Ask HN: Which technology\language you find most difficult to learn?

#1

Post by thar2012 » Wed, Jun 20, 2012, 10:53 AM UTC

My answer is COM, whats yours ?

Re: Ask HN: Which technology\language you find most difficult to learn?

#2

Post by debacle » Wed, Jun 20, 2012, 11:09 AM UTC

Honestly, CSS. It's so different from programming that I can't wrap my head around it.

Ask me to write a simple web page and I'll have ~10 tabs open to w3schools.

Re: Ask HN: Which technology\language you find most difficult to learn?

#3

Post by geon » Wed, Jun 20, 2012, 11:12 AM UTC

CSS

It is deceitfully simple at a glance, but to make a useful design with it is hard. There are so many hacks to get it to do what you want and hacks to work around bugs.

Re: Ask HN: Which technology\language you find most difficult to learn?

#4

Post by felipebueno » Wed, Jun 20, 2012, 11:23 AM UTC

Objective C... It is the weirdest language I've ever seen.

Re: Ask HN: Which technology\language you find most difficult to learn?

#5

Post by felipebueno » Wed, Jun 20, 2012, 11:23 AM UTC

felipebueno wrote: post #4

Objective C... It is the weirdest language I've ever seen.

besides brainfuck =p

Re: Ask HN: Which technology\language you find most difficult to learn?

#6

Post by mustafaakin » Wed, Jun 20, 2012, 11:25 AM UTC

Seriously Android

Re: Ask HN: Which technology\language you find most difficult to learn?

#7

Post by kellros » Wed, Jun 20, 2012, 11:31 AM UTC

Probably http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malbolge

Re: Ask HN: Which technology\language you find most difficult to learn?

#8

Post by Paul_S » Wed, Jun 20, 2012, 11:59 AM UTC

Unreal would be my first choice. A company recently sued Epic for how crap it is but they lost. Still, the fact that they did sue them in the first place tells you a lot but I'm not allowed to have an opinion.

If I could sue a language I'd sue bash. I know it'd be futile but there is a reason that so many replacements exist but maybe a better reason why none of them have supplanted bash.

Re: Ask HN: Which technology\language you find most difficult to learn?

#9

Post by venturebros » Wed, Jun 20, 2012, 12:03 PM UTC

Javascript.. I have been working with the DOM for the past 3 years yet I feel like I still do not have a solid grasp of Javascript.

Re: Ask HN: Which technology\language you find most difficult to learn?

#10

Post by manuscreationis » Wed, Jun 20, 2012, 12:06 PM UTC

Another vote for CSS, but then again I've never actually tried to use COM

Something about CSS prevents me from really grasping it and using it with any real skill. I mainly live off of designer friends and things I can cobble together with the help of google.