If you have to learn just one programming language

Post by kscaldef » Thu, May 13, 2010, 6:03 PM UTC

aaronblohowiak wrote: post #17

He eliminates Smalltalk because of speed but leaves in Ruby? Ummmmmmm. What?

Post by theBobMcCormick » Thu, May 13, 2010, 6:19 PM UTC

aaronblohowiak wrote: post #17

He eliminates Smalltalk because of speed but leaves in Ruby? Ummmmmmm. What?

Post by sketerpot » Thu, May 13, 2010, 6:42 PM UTC

shaunxcode wrote: post #12

AndrewO wrote: post #3

if (you_have_to_learn_one_language) { make_highly_subjective_claims(); eliminate_good_candidates_for_specious_reasons(); arrive_at_questionable_conclusion(); } else { broaden_your_understanding_of_programming(); be_able_to_evaluate_multiple_solutions_for_problem(); } The underlying premise is flawed. No one has to learn just one language and anyone who stops at one is limiting themselves to being a journeyman program…

(if (you-have-to-learn-one-language) (begin (make-highly-subjective-claims) (eliminate-good-candidates-for-specious-reasons) (arive-at-questionable-conclusion)) (begin (broaden-your-understanding-of-programming) (be-able-to-evaluate-multiple-solutions-for-problem)))

Post by KirinDave » Thu, May 13, 2010, 7:58 PM UTC

sketerpot wrote: post #25

shaunxcode wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

(if (you-have-to-learn-one-language) (begin (make-highly-subjective-claims) (eliminate-good-candidates-for-specious-reasons) (arive-at-questionable-conclusion)) (begin (broaden-your-understanding-of-programming) (be-able-to-evaluate-multiple-solutions-for-problem)))

Ouch, so many side-effects. My scheme instincts are wincing.

    ; Perhaps you would prefer monadic clojure?
    ; We wouldn't want to make it look too alien ;)
    (with-monad state-m
      (defn m-advice [your-brain spurious-advice?] 
        (if spurious-advice? 
          (m-chain (make-highly-subjective-claims
                   eliminate-good-candidates-for-specious-reasons
                   arive-at-questionable-conclusion) your-brain)
          (m-chain ((m-understanding-broadener :programming)
                   be-able-to-evaluate-multiple-solutions-for-problem) your-brain))))

Post by xenthral » Thu, May 13, 2010, 8:14 PM UTC

thenduks wrote: post #7

He lost me when he started talking about JavaScript and implied it is obsoleted by GWT.