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null | _ShakashuriBlowdown | null | Having people learn more about a topic (especially at a young age), will make them ***better*** at coding, not worse.
It's not like 12 year olds are suddenly going to start contributing to the Linux kernel and fucking things up when they take a Python course. | null | 0 | 1491676111 | False | 0 | dg06kf7 | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg041ak | null | 1493906708 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | inu-no-policemen | null | [Function.prototype.bind](https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_objects/Function/bind) | null | 0 | 1491676151 | False | 0 | dg06lfo | t3_64844z | null | null | t1_dg04dpn | null | 1493906721 | 15 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | diverightin63 | null | Actually, TypeScript transpiles to ES5. Alternatively you can write ES6 and use Babel to transpile ES6 to ES5.
I'm not defending JavaScript. I don't care if you don't like it. | null | 0 | 1491676183 | False | 0 | dg06m8l | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfzy9pn | null | 1493906733 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | _ShakashuriBlowdown | null | I just see a bunch of links for Magento news... | null | 0 | 1491676245 | False | 0 | dg06nqj | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg032ro | null | 1493906753 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 1 | 1491676263 | False | 0 | dg06o8f | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg06fdn | null | 1493906760 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Gardest | null | Man I'm in collage doing computer science, I love coding but tell me how to perfect it and what kind of things I will need to do on a daily basis | null | 0 | 1491676373 | False | 0 | dg06r25 | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg05dgc | null | 1493906797 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | cthechartreuse | null | This is the correct response. | null | 0 | 1491676389 | False | 0 | dg06rgf | t3_64844z | null | null | t1_dg06lfo | null | 1493906803 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | [deleted] | null | [removed] | null | 0 | 1491676394 | False | 0 | dg06rl5 | t3_64815z | null | null | t3_64815z | null | 1493906805 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | _ShakashuriBlowdown | null | People want to include the next generation in whatever activity they find worthwhile. Computers and software are becoming more and more pervasive in our everyday lives. Shouldn't children be taught how these things function?
Most people who learns Chemistry in high school don't go on to be a chemist. But understandin... | null | 0 | 1491676406 | 1491718849 | 0 | dg06rwd | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg0344t | null | 1493906809 | 37 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | atrca | null | I'm a very novice "programmer". I can put things together but I'm sure I'm doing something wrong because I always get lost in my own code.
"Am I under/over utilizing classes? Should this be broken up into multiple methods? Should this be a bool or a string?" And maybe it doesn't matter as long as the end result is ac... | null | 0 | 1491676425 | False | 0 | dg06sej | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg03ql1 | null | 1493906816 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | redwall_hp | null | Because the rich elite want to devalue it so they can pay everyone less for what's increasingly critical to every field. | null | 0 | 1491676432 | False | 0 | dg06sk6 | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg02nbq | null | 1493906818 | 79 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | chordial | null | Any project that's going to take more than a few days to develop needs to have maintainability as a top priority. I know management wants their projects out the door as fast as possible, but when you take the average salary of a software engineer and multiply over the man-hours spent on maintenance, you realize that m... | null | 0 | 1491676487 | False | 0 | dg06txo | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfz0cgv | null | 1493906835 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | hemidemisemitruck | null | Especially because they always have some new experiential education language and curriculum each year. It's just fluff that looks good and makes money for the publishers.
