This isn’t aimed at StartupCamp itself, but rather other events that I have seen where people in general get together and talk tech rather than the idea itself, or how they want the make a compelling user experience.
I often fall into this category myself. I may want to play with some new technology for the sake of it. This isn’t all wrong of course, but it can be :)
What about the other languages?
Got some good ones for other languages like Fortran, BASIC or assembly?
It is fun to see the comments on the Joint Strike Fighter coding standards documentation from AT&T.
Mostly people are arguing over recursion in C/C++ and embedded devices.
I had the same thought as OMouse though: “Why aren’t they using Ada?”
Believe it or not, I have not been an iTunes purchaser. I didn’t want to deal with the DRM and the mess associated with multiple computers and syncing.
However, I was waiting for my flight from SFO to LHR and thought I would finally give it a whirl. The experience was very poor.
The first problem was in purchasing the darn film I wanted. iTunes kept giving me a generic “Error, try again” message. It finally worked on the five try for some reason.
Then the kicker. The airplane food was over, so I could sit back and relax wit the show of my choosing. I go to play, and get:
“This computer is not authorized to play “Your Movie”. Would you like to authorize it?”
This is why I hate iTunes. I want to be able to just download and play things without all of the hoops. I have just purchased the movie on this computer so LET ME PLAY IT :/
Instead, I have to choose between Bee Movie and Elizabeth: The Golden Age. I choose my RSS reader, podcasts, and a good book.
What about the other languages?
Got some good ones for other languages like Fortran, BASIC or assembly?
What about the other languages?
Got some good ones for other languages like Fortran, BASIC or assembly?
At first we had Nelly and XSL/T, and then we had Lisp. Now it is time to to evolve to C^HJavaScript.
ps. There is nothing geekier than a ^H joke.
What about the other languages?
Got some good ones for other languages like Fortran, BASIC or assembly?
At first we had Nelly and XSL/T, and then we end up with Lisp.
What about the other languages?
Got some good ones for other languages like Fortran, BASIC or assembly?
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