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Learning Java Through Violence
Joe writes: "Someone introduced me to a new game called Robocode and now I'm hooked as well as my 17 year old son. We are both learning Java while playing the game or I should say while building our Java robots. The game is setup to teach you how to handle events, how to create inner classes, and other Java techniques to build more sophisticated Java bots. I have a c++ background so I've been helping my son with his bots, but he's catching on very fast. It's turning out to be a cool and easy way to get the kid clued into programming and best of all its free." I'll bet if the little Logo turtles shot at each other, I would have had more fun programming as a kid.
Now if we could only have Quake III teach reading, we'd be good to go.
Where does the school board find them and why do they keep sending them to ME?
Kill all the other tasks as quickly and accurately as possible before your computer crashes.
There are those that will tell you it works exactly opposite this.
You Learn Violence through trying to program in Java!
was that supposed to be modded insightful or funny? it's getting hard to tell around here...
although, i'm sure i read that one of the first signs of a serial killer is the torture of small instruction sets.
no, really.
This is the voice of World Control. I bring you Peace.
I get violent when they make me use Java, too.
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Bleah! Heh heh heh... BLEAH BLEAH!!! Ha ha ha ha...
You are a fuckwad
Violence and sex are good
Have sex and agree
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