On Sun, 10 Feb 2002, mulix wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Feb 2002, Shlomi Fish wrote:
>
> > You cannot expect "Java Unleashed" (which I did not thoroughly read, but
> > found interesting and was quite impressed from), to teach you _everything_
> > there is to know about Java. Java is a very encompassing technology and
> > its getting worse in this sense. But it can bring you to a stage where you
> > can advance on your own, and be familiar with all the important caveats of
> > it.
>
> that has not been my experience with the unleashed books, but the last
> one i bothered to read was several years ago, so maybe they got better
> since. (doubtful, but possible).
>
Either way, the prinicipal is that it possible to write a Using HTML/HTML
Unleashed/Teach yourself HTML/etc. which would actually be a useful
tutorial for beginners.
> > Well, so do I. However, I think that such books can teach you enough to
> > become a professional, although not very experienced programmer in a
> > certain technology.
>
> you seem have a curious definition of 'professional'.
>
Professional does not mean experienced. Naturally, I don't expect someone
who read such a book to be as good as someone who programmed it for many
years. But, of course, some people who programmed C (for example) for 1
year write much better code that those who programmed it for 5 years. Time
is not the only factor that determines the quality of the programmer.
Thinking about it, I believe I programmed C/C++ for over 10 years now
since I learned it in the summer between the 9th and 10th grade. Of
course, I still don't know too much about C++ with STL, because I only
used much more basic C or C++ since then. Someone suggested that I
re-write Freecell Solver, which is an ANSI C program, in C++. However, I
don't see too much point in it. I'm not too afraid it will become slower
that way (although it could possibly), but C++ is a can of worms. In my
humble and highly prejudiced opinion FCS is quite modular as it is, and
C++-ing the code will not make it substantially more.
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
> ObLinux: looking for a good, secure, free (speech and beer), simple and
> hopefully small enough to audit by hand ftp server. suggestions?
Sorry, cannot help you as I did not have any experience with experiencing
with my own ftp server. I believe I have an FTP server on my Com-Net
workstation, but it is what came with the MDK 8.1 distro. You do have
quite a lot of demands, though.
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
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> mulix
>
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