pinn4242 · HackerTrans

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Well I made a command-line Go program that processed a 10+GB XML file, made some computations, and put it in a JSON Redis structure. It had zero bugs, with months of development. I made it myself, so you can have zero bugs if you do things yourself. The point where you have to work with others results in bugs.

pinn4242

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Self-hosting is pointless. Go has it--who cares. I wrote a program 1000x faster than the ruby one (at work) with zero bugs in Go, but I still don't want to use it(Go). Java is fine. Do I care if Java is self-hosting? No. I'll do (another) language in Javacc (my first one is still awesome) or ANTLR.

pinn4242

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Perhaps you don't have the aptitude to teach that particular kid? It's harder to look inwards, though.

pinn4242

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Serious here--what is the color between black and white?

pinn4242

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Where did we get to apps? How about just command line? I'm not sure if you create apps for your job, but that's not all of programming. I work on an "app" for my job, but it's a more-or-less vertical. I really don't see how teaching a child some command line or REPL (read execute print loop) stuff threatens my job. Even if that child is in India or something. I'm secure in my own abilities.

pinn4242

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I don't get it. "Forcing a kid to learn English is the same as learning the violin. If they are interested in it, great. If not, it will be like torture." What? Coding is another language (and I should know, I created a computer language)--somewhat. I learned piano, and don't think that should be forced (I also don't think I'm threatening the jobs of concert pianists). The basics of coding should be forced, though.

pinn4242

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I was doing x86 assembly coding as a teenager, and certainly didn't need nudging. I also taught myself calculus, physics, and even material engineering. I don't see any problem with kids coding. It looks like other people are comparing it to chess or soccer? I would compare it to Math, which is taught to people. I'm not sure why people would feel like only certain people can do it (like soccer or chess). I don't feel threatened if more people code. Maybe I'll create (another) language to teach my kids if I have any.

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