Comments on: Learning New Programming Languages http://humani.st/learning-new-programming-languages/ Computer Science, Business, Blogging, and Technology Blog by Luke Hoersten Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Logan Buesching http://humani.st/learning-new-programming-languages/comment-page-1/#comment-10578 Logan Buesching Fri, 11 May 2007 00:24:46 +0000 http://openradix.org/archives/247#comment-10578 Python teaches indenting of code. That is good. I can't recall how many times you look at someone's code and just want to cry because of the indentation. Python teaches indenting of code. That is good. I can’t recall how many times you look at someone’s code and just want to cry because of the indentation.

]]> By: Logan Buesching http://humani.st/learning-new-programming-languages/comment-page-1/#comment-6738 Logan Buesching Thu, 10 May 2007 23:24:46 +0000 http://openradix.org/archives/247#comment-6738 Python teaches indenting of code. That is good. I can't recall how many times you look at someone's code and just want to cry because of the indentation. Python teaches indenting of code. That is good. I can’t recall how many times you look at someone’s code and just want to cry because of the indentation.

]]> By: Luke Hoersten http://humani.st/learning-new-programming-languages/comment-page-1/#comment-10579 Luke Hoersten Wed, 09 May 2007 01:17:15 +0000 http://openradix.org/archives/247#comment-10579 @Mike: from Dan's post: "We looked at languages such as Haskell, Lisp, ML, and OCaml before I decided that I thought functional languages were just ugly."<br><br>And Bennett's response: "I have to say that what I have picked up so far I find to be extremely elegant and much cleaner that similar code in an imperative language. Althought, if you write imperative style code in a functional language, you end up with a nasty mess."<br><br>Speaking on aesthetics, there are arguments for both sides but when it comes down to it, the coding style is just not used in industry. @Mike: from Dan’s post: “We looked at languages such as Haskell, Lisp, ML, and OCaml before I decided that I thought functional languages were just ugly.”

And Bennett’s response: “I have to say that what I have picked up so far I find to be extremely elegant and much cleaner that similar code in an imperative language. Althought, if you write imperative style code in a functional language, you end up with a nasty mess.”

Speaking on aesthetics, there are arguments for both sides but when it comes down to it, the coding style is just not used in industry.

]]> By: Luke Hoersten http://humani.st/learning-new-programming-languages/comment-page-1/#comment-6708 Luke Hoersten Wed, 09 May 2007 00:17:15 +0000 http://openradix.org/archives/247#comment-6708 @Mike: from Dan's post: "We looked at languages such as Haskell, Lisp, ML, and OCaml before I decided that I thought functional languages were just ugly." And Bennett's response: "I have to say that what I have picked up so far I find to be extremely elegant and much cleaner that similar code in an imperative language. Althought, if you write imperative style code in a functional language, you end up with a nasty mess." Speaking on aesthetics, there are arguments for both sides but when it comes down to it, the coding style is just not used in industry. @Mike: from Dan’s post: “We looked at languages such as Haskell, Lisp, ML, and OCaml before I decided that I thought functional languages were just ugly.”

And Bennett’s response: “I have to say that what I have picked up so far I find to be extremely elegant and much cleaner that similar code in an imperative language. Althought, if you write imperative style code in a functional language, you end up with a nasty mess.”

Speaking on aesthetics, there are arguments for both sides but when it comes down to it, the coding style is just not used in industry.

]]> By: Michael Olson http://humani.st/learning-new-programming-languages/comment-page-1/#comment-10580 Michael Olson Tue, 08 May 2007 23:53:00 +0000 http://openradix.org/archives/247#comment-10580 Teach them Emacs Lisp! You would get the best sort of IDE possible, would be able to run arbitrary blocks of code on-the-fly, and they'd have plenty of games to play with/extend. Teach them Emacs Lisp! You would get the best sort of IDE possible, would be able to run arbitrary blocks of code on-the-fly, and they’d have plenty of games to play with/extend.

]]> By: Michael Olson http://humani.st/learning-new-programming-languages/comment-page-1/#comment-6707 Michael Olson Tue, 08 May 2007 22:53:00 +0000 http://openradix.org/archives/247#comment-6707 Teach them Emacs Lisp! You would get the best sort of IDE possible, would be able to run arbitrary blocks of code on-the-fly, and they'd have plenty of games to play with/extend. Teach them Emacs Lisp! You would get the best sort of IDE possible, would be able to run arbitrary blocks of code on-the-fly, and they’d have plenty of games to play with/extend.

]]> By: Romeo KUAKOYO http://humani.st/learning-new-programming-languages/comment-page-1/#comment-10581 Romeo KUAKOYO Mon, 07 May 2007 08:25:00 +0000 http://openradix.org/archives/247#comment-10581 I am really happy for that; all that can I ask you is to keep on doing so you know?<br>May you go always forward.<br><br>Yours faithfully, I am really happy for that; all that can I ask you is to keep on doing so you know?
May you go always forward.

Yours faithfully,

]]> By: Romeo KUAKOYO http://humani.st/learning-new-programming-languages/comment-page-1/#comment-6684 Romeo KUAKOYO Mon, 07 May 2007 07:25:00 +0000 http://openradix.org/archives/247#comment-6684 I am really happy for that; all that can I ask you is to keep on doing so you know? May you go always forward. Yours faithfully, I am really happy for that; all that can I ask you is to keep on doing so you know?
May you go always forward.

Yours faithfully,

]]> By: Bennett http://humani.st/learning-new-programming-languages/comment-page-1/#comment-10582 Bennett Mon, 07 May 2007 01:57:56 +0000 http://openradix.org/archives/247#comment-10582 I haven't look into it much, but my guess is just what you said. I think scheme allowed for problem solving without worrying about a lot of other programming goofiness. Python is similar in that respect as it is a good problem solving tool, but it has the ability to solve all kinds of other problems that would benefit students later on because of its flexibility. I haven’t look into it much, but my guess is just what you said. I think scheme allowed for problem solving without worrying about a lot of other programming goofiness. Python is similar in that respect as it is a good problem solving tool, but it has the ability to solve all kinds of other problems that would benefit students later on because of its flexibility.

]]> By: Bennett http://humani.st/learning-new-programming-languages/comment-page-1/#comment-6680 Bennett Mon, 07 May 2007 00:57:56 +0000 http://openradix.org/archives/247#comment-6680 I haven't look into it much, but my guess is just what you said. I think scheme allowed for problem solving without worrying about a lot of other programming goofiness. Python is similar in that respect as it is a good problem solving tool, but it has the ability to solve all kinds of other problems that would benefit students later on because of its flexibility. I haven’t look into it much, but my guess is just what you said. I think scheme allowed for problem solving without worrying about a lot of other programming goofiness. Python is similar in that respect as it is a good problem solving tool, but it has the ability to solve all kinds of other problems that would benefit students later on because of its flexibility.

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