What is not being taught is computation and computer science. Writing code specifically is a trade like woodshop, which is not necessarily the best ... | null | 0 | 1491676568 | False | 0 | dg06vvg | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg05spz | null | 1493906862 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | EdwardRowland32 | null | Found the flat-earther. | null | 0 | 1491676587 | False | 0 | dg06wc6 | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg06sk6 | null | 1493906868 | -76 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | _ShakashuriBlowdown | null | I think this is the best way forward. Maybe have a unit in the class where the students write 1 or 2 Python programs, maybe one where they teach them about Logic Gates, just so they understand (at a basic level) how a computer works, what it's (and isn't) capable of, and how we get them to do what we want. | null | 0 | 1491676597 | False | 0 | dg06wln | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg04gk5 | null | 1493906871 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | cards_dot_dll | null | Yep, all from accounts which, like OP, have only submitted one other non-codingbasics.net site. | null | 0 | 1491676618 | False | 0 | dg06x4h | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg06nqj | null | 1493906879 | 15 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | mutatron | null | They don't need to be indoctrinated. I'm a software developer, but I didn't try to shoehorn my daughter into something that's not a fit for her abilities, I exposed her to a lot of different things so she could choose. Now she's an ICU doc. | null | 0 | 1491676651 | False | 0 | dg06xy1 | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg06rwd | null | 1493906889 | 45 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | vileEchoic | null | These users are not the necessarily same `user` in my example, and are not necessarily in a strongly-typed language. (as an aside, you should never assume that a response from a third-party dependency matches your data model until you've validated it)
The example is even clearer if `user`s were users from different co... | null | 0 | 1491676705 | 1491676925 | 0 | dg06za4 | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfzv91n | null | 1493906909 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | _ShakashuriBlowdown | null | Huh, now that's fishy. | null | 0 | 1491676713 | False | 0 | dg06zhm | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg06x4h | null | 1493906911 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | zerexim | null | > Programmers in our startup usually put 8 hours
Do you really think programmers work 8 hours per day? (Even if they are in the office). | null | 1 | 1491676748 | False | 0 | dg070cf | t3_647weo | null | null | t3_647weo | null | 1493906924 | -7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | jringstad | null | Changing prompt is nice too, but I have to regularly ssh into many different boxes that run different types of OSes and shells, so I think it'd be a bit of a bother to set up. Also, changing the entire theme of the terminal makes it super obvious even from a distacne/thumbnail/eagle-eyes view of my desktops that there ... | null | 0 | 1491676755 | False | 0 | dg070jl | t3_646ekw | null | null | t1_dfzs6lc | null | 1493906926 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Dworgi | null | Thank fuck, a programmer in /r/programming, I thought I was alone. | null | 0 | 1491676769 | False | 0 | dg070wc | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dg06txo | null | 1493906931 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | omegaskyfall | null | You mean from Smalltalk? Yes, you can earn as much as with any other programming language that isn't mainstream. As the article stated, Smalltalk has been used commercially for over three decades. I daresay Smalltalk enjoys *more* commercial usage than languages like Clojure, Common Lisp, Dart, Erlang/Elixir, F#, Haske... | null | 0 | 1491676789 | False | 0 | dg071e0 | t3_643kpm | null | null | t1_dg028x0 | null | 1493906937 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Berberberber | null | I have this friend. Really smart guy, if a bit socially awkward (aren't we all!). Very logically inclined, good at math and building complex models, would be a crackerjack developer, especially for something like financial modeling, 3-D graphics or machine learning. Only problem is that he absolutely refuses to try pro... | null | 1 | 1491676863 | False | 0 | dg073ad | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg02nbq | null | 1493906965 | -4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | DysFunctionalProgram | null | 5 hour days? How many days a week do you work? Are you salaried? What is the catch? | null | 1 | 1491676883 | False | 0 | dg073r6 | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg06aq2 | null | 1493906971 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | skulgnome | null | Give them each a 10% stake, voting. | null | 1 | 1491676885 | False | 0 | dg073tm | t3_647weo | null | null | t3_647weo | null | 1493906972 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1491676908 | False | 0 | dg074co | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg02oo3 | null | 1493906978 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | cards_dot_dll | null | And they have a lot of alts to downvote people, apparently. | null | 0 | 1491677021 | False | 0 | dg0776w | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg0610d | null | 1493907018 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | _ShakashuriBlowdown | null | > I exposed her to a lot of different things so she could choose
Isn't that all we're asking for here? I didn't think indoctrination came into it at all. Currently coding (*can be) ~~is~~ seen as something super complicated and maybe boring. If more kids were introduced (at a young age), they might find they like ... | null | 0 | 1491677054 | False | 0 | dg077za | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg06xy1 | null | 1493907032 | 30 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | ReflectiveTeaTowel | null | Those bullshit dictionary definitions really fucked me off.
