Re: Back in the Saddle

From: tschibasch <tschibasch_at_yahoo.com_at_hypermail.org>
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 21:05:07 -0000

--- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com, Christophe <xof@...>
wrote:
>
> 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. :-)

Yes, that would not be good. The only thing worse would be to learn
MIX from scratch. Hm. Or GS2? (This is "General Systems 2", an
in-house language used by Rockwell in the 1980s...)

John


P.S. In the natural languages front, is there any interest in Yiddish?
 
> On 11 Apr 2006, at 02:00, Joy McCann wrote:
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> > 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.
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
> > On Apr 10, 2006, at 11:06 PM, David Coons wrote:
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> >> Damn. I was hoping it was Linux Journal!
> >>
> >> 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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> > Yahoo! Groups Links
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Received on 2006-04-11 14:05:10