Well, actually, changes in DNA often don't do anything bad, much less fatal. That's how evolution takes place, right? See how long/well a random DNA change can survive. Anyway, DNA and biological stuff in general is much more resistant (resilient?) to change than software. Much more. DNA is around for a very long time and it hasn't crashed yet.
The point this guy makes and I totaly agree with is that programmimg can't stay the same for ever. I mean come on, we're practically programming assembly. High level, IDE'd and coloured and stuff but not a bit different fundamentally.
Functional programming for example, that's different. It probably sucks (I don't really know it) but it's different. It's been around for about 30 years too.
There has to be something that would let me create software without writing for i=1 to n
for every piece of code I make. It's just... primitive.
And this guy is right about something else too. If nobody's looking for it, it's gonna take a lot longer to find it.
Ay, testing code is important (especially if you use something like XP:) but what works best for me is just reading the code. This usually gets rid of most of the bugs before compiling.
Ok, we all had remarcable teachers. I had two (one put a keyboard in my hands, when i was 12, the other became my friend). But does anyone knows where do these people come from? Or why they are so few? I mean, most of the teachers I know hardly ever really try to teach.
If you wanted to make a school with ideal teachers, where would you take them from?
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Well, actually, changes in DNA often don't do anything bad, much less fatal. That's how evolution takes place, right? See how long/well a random DNA change can survive. Anyway, DNA and biological stuff in general is much more resistant (resilient?) to change than software. Much more. DNA is around for a very long time and it hasn't crashed yet.
The point this guy makes and I totaly agree with is that programmimg can't stay the same for ever. I mean come on, we're practically programming assembly. High level, IDE'd and coloured and stuff but not a bit different fundamentally.
Functional programming for example, that's different. It probably sucks (I don't really know it) but it's different. It's been around for about 30 years too.
There has to be something that would let me create software without writing
for i=1 to n
for every piece of code I make. It's just... primitive.
And this guy is right about something else too. If nobody's looking for it, it's gonna take a lot longer to find it.
Ay, testing code is important (especially if you use something like XP
Ok, we all had remarcable teachers. I had two (one put a keyboard in my hands, when i was 12, the other became my friend). But does anyone knows where do these people come from? Or why they are so few? I mean, most of the teachers I know hardly ever really try to teach.
If you wanted to make a school with ideal teachers, where would you take them from?