That aside, learning code young is probably a great idea | null | 0 | 1491677123 | False | 0 | dg079oe | t3_64815z | null | null | t3_64815z | null | 1493907055 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | AuthenticAlex | null | Agreed, this was a really interesting and thought-provoking article. I recommend reading past the title. | null | 0 | 1491677138 | False | 0 | dg07a1k | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg03vj2 | null | 1493907059 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | tmsidkmf | null | Try [this](http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/matthias/HtDP2e/part_preface.html) (I also edited it to fix it.) Sometimes I forget the right order of the square brackets and parenthseses. | null | 0 | 1491677164 | False | 0 | dg07aol | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg06ao9 | null | 1493907069 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | cthechartreuse | null | This completely. Computational theory is just applications of algebra and discrete math. Also, this: http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/wadler/papers/propositions-as-types/propositions-as-types.pdf&ved=0ahUKEwjF94qLwpXTAhVE6GMKHVO-D0gQFggaMAA&usg=AFQjCNEDgdEkI4Ls6mtsZPKM7WX0OjElvQ&sig2=1mNUe0fqo6yFgYFb7J5WAQ | null | 0 | 1491677190 | False | 0 | dg07bbg | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfzeeg8 | null | 1493907077 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | LPTK | null | For a concrete example, look at Spark (really hot in data science and related fields), and look at systems built on top of it. Its essential assumption is to treat data management in a functional way, which allows distributed computing with fault tolerance etc. Of course, Spark's internal implementation is full of impu... | null | 0 | 1491677238 | False | 0 | dg07cgt | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyy1wq | null | 1493907092 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Poddster | null | What's his revolutionary piece of software? | null | 0 | 1491677300 | False | 0 | dg07dzs | t3_647weo | null | null | t3_647weo | null | 1493907113 | 29 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | multiquine | null | > It’s still relatively revolutionary in the industry
What project is he talking about? | null | 0 | 1491677309 | False | 0 | dg07e81 | t3_647weo | null | null | t3_647weo | null | 1493907116 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Bahatur | null | I agree that everyone doesn't need to be proficient in it, but understanding introductory computer science would be useful. Writing code is just a more fun and effective way to tackle that problem.
Writing books isn't for everyone either, but trying your hand at a short story or two helps a lot in the appreciation of,... | null | 0 | 1491677484 | False | 0 | dg07idi | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg02nbq | null | 1493907171 | -4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | okmkz | null | I'll do it for eighty thousand | null | 0 | 1491677502 | False | 0 | dg07itc | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg06c0j | null | 1493907177 | 69 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | saijanai | null | Nothing new under the sun. Ward Cunningham made these points 2 decades ago based on research done 4 decades ago.
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Edit: wasn't ward cunningham, apparently. I can't find the book,b ut will keep looking. | null | 0 | 1491677507 | 1491703531 | 0 | dg07ixj | t3_647weo | null | null | t3_647weo | null | 1493907178 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | cthechartreuse | null | Interesting that you say this. Is prolog flawed because it doesn't work like C# or Java? What about lisp or smalltalk? Classical OO languages are flawed because they don't work like pure OO languages like smalltalk, squeak or Io, would you agree with this? | null | 0 | 1491677518 | False | 0 | dg07j7j | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfzhxlc | null | 1493907182 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | icantthinkofone | null | Same thing for welders and plumbers. We should teach every kid how to weld, run water and...SEWING! How could I forget sewing? | null | 0 | 1491677519 | False | 0 | dg07j8n | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg073ad | null | 1493907182 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | i_spot_ads | null | What I mean is people like you need to chill with trying show programming into everybody's faces. If people are interested, they'll get into it on their own (like all of us did) without you shilling it in every corner and on your shitty blog posts, it's not like programming is an obscure domain that nobody knows about. | null | 0 | 1491677568 | 1491678595 | 0 | dg07kfj | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg06o8f | null | 1493907199 | 15 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | banana_lightning | null | Read the article | null | 0 | 1491677622 | False | 0 | dg07lph | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg02pox | null | 1493907217 | 50 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | DeanofDeeps | null | Sorry not familiar with the ettiquette around here , was paraphrasing for comedic effect | null | 0 | 1491677628 | False | 0 | dg07lur | t3_6419py | null | null | t1_dg02iw2 | null | 1493907219 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Effimero89 | null | We need more frameworks!! | null | 0 | 1491677689 | False | 0 | dg07nbu | t3_6486xh | null | null | t1_dg03xmm | null | 1493907240 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | drjeats | null | Well, two things:
First, C++ isn't Rust. References never being null just happens to be an easy-to-follow convention:
#include <cstdio>
class Thing
{
const char *name_;
public:
Thing(const char *name) : name_(name) {}
void introduce();
};
void ... | null | 0 | 1491677772 | False | 0 | dg07pek | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfzmmaw | null | 1493907267 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Berberberber | null | We kind of do, though. We had mandatory shop and home economics in school, didn't you? | null | 0 | 1491677778 | False | 0 | dg07pix | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg07j8n | null | 1493907269 | -3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | seanxe1 | null | You and your bad attitude can't come to my party any more. | null | 0 | 1491677864 | False | 0 | dg07rn6 | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfzzq9q | null | 1493907297 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | badthingfactory | null | this is the exact scenario they help with.
