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From: karl ramberg
To: Fundamentals of New Computing
Sent: Sun, July 17, 2011 11:31:11 AM
Subject: [fonc] Last programming language
Hi
Here is a interesting video about programming languages
http://s
On 7/17/2011 5:18 PM, Karl Robillard wrote:
Heh... that talk didn't recieve a very warm welcome over at Lambda the
Ultimate either. My favorite comment was the idea that AI could advance to
the point where the final programming language may end up being English. I
guess that means programmers i
Heh... that talk didn't recieve a very warm welcome over at Lambda the
Ultimate either. My favorite comment was the idea that AI could advance to
the point where the final programming language may end up being English. I
guess that means programmers in the future will be politicians? :)
Anyth
On 7/17/2011 3:39 PM, Derek Kulinski wrote:
Hello BGB,
Sunday, July 17, 2011, 2:51:40 PM, you wrote:
for example, if/while/for/... don't mean goto shouldn't exist in a
language or should be branded as "evil" as a result, rather they provide
better alternatives such that things like goto are mo
Hello BGB,
Sunday, July 17, 2011, 2:51:40 PM, you wrote:
> for example, if/while/for/... don't mean goto shouldn't exist in a
> language or should be branded as "evil" as a result, rather they provide
> better alternatives such that things like goto are more of a "break
> glass in case of emerg
> > That talk would have been a whole lot better if he had grounded it
> > with a discussion of how constraints are good for creativity. It's
> > how he should have spent the time where he went on about memorizing
> > Pi for no good reason...
>
> if memorizing pie is a measure of programmer status
> Constraints that very important for most creativity. But one must pick
> constraints that make sense.
> His points about that there are few new paradigm shifts in the
> programming language worlds seems valid though.
> What would such a paradigm shift and how does it look.
> Are there any clues t
On 7/17/2011 2:46 PM, David Leibs wrote:
I couldn't handle his condescending attitude towards goto statements.
I might not use them very often but when you need one there is nothing better.
generally agreed...
it is not for no reason that languages like C# still have them, despite
being desig
On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 11:33 PM, Craig Latta wrote:
>
> That talk would have been a whole lot better if he had grounded it
> with a discussion of how constraints are good for creativity. It's how
> he should have spent the time where he went on about memorizing Pi for
> no good reason...
C
On 7/17/2011 2:33 PM, Craig Latta wrote:
That talk would have been a whole lot better if he had grounded it
with a discussion of how constraints are good for creativity. It's how
he should have spent the time where he went on about memorizing Pi for
no good reason...
if memorizing pie is
I couldn't handle his condescending attitude towards goto statements.
I might not use them very often but when you need one there is nothing better.
-David Leibs
On Jul 17, 2011, at 2:33 PM, Craig Latta wrote:
>
> That talk would have been a whole lot better if he had grounded it
> with a d
I gave him 15 minutes and bailed. Interesting what people are willing to
sit through.
Cheers,
Bob
On 7/17/11 2:31 PM, karl ramberg wrote:
Hi
Here is a interesting video about programming languages
http://skillsmatter.com/podcast/agile-testing/bobs-last-language
Karl
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On 7/17/2011 11:31 AM, karl ramberg wrote:
Hi
Here is a interesting video about programming languages
http://skillsmatter.com/podcast/agile-testing/bobs-last-language
Karl
some of this is why my own BGBScript language has a C-family syntax
(well, yes, it is closer to ActionScript, but in a
That talk would have been a whole lot better if he had grounded it
with a discussion of how constraints are good for creativity. It's how
he should have spent the time where he went on about memorizing Pi for
no good reason...
-C
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The video sparked some interesting discussion at LtU.
http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/4312
Bob Martin's argument is not credible, though. He cherry-picks his example
languages, and the attributes from those languages. He ignores the troubles
with concurrency, and the future needs for pervasiv
Hi
Here is a interesting video about programming languages
http://skillsmatter.com/podcast/agile-testing/bobs-last-language
Karl
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