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Tue Mar 21, 2017 3:04 pm
#47
Re: Programming Experience
Apparently I haven't voted in this yet.
So now I have. I would've voted C# twice, but it won't let me.
So now I have. I would've voted C# twice, but it won't let me.
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Tue Mar 21, 2017 4:13 pm
#48
Re: Programming Experience
I discussed the absence of Pascal in this comment.
Actually, I'm interested in seeing whether Python drops a bit and Lua picks up more votes, assuming LuaJIT remains the Architectural Solution of Choice.
Actually, I'm interested in seeing whether Python drops a bit and Lua picks up more votes, assuming LuaJIT remains the Architectural Solution of Choice.
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Wed Mar 22, 2017 1:04 am
#50
Re: Programming Experience
And found my initial choice had been a proper one all along.CSE wrote:And you excused yourself here.Flatfingers wrote:I discussed the absence of Pascal in this comment.

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Wed Mar 22, 2017 1:43 am
#51

It somehow was so clear, that two Swiss citizens defend pascal.
Edit: And I think there's a reason why the ST of IEC-61131-3 is based on pascal.
Re: Programming Experience
Hello fellow Swiss citizen!CSE wrote:And you excused yourself here.Flatfingers wrote:I discussed the absence of Pascal in this comment.

It somehow was so clear, that two Swiss citizens defend pascal.

Edit: And I think there's a reason why the ST of IEC-61131-3 is based on pascal.

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Wed Mar 22, 2017 2:22 pm
#52
Enjoyed the Smaky computers, as well, or are you too young?
Re: Programming Experience
IndeedJanB1 wrote:Hello fellow Swiss citizen!CSE wrote:And you excused yourself here.Flatfingers wrote:I discussed the absence of Pascal in this comment.
It somehow was so clear, that two Swiss citizens defend pascal.
Edit: And I think there's a reason why the ST of IEC-61131-3 is based on pascal.

Enjoyed the Smaky computers, as well, or are you too young?

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Wed Mar 22, 2017 3:06 pm
#53
Nah, that was before my time. ^^
Re: Programming Experience
Nah, that was before my time. ^^
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Thu Mar 23, 2017 4:08 pm
#54
Re: Programming Experience
Well, being young is a problem that goes away with ageJanB1 wrote:
Nah, that was before my time. ^^


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Thu Mar 23, 2017 4:16 pm
#55
Re: Programming Experience
Yeah, that's the concept of getting older. ^^CSE wrote:Well, being young is a problem that goes away with ageJanB1 wrote:
Nah, that was before my time. ^^
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Fri Mar 24, 2017 10:05 am
#56
Re: Programming Experience
putting in my little voice for FORTRAN
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Fri Mar 24, 2017 2:37 pm
#57
Re: Programming Experience
In a world where everything is an array, there is one language to rule them all. FORTRAN. 

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Fri Mar 24, 2017 2:49 pm
#58
Re: Programming Experience
^He knows what's upGraf wrote:In a world where everything is an array, there is one language to rule them all. FORTRAN.
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Fri Mar 24, 2017 4:27 pm
#59
Re: Programming Experience
Tell me more about it pls.Scytale wrote:^He knows what's upGraf wrote:In a world where everything is an array, there is one language to rule them all. FORTRAN.

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Fri Mar 24, 2017 5:10 pm
#60
Re: Programming Experience
It used to be I could always tell who had gotten a degree as an engineer of some kind (usually electrical but sometimes mechanical).
If their engineering had any connection to computers, they learned FORTRAN. After that, the only data structure they used in any code they ever wrote -- which computer science geeks like me had to figure out and maintain -- was the array.
Sometimes they would invent a complicated version of linked lists on their own that directly used arrays. Lots of arrays. Pointing to other arrays. Which weren't commented, because the code was obvious.
I have no idea what programming language engineers are taught these days. Whatever it is, I'll bet they still aren't required to take a Data Structures class.
If their engineering had any connection to computers, they learned FORTRAN. After that, the only data structure they used in any code they ever wrote -- which computer science geeks like me had to figure out and maintain -- was the array.
Sometimes they would invent a complicated version of linked lists on their own that directly used arrays. Lots of arrays. Pointing to other arrays. Which weren't commented, because the code was obvious.

I have no idea what programming language engineers are taught these days. Whatever it is, I'll bet they still aren't required to take a Data Structures class.