setTimeout(() => {
console.log(this.name);
}, 2000);
| null | 0 | 1491677877 | False | 0 | dg07rz0 | t3_64844z | null | null | t1_dg05884 | null | 1493907302 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | BigTunaTim | null | If you want to go into the mass market as a developer, the single most important thing I can tell you is to understand that as a professional software developer your primary goal will **not** be to write good software, it will be to deliver value to your company. It will be up to you and your team to write maintainable... | null | 0 | 1491677893 | 1491680600 | 0 | dg07sd7 | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg06r25 | null | 1493907308 | 30 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | DonHopkins | null | Actually, you **did** claim that Woz stole code from Gates in another one of your [postings](https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/63z9ge/when_woz_had_to_make_a_bytecode_interpreter_sweet/dfymgbn/), which is incorrect.
"Actually, Woz stole code from Gates and Allan, but that was not the same as the Sweet 16 i... | null | 0 | 1491677896 | 1491678309 | 0 | dg07sg4 | t3_63z9ge | null | null | t1_dg06ifo | null | 1493907309 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | factionfx | null | China | null | 0 | 1491677985 | False | 0 | dg07umk | t3_647weo | null | null | t3_647weo | null | 1493907337 | -3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | mr_birkenblatt | null | that doesn't help you while you're in a program though. If you start vim there is no indication of where you are anymore. | null | 0 | 1491677989 | False | 0 | dg07urg | t3_646ekw | null | null | t1_dg045ar | null | 1493907340 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | pretzelusb | null | Depends on your use case, but many people recommend completely disabling root logins and only use super user in its place. Super user generates useful logs which can later be analyzed. | null | 0 | 1491677989 | False | 0 | dg07urp | t3_646ekw | null | null | t1_dfzyyoj | null | 1493907340 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | fedekun | null | Hire an infinity-x programmer, any time you ask for will cost you all your moneys! | null | 0 | 1491678020 | False | 0 | dg07vik | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg06c0j | null | 1493907352 | 48 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | mr_birkenblatt | null | I usually use the terminal in windowed mode and the title of the window tells me the server I'm on. | null | 0 | 1491678046 | False | 0 | dg07w4u | t3_646ekw | null | null | t3_646ekw | null | 1493907360 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | we-all-haul | null | Super handy. Thanks for sharing. | null | 0 | 1491678063 | False | 0 | dg07wk9 | t3_646ekw | null | null | t3_646ekw | null | 1493907365 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | sultry_somnambulist | null | Because the profession pays well, has a big future and it just makes sense to have a lot of professionals in that industry around.
For the same reason countries promoted engineers 50 years ago | null | 1 | 1491678120 | False | 0 | dg07xvg | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg02nbq | null | 1493907382 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | dgmdavid | null | Great news. I like the language, I like the name, I like the people involved in it. What I don't like is the GC. People say it's not forced, but it _kinda_ is. There was some talk a while ago about "fixing it". I'm still waiting.
