How long until Microsoft decides that AMQP doesn't suit its "purpose", and creates its own proprietary platform, based on what they learn. Anyone remember *cough* J++ *cough*?
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Because I was in the exact same situation, when I received my BS in 2001. In fact, I even ended up getting a Master's Degree, while I continued working in tech support to make some cash.
In a lot of ways, I enjoyed my older job a lot more. As someone who wanted to be a professional programmer (and was a hobbyist programmer for years), I was severely disappointed in my job. When you do something you don't enjoy, programming can be the dullest career possible. As someone who enjoys coding for the PSP in my spare time, I find my job (writing ASP.net apps) mind-numbing and just plain obnoxious at times (hell, I don't even run Windows at home).
I urge anyone who has similar issues to think carefully about their career choice. Unless you land a job that you know for fact you will enjoy, consider existing opportunities. As a tech support person, I usually had time to do hobby development. These days I'll be lucky to check my RSS feeds in the morning.
In Soviet Russia, Fiat drives you!
On a serious note, Fiat made pretty much every Soviet-era Sedan. Not sure if they still do (I left S.U. in '91), but I know there's still a buttload of old Fiat's in the "old country"
They sure seem to be interested in saturating the market, though. VB.net, ASP.net, J#, C#, F#, now M (which I'm guessing is in a higher octave or something?)
Microsoft's been the programming market's Johnny-Come-Lately since.net 1.0 first came out. Before.net there was Java. Before F# there was Python. Before M? I don't know, but I'm starting to lose track (and my tendency to care).
You might want to double-check what you know. I can do exactly what LINQ does without ever referencing the "Linq" library, by simply using System.Collections and Collections.Generic. The Linq library is what adds the "syntactic sugar". Try it and see.
The bits missing (Windows Workflow Foundation, Windows Communication Foundation and Windows Presentation Foundation) aren't as crucial in my personal opinion; they are just nice toys you aren't going to miss if you've never had them before.
LINQ however is a killer feature IMO; I'm glad to see that's now available on mono.
Personally, I find LINQ's complete throwing away of proper syntax annoying. Most.net developers I know have no idea that LINQ is simply syntactic sugar, and that the whole thing can be implemented by a bunch of method calls that make a lot more sense, from a structural standpoint.
This is the problem I have with Microsoft's technologies in general (think ASP.net's asinine oversimplification of the http protocol) - instead of improving new programmers' understanding of existing technology, they re-warp the programmers' heads around their idea of how the technology should be implemented.
I'm a PSP developer, and I must admit that while getting documentation for the SDK is tough, there are more than enough examples around for anyone with common sense to pick up on the API fairly quickly. Plus, the folks at the ps2dev.org forum are exceptionally helpful (as long as your question isn't along the lines of 'what's a for loop?')
PSP development at this point (and probably forever) is very much an exercise in reverse engineering, even for the client C/C++ developer (as opposed to the brilliant minds who reverse-engineered the SDK). This explains the handful of applications/emulators that actually make use of WiFi and/or the ME processor. That said, PSP development is highly rewarding, if only in a personal sense.
While Pandora is superior to PSP in terms of hardware, it was obviously not built with usability as its top priority. I think I'll hang on to my PSP for a while longer - while I don't care much for its games, it's the de-facto handheld for emulation of pretty much every 8 and 16 bit system.
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How long until Microsoft decides that AMQP doesn't suit its "purpose", and creates its own proprietary platform, based on what they learn. Anyone remember *cough* J++ *cough*?
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This isn't the guy who built the casino's here...
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Don't bother - it's "What is 42, Alex?"
"Blessed are the peacemakers" give Republicans the willies, and "Blessed are the pure at heart" terrorizes the Democrats.
You got that all wrong. It's "blessed are the cheesemakers"
Morticia Adams had something similar. Occasionally, it would eat guests. It wasn't quite robotic, however.
Silence! I concur.
