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  1. Re:Don't see much use by Short+Circuit · · Score: 1 · on Building a Programmer's Rosetta Stone

    If you look at the programming examples pages, you can see that each mention of a programming language links to a page about that language, each mention of a compiler links to a page about that interpreter, libraries to a page about libraries, platforms to their own pages, etc.

    What I'm really hoping for is that a programming encyclopedia will grow around the programming examples. Take a glance at the page I wrote for GCC. I'd love to see pages like that sprout up around all the different languages, compilers and libraries.

  2. Re:New? by Short+Circuit · · Score: 1 · on Building a Programmer's Rosetta Stone

    Add it to the Request Page.

  3. Re:Usage by Short+Circuit · · Score: 3, Informative · on Building a Programmer's Rosetta Stone

    I'm not sure the right idea is to "know how to do something" in a particular language. If programmers are encouraged to learn algorithms specific to a particular language, how will they ever adapt once their pet language sinks? (By using an algorithm repository to re-learn rote code?) Rosetta Code was largely inspired by a page on Wikipedia where the classic "Hello World" example was shown in a few hundred languages.

    Rosetta Code takes the concept behind Hello World, and spreads it to other tasks.

    At any rate, I think this site has already encountered a problem which is only going to escalate as it grows: code isn't cross-indexed properly at all. For example, there are many "programming tasks" with solutions in C, but there is nothing on the C page. I think this problem stems from the fact they used MediaWiki. Actually, this is (almost) intentional. I want people to be able to learn about the languages they're using. I've been filling in the pages as I've had the opportunity. (I'm a full time college student, and president of a student organization.) Check the page on GCC, for example.

    MediaWiki's great for something like... well, Wikipedia. But it doesn't support a cross-referenced database like this. The wiki concept is good for this site, but the server needs to be running some software designed better to the task. I'm open to suggestions. (And assistance, if it'll go that far.)
  4. Re:No Fair! by Short+Circuit · · Score: 5, Informative · on Building a Programmer's Rosetta Stone

    I would be happy to see other types of programming represented in Rosetta Code. I only included what I already knew. Rosetta Code should be about many things I don't already know. Once the server's no longer slashdotted, stop by blog.rosettacode.org, and I'll make a point to bring up how to add your own programming tasks. (Really, you just have to add a template to the top of of the page. But there are some guidelines.)

  5. Re:It may prove useful. by arevos · · Score: 4, Insightful · on Building a Programmer's Rosetta Stone

    But as a seasoned programmer I also know that some tasks can't be ported. A more efficient method is to actually resolve the problems at link time since most object files doesn't really care about which language you use. If you look at the programming tasks the website attempts to translate, you'll notice that they are extremely basic and generic. I don't think the aim of the website is to translate some complex library into another language; rather to provide a learning resource where programmers can see how to map simple tasks from one language to another, which presumably will help them better understand a new language. Remember that the original Rosetta stone was used for a similar purpose.

    This site could be useful, but MediaWiki doesn't seem the best tool to use, and the content so far is rather sparse. I'm uncertain whether this will prove a success; it's an interesting concept, but many interesting concepts have fallen by the wayside.
  6. Should I be impressed? by Fulkkari · · Score: 4, Insightful · on Building a Programmer's Rosetta Stone

    The site has absolutely no real content. There are only a couple of pages on the whole site. The most advanced thing found there is something along the lines of how to open a file with mIRC scripting (no C/C++/Java) and that bash scripts (usually) start with #!/bin/bash. Oh, please. Should I be impressed?

  7. Should I be impressed? by Fulkkari · · Score: 4, Insightful · on Building a Programmer's Rosetta Stone

    The site has absolutely no real content. There are only a couple of pages on the whole site. The most advanced thing found there is something along the lines of how to open a file with mIRC scripting (no C/C++/Java) and that bash scripts (usually) start with #!/bin/bash. Oh, please. Should I be impressed?