I was writing an Enduro (game) clone in D, and the GC was a problem. I'm not a very good ... | null | 0 | 1491678215 | False | 0 | dg0802y | t3_6419py | null | null | t3_6419py | null | 1493907417 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Vortieum | null | M-F. It's hourly so i guess that could be considered a catch but I look at it as when I am on, I am fucking on, and when I am off, I am fucking off. So far everyone is happy and the compensation as a whole meets my expectations. | null | 0 | 1491678238 | False | 0 | dg080mv | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg073r6 | null | 1493907424 | 26 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | nilamo | null | Hmm. I guess if I can write decent code that is basically es6 using typescript, and have a single compile step turn that into plain es5 JavaScript, that isn't so bad. | null | 0 | 1491678242 | False | 0 | dg080qc | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfzypf3 | null | 1493907426 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1491678255 | False | 0 | dg0811p | t3_647weo | null | null | t3_647weo | null | 1493907430 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | we-all-haul | null | I just find it difficult to accept that we need to get kids coding. If children express and interest then sure. But otherwise we should let them be kids. | null | 0 | 1491678259 | False | 0 | dg0814x | t3_64815z | null | null | t3_64815z | null | 1493907431 | 33 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | vytah | null | So if I'm writing code in a language created in the US and I'm using a library written by a team in Indonesia plus a framework written by a team in Ukraine, what language should my own names be in? | null | 0 | 1491678310 | False | 0 | dg082dp | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyxbbg | null | 1493907449 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | vattenpuss | null | Alright, well get back to us when you find those articles. Also, it would be awesome to add that information with the article links to the Applesoft BASIC Wikipedia article. | null | 0 | 1491678342 | False | 0 | dg0835m | t3_63z9ge | null | null | t1_dg0439c | null | 1493907459 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | cthechartreuse | null | Clojurescript is a little different, but worth noting. Maybe we need to team up and use racket's language utils to great good, and build schemescript. :-D | null | 0 | 1491678391 | False | 0 | dg084ct | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfz0zly | null | 1493907474 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1491678411 | False | 0 | dg084tx | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfzxtar | null | 1493907481 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | BornOnFeb2nd | null | It's a new JS Framework, of course! | null | 0 | 1491678448 | False | 0 | dg085qj | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg07dzs | null | 1493907493 | 67 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | vattenpuss | null | You asked for a specific example showing FP improves things. I asked for a specific example showing OOP improves things. | null | 0 | 1491678463 | False | 0 | dg0863s | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfzyj0j | null | 1493907498 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | ubuntan | null | Wow a compiler!! I wish javascript and python had compilers ....
Good thing someone who gets paid to program, who 'writes a whole compiler in unit tests' knows whether or not there exist compilers for javascript and python (or even what a compiler is, ha aha ha)... and voices his unpopular (but extremely wise) opinion... | null | 0 | 1491678473 | False | 0 | dg086c7 | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dg01hn6 | null | 1493907501 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Anon_8675309 | null | This.
However if you say not everyone needs to learn to program people get all pissy and think you're trying to protect your job. | null | 0 | 1491678503 | False | 0 | dg0871h | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg02nbq | null | 1493907510 | 30 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | mikew_reddit | null | Work takes a lot of energy. If I'm doing long hours, I don't have the energy to finish difficult tasks.
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Longer hours results in less, not more productivity. I've cut back on busy-work and work less (so I have motivation to finish the hard stuff).
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null | we-all-haul | null | That PostgreSQL team never cease to amaze. | null | 0 | 1491678531 | False | 0 | dg087pn | t3_647ghi | null | null | t3_647ghi | null | 1493907521 | 19 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | sultry_somnambulist | null | >they'll get into it on their own (like all of us did)
that is untrue. I got into programming because I ended up being put into a CS course in my high school by accident and was hooked because I had an enthusiastic teacher. Programming hadn't really crossed my mind before.
