Re: Re: Back in the Saddle

From: Christophe <xof_at_chanticleer.com_at_hypermail.org>
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 11:17:51 -0700

I'll go out on a limb and say: I don't think that it's required to
actually learn a programming language to be a gadget journalist. I'd
say it's probably more important to learn about modern hardware
design (things like what processors and memory cost, how much power
they consume and heat they admit, etc., etc.), since that's what
really drives how much things cost and what they can do.

Just about every gadget out there, I'd guess, has software written in
C. I wouldn't wish learning C from scratch on my worst enemy. :-)

On 11 Apr 2006, at 02:00, Joy McCann wrote:

> Which brings up the issue of what computer language I should learn
> that
> would be good if I'm working on a magazine geared toward end-users
> with
> a passion for gadgets.
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> Keep in mind I wish I'd learned Spanish, French, German, and Russian,
> but there was some idea I ought to study for those subjects, and I
> just
> couldn't bring myself to do such a thing. I'm not built for it, you
> know.
>
> --J
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> On Apr 10, 2006, at 11:06 PM, David Coons wrote:
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>> Damn. I was hoping it was Linux Journal!
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>> dc
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>> Joy McCann wrote:
>>> News Factor, in the business park across from the mall. I'm in the
>>> tower, on the 20th floor.
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Received on 2006-04-11 11:18:26