It's not a question, just a feeling I'll probably never get in touch with the languages in this book (but who knows). I never grew any interest on them, maybe because I don't even know what they're all about, or maybe because their names all sound like foreign brand washing machine powder. But I'm open to almost anything in programming.
It seems to be a great guide to understand the "why" being each language, and their pros and cons. At least I like what I've read from the publisher's page, and the book cover is awesome
And its fun learning a language And more interesting is how it overcomes the disadvantages of a current language (and adds its own set of disadvantages ). But we do need to apply it somewhere so that the knowledge doesn't rust out. As Paul had suggested in another thread- picking personal projects is always a good idea to apply the language. And as always Pragmatic bookshelf has some really awesome books. So this shouldn't be much different either.
Deepak Bala wrote:Out of curiosity, does your book mention an esoteric programming language ? I introduced my coworkers to lolcode
Why not Brainfuck too ? I think there must be a minimum of practical use in the languages chosen
I agree. I was only alluding that it must have been easy to sneak in a funny reference to brainfcuk or lolcode.
Bruce, I will be sure to grab a copy of your book when time will allow. Thanks for taking the time to write it.
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Mohamed Sanaulla wrote:And its fun learning a language And more interesting is how it overcomes the disadvantages of a current language (and adds its own set of disadvantages ). But we do need to apply it somewhere so that the knowledge doesn't rust out. As Paul had suggested in another thread- picking personal projects is always a good idea to apply the language. And as always Pragmatic bookshelf has some really awesome books. So this shouldn't be much different either.
Mohamed Sanaulla wrote:. . . overcomes the disadvantages of a current language (and adds its own set of disadvantages ). . . .
And every language has its advantages and disadvantages. That is why it is a good idea to learn several; to know which to choose for a particular task. And learning an unfamiliar paradigm (eg functional) keeps the brain active.
I agree. Here's the link: http://ej-technologies/jprofiler - if it wasn't for jprofiler, we would need to
run our stuff on 16 servers instead of 3.
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I'll probably never get in touch with the languages in this book (but who knows). I never grew any interest on them, maybe because I don't even know what they're all about, or maybe because their names all sound like foreign brand washing machine powder. But I'm open to almost anything in programming.
). But we do need to apply it somewhere so that the knowledge doesn't rust out. As Paul had suggested in another thread- picking personal projects is always a good idea to apply the language. And as always Pragmatic bookshelf has some really awesome books. So this shouldn't be much different either.