Not all of us have parents that were deve... | null | 1 | 1491678571 | 1491678835 | 0 | dg088pt | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg07kfj | null | 1493907534 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | sisyphus | null | Right--Go is intentionally not cool. It has a purpose and serves it. Smalltalk is definitely cool. | null | 0 | 1491678578 | False | 0 | dg088w3 | t3_643kpm | null | null | t1_dfzgad7 | null | 1493907536 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | asdfkjasdhkasd | null | You can make this same argument for literally everything. Kids should also play xbox in school because it teaches them how to properly work with other people in a hostile and sometimes stressful environment. | null | 0 | 1491678581 | False | 0 | dg088yk | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg066dy | null | 1493907537 | 27 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | andythemoron | null | I think IT is a very underrated skill for improving one's general knowledge of how computers work. Every programmer should get their hands dirty from time to time.
I have a Masters degree in CS, but my general IT skills and overall system knowledge were poor when I went out into the real world, and this really hindere... | null | 0 | 1491678624 | False | 0 | dg08a2f | t3_63sbtv | null | null | t1_dfz2ymb | null | 1493907551 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | vattenpuss | null | oooh, that's what the difference was. Github doesn't really make those whitespace differences obvious: https://github.com/dlang/dmd/pull/6680/files#diff-4b893666c7bf990c860e1a71b1028001 | null | 0 | 1491678640 | False | 0 | dg08ai4 | t3_6419py | null | null | t1_dg02zxa | null | 1493907557 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | willowmarie27 | null | Teacher here. Tried to teach python, just using codeacdemy. The kids loved it, but there is not enough time to fit it into the schedule. | null | 0 | 1491678774 | False | 0 | dg08dok | t3_64815z | null | null | t3_64815z | null | 1493907601 | 18 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | ataraxo | null | Using pointer arithmetic is not always considered a good idea. In particular when adhering to MISRA coding standard:
*MISRA-C:2004, Rule 17.4 (Required) or MISRA-C:2012, Rule 18.4 (Required) Array indexing shall be the only allowed form of pointer arithmetic.* | null | 0 | 1491678825 | False | 0 | dg08ewv | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfzmebz | null | 1493907618 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | i_spot_ads | null | > If you just leave it to chance you lose a lot of talent
So be it. If you don't leave to chance, and force people into it, you get more shit programmers who are not interested in what they are doing, and doing it just because their parents told them it was "right".
Contrary to popular belief, Programming is a cr... | null | 0 | 1491678872 | 1491679368 | 0 | dg08g2z | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg088pt | null | 1493907633 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | interroboom | null | just because I charge my phone doesn't mean I need to learn how to wire a house | null | 0 | 1491678875 | False | 0 | dg08g5a | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg03ql1 | null | 1493907634 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | we-all-haul | null | Was expecting to get angry and just hurt my neck agreeing with pretty much everything in this article. There's good reason why countries are experimenting with shorter work days and I think a few of hem have been identified here. | null | 0 | 1491678876 | False | 0 | dg08g5n | t3_647weo | null | null | t3_647weo | null | 1493907634 | 173 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | saijanai | null | As I said, I didn't make things clear.
Shrug.
Equally, my recollection of some Apple Cider or other article that I read nearly 30 years ago may also be faulty.
If you took what I said as an attack on Woz, that's YOUR problem, not mine. My recollection is that Woz didn't think it a big deal. He was a hacker through ... | null | 0 | 1491678895 | False | 0 | dg08glr | t3_63z9ge | null | null | t1_dg07sg4 | null | 1493907640 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | asdfkjasdhkasd | null | Now I really wanna see that code he was talking about that was his best work | null | 0 | 1491678902 | False | 0 | dg08gs8 | t3_647weo | null | null | t3_647weo | null | 1493907642 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | chriscpritchard | null | even so better practice would be to have pub/priv key user based login and sudo set up. It would be more auditable. | null | 0 | 1491678948 | False | 0 | dg08hxc | t3_646ekw | null | null | t1_dfzyyoj | null | 1493907659 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | killerstorm | null | I'm afraid this project doesn't have value for people other than you, since it is roughly similar to Express. And people will obviously prefer a mature project.
