Accused Movie Killer James Holmes 'Refused to Program in an Object-Oriented Way'

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Post by theodpHN » Wed, Jul 25, 2012, 2:50 AM UTC

Accused Movie Killer James Holmes 'Refused to Program in an Object-Oriented Way'
latimes.com

Re: Accused Movie Killer James Holmes 'Refused to Program in an Object-Oriented Way'

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Post by unimpressive » Wed, Jul 25, 2012, 3:02 AM UTC

We need to get arrest warrants for anyone who has ever programmed in BASIC ASAP.

More seriously, I highly doubt that the C programming language is a secret terrorist indoctrination program, so I'm confounded as to why the LA times ran this story.

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Post by staunch » Wed, Jul 25, 2012, 3:03 AM UTC

Just because this article mentions programming doesn't make it fit for HN. Screw this guy and his life. I don't care what he did or felt or thought. I don't think we should refer to him by name either. He's just the asshole who killed people in Colorado to me.

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Post by elithrar » Wed, Jul 25, 2012, 3:05 AM UTC

I find it hard to believe these stories; no doubt those related to the killer want to distance themselves from him as much as possible, and therefore are likely prone to making exaggerated statements about their ineptitude and devaluing how close they may have been to the killer.

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Post by doktrin » Wed, Jul 25, 2012, 3:06 AM UTC

I'll confess - upon reading the title, I feared I was about to read about how Holmes was dogmatic about functional programming at the exclusion of anything vaguely OO.

I was very pleased to read that his programming paradigm of choice is roughly analogous to the way in which I wrote my first "choose your own adventure" game in 8th grade.

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Post by to_jon » Wed, Jul 25, 2012, 3:14 AM UTC

When you read between the lines, doesn't this story imply that programmers who eschew object-oriented programming practices suffer from mild derangement?

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Post by eatmorekale » Wed, Jul 25, 2012, 3:31 AM UTC

staunch wrote: post #3

Just because this article mentions programming doesn't make it fit for HN. Screw this guy and his life. I don't care what he did or felt or thought. I don't think we should refer to him by name either. He's just the asshole who killed people in Colorado to me.

The article does seem like bait for distasteful programming paradigm jokes. I still think it's important in other contexts to consider the killer's motivations though.

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Post by swang » Wed, Jul 25, 2012, 3:31 AM UTC

I want to share this video from Charlie Booker.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PezlFNTGWv4

Basically at the end the forensic psychiatrist says that giving this intense superficial coverage about the gunman only encourages more copycat killers. I don't know what compelled me to click the link even after watching the video and telling myself to stop following more coverage, but that may be all the more reason why it needs to stop.

I honestly don't care what his intentions are, and I think the biggest punishment to him would be if everyone just forgot his name and he be left to pass the rest of his life in jail sitting in relative obscurity.

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Post by jfb » Wed, Jul 25, 2012, 3:55 AM UTC

Normally I'd be making jokes about the crappy article, but it's too raw. Pass.