Ugh, more ridiculous elitism. Programming is easy. So easy, in fact, that children can and do often teach themselves. (I have a neat collection of programming books from the 70's and 80's aimed at children between the ages of 6-12. Yeah, books written to help 6-year-old kids learn computer programming. Think about that.)
The real problem is elitists who seem to think programming should be difficult -- and made as difficult as possible. I can only assume it's an attempt to make themselves feel more important. Why do you think we use programming languages in the first place? To make writing and maintaining computer programs easier!
Sorry, writing software does not make you a scientist, mathematician, or whatever you fancy yourself. Software development is somewhere between auto repair and plumbing; it requires some technical knowledge and a bit of skill, but there isn't enough to it to require a license.
"Oh but it's difficult to do well!" cry the desperate and insecure. We can revisit that when "well" it's even potentially quantifiable. Until then, it's just pathetic empty rhetoric.
Part of the problem is this bizarre bottom-up design trend. A lot of the weird "designs", ad-hoc frameworks, and the like that you're seeing are a direct result of that incomprehensibly bad approach. Typical OOP practices tend to encourage this absurd behavior.
Chuck Moore is very likely the only person on the planet who can design that way effectively.
Sure, it's possible to print out a load of old crap, just for the fun of saying "I made that" (just as small children are so proud of their scribblings), but surely we're all past that stage by adulthood?
A quick look through any platform's app store seems to indicate that the answer to your question is a firm 'no'.
Do you also believe in big foot and the Loch Ness monster?
Lots of delusional people have claimed to have seen them as well.
After all, if I can plug militant feminist into google and find oh several hundred thousand hits. I'm sure that you can find them too.
So my challenge should be easy for you! Or are you afraid that you might be abducted by aliens (or whatever it is you nutters believe these days) if you try?
He also admits to have "dated" a 14-year-old when he was 23 and believes that "the age of sexual consent should be lowered to 12 or 13". I'm left wondering if he'd classify any sexual act with said girl as molestation, given those beliefs.
I'm not surprised. Here in reality, we don't believe in the boogie man (or woman, in your case).
If you're going to live in a fantasy land, you should probably pick one without monsters. All that fear and anxiety you experience over these imaginary villains probably isn't good for your health.
WTF are you talking about? Who are these mysterious "miltant" feminists? Can you name even one?
I didn't think so. Perhaps you should spend less time listening to bigots like Phil Mason and T.J. Kincaid. Living here in reality is SO much better than their fantasy land.
No. He's making the (reasonable) assumption that the majority of the complainers are just drumbeating morons crushing free speech for the sake of social conformity and a emotional rush of self-righteousness.
Reasonable assumption? In what way is that reasonable?
Have some evidence? I didn't think so.
As far as rational arguments go, there are none regarding 'affirmative action' nor in the minds of the legions of morons it leaves in its wake. It is full of fallacies, double standards, hypocrisy, and spineless complaining
Yawn. Evidence or GTFO.
They need to stop telling other people what they should and should not do, think, and say, and learn to respect liberty. If they don't like how they're treated somewhere, they should leave. If they find themselves doing this a lot, then maybe it's time to learn not to take everything so damned seriously.
Yeah, those blacks should just stay out of town if they don't like how they're treated. The same with those gays. If the skirts at work don't like me staring at their tits, ignoring their thoughts and opinions, or my crude jokes and comments, well, they should find another job.
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Yeah, it is "oooh so innovative". There's a reason why everyone raved about the quality of their keyboards, you know.
Ever try to type, well, anything on a Motorola Droid Pro or Palm Pre? There's obviously a lot more here than just "shaped keys".
Yeah, we've been hearing that for years now. Still hasn't happened.
Just keep making predictions until you get a hit, Silvia Brown. I'm sure we'll all be impressed with your intellectual prowess then.
This could put the E.T. documentary guys in a sticky situation.
Ugh, more ridiculous elitism. Programming is easy. So easy, in fact, that children can and do often teach themselves. (I have a neat collection of programming books from the 70's and 80's aimed at children between the ages of 6-12. Yeah, books written to help 6-year-old kids learn computer programming. Think about that.)
The real problem is elitists who seem to think programming should be difficult -- and made as difficult as possible. I can only assume it's an attempt to make themselves feel more important. Why do you think we use programming languages in the first place? To make writing and maintaining computer programs easier!