But I'm curious how you got there. Are you programming since a very young age? BTW your site says you're 13. :D | null | 0 | 1491678966 | False | 0 | dg08icd | t3_6486xh | null | null | t1_dg03scr | null | 1493907664 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | sultry_somnambulist | null | I disagree actually, I see it as a craft and you can train and develop people to get good at it. Of course learning about a subject in school doesn't mean that you need to become a developer, it just exposes you to the subject. You don't need to become a botanist because you have a biology class or a poet because you r... | null | 1 | 1491679012 | False | 0 | dg08jir | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg08g2z | null | 1493907680 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | mmstick | null | We already have law, botany, chemistry, and biology in high school -- and they're required courses too. Knowing the basics of programming doesn't make you a software professional. It's a valuable skill because it teaches pure logic, which is a generalized skill that can be applied in all walks of life.
Countries in Eu... | null | 0 | 1491679108 | False | 0 | dg08lyy | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg06fdn | null | 1493907712 | -5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | CylonGlitch | null | The funny thing is that I have seen engineering run this way, work 60 to 80 hours a week. While they are not productive the whole time they are getting more done during that time then just 40 hours. But at the same time they tend to burn out.
Over the last 20 years, here is what I have seen, and I think it may apply... | null | 0 | 1491679137 | False | 0 | dg08moy | t3_647weo | null | null | t3_647weo | null | 1493907723 | 17 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | ChickenOfDoom | null | >Writing code isn't for everybody.
Why not? Even if they don't end up using it professionally, being able to write a simple script to automate something you're working on is incredibly useful.
We don't teach math and literacy just because people might end up becoming physicists and write novels, but also because ... | null | 1 | 1491679235 | False | 0 | dg08p4i | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg02nbq | null | 1493907761 | -4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | damn_it_so_much | null | Which was not what I asked for. | null | 0 | 1491679236 | False | 0 | dg08p60 | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dg0863s | null | 1493907762 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | pukotoshana_murkals | null | It's more the other way around. If you are not scared of algebra, you will enjoy coding. Otherwise it will be just another "I have no idea what am I doing" case. | null | 0 | 1491679323 | False | 0 | dg08r9j | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg066dy | null | 1493907790 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Dugen | null | Except coding is valuable mostly because it is a rare skill, and it's value is already relatively low.
The mistake people make here is that they equate the software industry making a lot of money with there being a lot of demand for coding skill, because they believe profits indicate a mismatch in supply and demand.... | null | 0 | 1491679519 | False | 0 | dg08w44 | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg07xvg | null | 1493907855 | 17 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | saijanai | null | Have you tried Scratch or etoys? | null | 0 | 1491679570 | False | 0 | dg08xba | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg08dok | null | 1493907872 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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null | Ozwaldo | null | Eh... I mean, I agree in principle, to an extent. But he goes a bit overboard by saying that *no* programmer is even working for 40 hours in a week. I do. I know people I work with who do. We aren't padding out our work week with "web browsing" or "looking busy." And it's a bit insulting to say:
>Anyone who th... | null | 0 | 1491679684 | False | 0 | dg0902m | t3_647weo | null | null | t3_647weo | null | 1493907909 | 128 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | damn_it_so_much | null | Ahh I like how you single out specific design patterns as being bad in OOP. This makes *so much more sense* than what most people have been saying in this thread.
You also confirmed my suspicion that it's not really possible to get rid of *all* procedural code.
Thanks! | null | 0 | 1491679703 | False | 0 | dg090k6 | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dg07cgt | null | 1493907916 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | i_spot_ads | null | Typescript team works closely with Angular team, they help each other to optimise the framework and the language. And the results so far been pretty damn impressive from both sides. Lot's of interesting features getting implemented into TS, and Angular's final build getting smaller and faster with each release (mainly ... | null | 0 | 1491679704 | 1491680333 | 0 | dg090l0 | t3_646w75 | null | null | t1_dg022a8 | null | 1493907916 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Sirflankalot | null | To make this case work, you'd need `-fno-strict-aliasing` has `-fstrict-aliasing` is the default. `-fno-strict-aliasing`removes the optimizations that rely on strict aliasing, it doesn't say that you program won't have any strict-aliasing breaking code.
No problem! | null | 0 | 1491679704 | False | 0 | dg090l8 | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfzp9cw | null | 1493907916 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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