"They also have listed tons (almost literally) of software..". Not wishing to pass up this opportunity to be anal (no, not even almost literally), I'd like to (a) point out that something is either literal or it's not and (b) how much does a bit weigh (and how many bytes in a ton)?
But the "Extreme" in XP is why it is attractive to 20-somethings. It creates an image of some geek jumping out of a plane with a surfboard, when what they're really doing is changing the indentation on their code. The use of the word "extreme" is a marketing exercise. Were it called "mature programming" or "white-socks-with-sandals programming" the number of adherents would be less.
Rather than thinking about competing methodologies, maybe the article is talking about competing fashion. Back in the late 80s and early 90s, "Object Oriented" became very fashionable, and, consequently, a marketing buzzword. Back in the elder days, NextStep was advertised as an "Object Oriented Operating System", i.e. you should buy it because it used OOP. Sheesh. What are the buzzwords today? "Extreme Programming" is definitely a contender. XP is very popular amongst undergrads - in part because of the "extreme" in the name. Were it called "Sensible Programming", then I imagine that its appeal would be much less. So, in the sense of fashion, AOP and XP replace OOP.
A few things wrong with this argument, but before launching into that, let me clear up one point. X-rated material is not illegal in Australia. It is illegal to sell it in most places, but not all, such as Canberra (The seat of Australia's parliament) and the Northern Territory. The X-rated industry is a $50million industry (largely mail-order) in Canberra. But as to your argument for consistency
(a) There is no merit in consistency if the law is bad. Censorship is simply evil. I am offended by the idea and embarrassed to live under a government that makes such laws.
(b) It ain't consistent. X-rated stuff is *not* illegal in Australia. So, if it's not illegal in video, magazine, book or cd-form then why so on the internet? Explain that.
When I was 20, I felt a little like this. I knew the answers, but wasn't given the due respect. When I got to 25, I looked back on the 20 year old and thought how clueless that guy was. When I made it to 30, the 25 year-old was clueless and the 20 year an embarassment of ignornance best forgotten. At 35, I realised just how much the 30 year old had to learn, and as for the other two guys, well, they were callow and arrogant and hard to believe that they were even related. It's an interesting lesson. It doesn't mean that the 20 year is not worth listening to, but it may partially explain the attitude of your boss if he/she remembers their earlier years the way that I do.
Well, you'd know never to compile that code 'cause main should return an int, its arguments are argc and argv, and the return value from system is not checked.
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"They also have listed tons (almost literally) of software..". Not wishing to pass up this opportunity to be anal (no, not even almost literally), I'd like to (a) point out that something is either literal or it's not and (b) how much does a bit weigh (and how many bytes in a ton)?
But the "Extreme" in XP is why it is attractive
to 20-somethings. It creates an image of some
geek jumping out of a plane with a surfboard,
when what they're really doing is changing the
indentation on their code. The use of the word
"extreme" is a marketing exercise. Were it called "mature programming" or "white-socks-with-sandals programming" the number of adherents would be less.
Rather than thinking about competing methodologies, maybe the article is talking about competing fashion. Back in the late 80s and early 90s, "Object Oriented" became very fashionable, and, consequently, a marketing buzzword. Back in the elder days, NextStep was advertised as an "Object Oriented Operating System", i.e. you should buy it because it used OOP. Sheesh. What are the buzzwords today? "Extreme Programming" is definitely a contender. XP is very popular amongst undergrads - in part because of the "extreme" in the name. Were it called "Sensible Programming", then I imagine that its appeal would be much less. So, in the sense of fashion, AOP and XP replace OOP.
A few things wrong with this argument, but before launching into that, let me clear up one point. X-rated material is not illegal in Australia. It is illegal to sell it in most places, but not all, such as Canberra (The seat of Australia's parliament) and the Northern Territory. The X-rated industry is a $50million industry (largely mail-order) in Canberra. But as to your argument for consistency (a) There is no merit in consistency if the law is bad. Censorship is simply evil. I am offended by the idea and embarrassed to live under a government that makes such laws. (b) It ain't consistent. X-rated stuff is *not* illegal in Australia. So, if it's not illegal in video, magazine, book or cd-form then why so on the internet? Explain that.
When I was 20, I felt a little like this. I knew the answers, but wasn't given the due respect. When I got to 25, I looked back on the 20 year old and thought how clueless that guy was. When I made it to 30, the 25 year-old was clueless and the 20 year an embarassment of ignornance best forgotten. At 35, I realised just how much the 30 year old had to learn, and as for the other two guys, well, they were callow and arrogant and hard to believe that they were even related. It's an interesting lesson. It doesn't mean that the 20 year is not worth listening to, but it may partially explain the attitude of your boss if he/she remembers their earlier years the way that I do.
Check out this link for a spectacular HST image of colliding galaxies taken in 1995.
Well, you'd know never to compile that code 'cause main should return an int, its arguments are argc and argv, and the return value from system is not checked.