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The Extinction of the Programming Species
Max Goff writes "Given the recent chatter surrounding the extinction of the U.S. programmer, /. readers might also be interested in a series of articles I recently penned for java.net -- the Blacksmith and the Bookkeeper (part 1, part 2 and part 3) -- in which I posit that the postmodern programmer (the entire sub-species, not just those domiciled in the U.S.) shares much with the
blacksmith of old, and will become just as extinct in relatively short order. It is not due to work visas or outsourcing, but has much more to do with the evolution of work itself."
i have a solution for this problem! i suggest the government impose that nerds everywhere must impregenate at least 1 women per month.
oh, and no fat chicks.
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cheers
>Vote for Nader only if you want four more years of Bush.
Correct!
Only to explain the Guerilla Marketing from the subject: "WIR sind das Volk"
Was the slogan from us Eastern Germans used to sweep out the regime. Means something like "We are the people" (implying, you have lost all our legitimacy - all legitimacy comes from and belongs to us - we are now taking it in our hands").
Hopefully you in the US will follow our example and make the world a better place.
So why isnt 90% of windows coded in .net ?
Why are games still in C++/C , id like to see Doom4 in java.
Boring old business apps, yes they can be java/python and web services... with the occasional library to speed things up in C.
Now portable devices cant be done well in java, since you need more ram/cpu power hence more battery power, and any C haxor could out do a java coder in a 256kb/4mhz CPU machine.
I reckon the embedded market will increase as more and more demand will be on usefull small devices rather than big laptops.
Not that I hate java, but if your a old school C haxor you at least understand everything inside and out and would find java a breeze to do and understand.
Liberty freedom are no1, not dicks in suits.
the stunning thing is that Nader persists in campaigning in the light of this obvious fact. he's being helped by Republicans, and another four years of Dubya will pretty much undo Nader's entire life's work.
sadly, Nader is likely to go down in history as a fool, especially if he turns out to be instrumental again. a visionary fool, yes, but a fool nonetheless.
mmm hmm. We don't need to produce anything as long as we are progressive and sensitive enough. As long as we have plenty of government services and public transportation we'll be fine.
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I think Tcl/Tk is a far better cross-platform solution than Java or Python. I'm not knocking any of them, I just think a complex program in Tcl/Tk which has to interface to C is much easier than trying to call ANSI C from Java or Python or anything else. And it gives you all the essential advantages of Python and none of the heavy typing load of Java.