Sorry, writing software does not make you a scientist, mathematician, or whatever you fancy yourself. Software development is somewhere between auto repair and plumbing; it requires some technical knowledge and a bit of skill, but there isn't enough to it to require a license.
"Oh but it's difficult to do well!" cry the desperate and insecure. We can revisit that when "well" it's even potentially quantifiable. Until then, it's just pathetic empty rhetoric.
Part of the problem is this bizarre bottom-up design trend. A lot of the weird "designs", ad-hoc frameworks, and the like that you're seeing are a direct result of that incomprehensibly bad approach. Typical OOP practices tend to encourage this absurd behavior.
Chuck Moore is very likely the only person on the planet who can design that way effectively.
And what can be less complicated than a bowl??????
A plate.
I did, I was not impressed.
I agree that semicolon insertion was a mistake.
That was the joke.
You're fighting a losing battle. The Slashdot Logical Positivism Brigade loves reason, but can't seem to apply it.
Insane? How so?
That doesn't really answer the question, does it? What do you think is wrong with the language?
Even if JavaScript hadn't 'won' it would have been something similar.
Really? It's pretty unique as far as programming languages go. Are you sure we're talking about the same thing?
Sure, it's possible to print out a load of old crap, just for the fun of saying "I made that" (just as small children are so proud of their scribblings), but surely we're all past that stage by adulthood?
A quick look through any platform's app store seems to indicate that the answer to your question is a firm 'no'.
Why?
Just because something is legal, doesn't make it right.
Are you really drawing parallels between this little "movement" and games like Duke Nukem 3d to the Selma to Montgomery Marches of 1965 and Jim Crow?
Obviously not. Where did you come up with that?
Do you also believe in big foot and the Loch Ness monster?
Lots of delusional people have claimed to have seen them as well.
After all, if I can plug militant feminist into google and find oh several hundred thousand hits. I'm sure that you can find them too.
So my challenge should be easy for you! Or are you afraid that you might be abducted by aliens (or whatever it is you nutters believe these days) if you try?
There's nothing relevant to my VERY simple question on the first page of results.
Surprise, surprise...
You wouldn't happen to be T.J. Kincaid, would you? A.k.a TheAmazingAtheist?
He has "extreme pedophilic fantasies", and you sound an awful lot like him.
He also admits to have "dated" a 14-year-old when he was 23 and believes that "the age of sexual consent should be lowered to 12 or 13". I'm left wondering if he'd classify any sexual act with said girl as molestation, given those beliefs.
So you can't name a single one, eh?
I'm not surprised. Here in reality, we don't believe in the boogie man (or woman, in your case).
If you're going to live in a fantasy land, you should probably pick one without monsters. All that fear and anxiety you experience over these imaginary villains probably isn't good for your health.
I guess it was only a matter of time before the MRA's started to defend pedophiles.
I've long suspected that those groups were loaded with 'em.
modern day militant feminism
WTF are you talking about? Who are these mysterious "miltant" feminists? Can you name even one?
I didn't think so. Perhaps you should spend less time listening to bigots like Phil Mason and T.J. Kincaid. Living here in reality is SO much better than their fantasy land.
No. He's making the (reasonable) assumption that the majority of the complainers are just drumbeating morons crushing free speech for the sake of social conformity and a emotional rush of self-righteousness.
Reasonable assumption? In what way is that reasonable?
Have some evidence? I didn't think so.
As far as rational arguments go, there are none regarding 'affirmative action' nor in the minds of the legions of morons it leaves in its wake. It is full of fallacies, double standards, hypocrisy, and spineless complaining
Yawn. Evidence or GTFO.
They need to stop telling other people what they should and should not do, think, and say, and learn to respect liberty. If they don't like how they're treated somewhere, they should leave. If they find themselves doing this a lot, then maybe it's time to learn not to take everything so damned seriously.
Yeah, those blacks should just stay out of town if they don't like how they're treated. The same with those gays. If the skirts at work don't like me staring at their tits, ignoring their thoughts and opinions, or my crude jokes and comments, well, they should find another job.
You disgust me.
Google the term "sportsmanship".
Not very bright, are you?
So ... What's wrong with it?
How did you come to the conclusion that it is "it's too broken at a fundamental level".