~BBCodes[/b]~~

Name: Anonymous 2012-01-10 3:50

have you tried brainfuck OP? I only code in brainfuck.

Name: Anonymous 2012-01-10 8:25

[dubs]check 'em[/dubs]

Name: Anonymous 2012-01-10 10:20

Yeah, I wasn't kidding on the drugs. Psychedelics are amazing so that's a good choice. Just don't turn into one of those loopy shit-sprouting idiots. Keep things in perspective and use it as a tool.

You might want to try euphoric stimulants like cocaine. There is a reason why Sigmund Freud was so productive. To a lesser extent Ritalin and notaly Dexadrine. Surprisingly what a mood lift can do to your productivity. Who knows, you'll be writing that 1000 line business logic in no time!

Note: That last line is unmotivating. I've always found starting a new project can be quite fun (for a little while.)

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