Because I was in the exact same situation, when I received my BS in 2001. In fact, I even ended up getting a Master's Degree, while I continued working in tech support to make some cash. In a lot of ways, I enjoyed my older job a lot more. As someone who wanted to be a professional programmer (and was a hobbyist programmer for years), I was severely disappointed in my job. When you do something you don't enjoy, programming can be the dullest career possible. As someone who enjoys coding for the PSP in my spare time, I find my job (writing ASP.net apps) mind-numbing and just plain obnoxious at times (hell, I don't even run Windows at home). I urge anyone who has similar issues to think carefully about their career choice. Unless you land a job that you know for fact you will enjoy, consider existing opportunities. As a tech support person, I usually had time to do hobby development. These days I'll be lucky to check my RSS feeds in the morning.
Jesus loves me this I know...
Tonight we dine oh HAM and JAMMY!
Does this mean that Webkit is now the most widely utilized HTML rendering engine?
I love you more than the moon, and the stars, and the POETIC IMAGE 37 NOT FOUND
In Soviet Russia, Fiat drives you! On a serious note, Fiat made pretty much every Soviet-era Sedan. Not sure if they still do (I left S.U. in '91), but I know there's still a buttload of old Fiat's in the "old country"
I could've sworn it was milfalicious@yahoo.com - are your sources accurate?
However, is there any progress on that stupidity gene?
They sure seem to be interested in saturating the market, though. VB.net, ASP.net, J#, C#, F#, now M (which I'm guessing is in a higher octave or something?) Microsoft's been the programming market's Johnny-Come-Lately since .net 1.0 first came out. Before .net there was Java. Before F# there was Python. Before M? I don't know, but I'm starting to lose track (and my tendency to care).
I thought a troll was someone who intentionally posted an unpopular comment to get a frenzy of reactions.
Trolls were elves once. Or was that 'orcs'? Damn you, Tolkien!
You might want to double-check what you know. I can do exactly what LINQ does without ever referencing the "Linq" library, by simply using System.Collections and Collections.Generic. The Linq library is what adds the "syntactic sugar". Try it and see.
Most of it anyway; but crucially, LINQ.
The bits missing (Windows Workflow Foundation, Windows Communication Foundation and Windows Presentation Foundation) aren't as crucial in my personal opinion; they are just nice toys you aren't going to miss if you've never had them before.
LINQ however is a killer feature IMO; I'm glad to see that's now available on mono.
Personally, I find LINQ's complete throwing away of proper syntax annoying. Most .net developers I know have no idea that LINQ is simply syntactic sugar, and that the whole thing can be implemented by a bunch of method calls that make a lot more sense, from a structural standpoint.
This is the problem I have with Microsoft's technologies in general (think ASP.net's asinine oversimplification of the http protocol) - instead of improving new programmers' understanding of existing technology, they re-warp the programmers' heads around their idea of how the technology should be implemented.
Hey, a Sorny would complement my Panaphonics and Magnetbox quite nicely
I'm a PSP developer, and I must admit that while getting documentation for the SDK is tough, there are more than enough examples around for anyone with common sense to pick up on the API fairly quickly. Plus, the folks at the ps2dev.org forum are exceptionally helpful (as long as your question isn't along the lines of 'what's a for loop?') PSP development at this point (and probably forever) is very much an exercise in reverse engineering, even for the client C/C++ developer (as opposed to the brilliant minds who reverse-engineered the SDK). This explains the handful of applications/emulators that actually make use of WiFi and/or the ME processor. That said, PSP development is highly rewarding, if only in a personal sense. While Pandora is superior to PSP in terms of hardware, it was obviously not built with usability as its top priority. I think I'll hang on to my PSP for a while longer - while I don't care much for its games, it's the de-facto handheld for emulation of pretty much every 8 and 16 bit system.
What smells like blue?
does that mean the entire state is enslaved (including the DMV itself)?
No, it just means that the CAPS lock key is broken
There is a whole world outside of the U.S. In some parts of it, they even speak languages other than English.
Fry: "What do we care? We live in the United States."
Leela: "The United States is part of the world."
Fry: "Wow, I have been gone a long time."