Re: Re: Back in the Saddle

From: Joy McCann <jmmccann_at_sbcglobal.net_at_hypermail.org>
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 22:34:00 -0700

Well, I'm learning no computer language. I think I was joking. Or maybe
I was drunk.

--J


On Apr 11, 2006, at 2:05 PM, tschibasch wrote:

> --- 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:
> >
> > > 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:
> > >
> > >> Damn.  I was hoping it was Linux Journal!
> > >>
> > >>  dc
> > >>
> > >>  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 22:34:53