The Metaprogrammer

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Post by ingve » Wed, Sep 07, 2016, 9:00 AM UTC

Re: The Metaprogrammer

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Post by asher_ » Wed, Sep 07, 2016, 9:06 AM UTC

metametaprogramming (verb.) The act of talking about people talking about programming, rather than doing any actual talking about programming.

Re: The Metaprogrammer

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Post by midgetjones » Wed, Sep 07, 2016, 9:24 AM UTC

Can't believe he didn't mention text editors or indentation!

Re: The Metaprogrammer

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Post by dasmoth » Wed, Sep 07, 2016, 9:26 AM UTC

There's a balance here. I don't like the idea of talking without producing either, but using this as an argument to shut down all discussion about working environment isn't going to help matters.

Headphones are a big topic of discussion because default working environments are so far from what many of us find optimal (and, indeed, what seems to be empirically optimal if you look at the studies in Peopleware).

Re: The Metaprogrammer

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Post by taurath » Wed, Sep 07, 2016, 9:29 AM UTC

Ah the never ending lament about programmers asking for nice things. Sorry, $4k in capital costs for someone you're paying well into 6 figures for to make your business exist isn't that bad. A fast pc is necessary depending on what you're doing - making knowledge workers more comfortable effects their output.

Re: The Metaprogrammer

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Post by kpmah » Wed, Sep 07, 2016, 9:32 AM UTC

asher_ wrote: post #2

metametaprogramming (verb.) The act of talking about people talking about programming, rather than doing any actual talking about programming.

So is your comment metametametaprogramming?

Re: The Metaprogrammer

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Post by berntb » Wed, Sep 07, 2016, 9:32 AM UTC

Come on now, we real metaprogramming wimps carry our own keyboards with us and don't even bother to complain about the one provided. :-)

Otoh, as an Emacs user my mouse costs about as much as one of the black espressos I exclusively drink for coffee. :-)

Edit: This made me feel like the wimp I am. Time to stop the singer songwriters on my headphones and play some black metal. (And go to the gym for deadlifts or squats this evening.)

Re: The Metaprogrammer

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Post by TuringTest » Wed, Sep 07, 2016, 9:34 AM UTC

asher_ wrote: post #2

metametaprogramming (verb.) The act of talking about people talking about programming, rather than doing any actual talking about programming.

When did the term lose its original meaning? [1] Or am I missing some kind of joke?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaprogramming

Re: The Metaprogrammer

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Post by dagw » Wed, Sep 07, 2016, 9:37 AM UTC

TuringTest wrote: post #8

asher_ wrote: post #2

metametaprogramming (verb.) The act of talking about people talking about programming, rather than doing any actual talking about programming.

When did the term lose its original meaning? [1] Or am I missing some kind of joke? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaprogramming

It hasn't. The blog post is making a joke:

"You might have thought that metaprogramming meant macros, type introspection, that kind of thing. Nope, I'm hijacking the word for today:"

Re: The Metaprogrammer

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Sep 07, 2016, 9:37 AM UTC

TuringTest wrote: post #8

asher_ wrote: post #2

metametaprogramming (verb.) The act of talking about people talking about programming, rather than doing any actual talking about programming.

When did the term lose its original meaning? [1] Or am I missing some kind of joke? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaprogramming

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