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August 26, 2003 at 4:05 pm
private void createFile (Weblog entry #100!)
I’m not a programmer, but I have always liked different programming languages — the same way that someone might like listening to French or looking at cuneiform. I know it’s strange. When I got into computers back in 1982, or so, I began learning the Basic language, as most people who were into computers at the time did, but I never got past creating simplistic text games, uninteresting “Logo” programs, or minutely creative telephone system hacks (ever get a hundred phone calls in a day where no one was ever on the other side?). Then, from 1992-1999, I spent my time working with much more intelligent and talented programmers who would turn my crazy ideas into computer games. While I could never actually do what those programmers were doing, I always had a smidgen of understanding and a talent for communicating on a programmers’ level.
The funny thing is, the above introduction has nothing to do with anything but a few lines of meaningless code. But, then again, isn’t that what most Blogs are? As I was leafing through September’s edition of Software Developer Magazine today, I found the below lines of code which reminded me of our fair blogging process:
private void createFile(final string nameTruthfully, I did tweak the order of the code order a little. But, even if you don’t understand any programming languages, doesn’t it make a little sense?
final string content)
throws IOExeptions {
PrintWriter =
new PrintWriter(new PrintWriter(new File Writer (name));
writer.printIn(content);
writer.close();
}
String line = reader.read.line();
return line
}
No, I didn’t think so, but I’m glad to be thinking again…
This is my 100th Weblog entry!
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Ah, the joys of Java. I like learning bits of languages too, even the ones for which I probably won’t have any use. SQL, though not really a programming language, comes the closest to English-like syntax (assuming you name your tables well):
select id, first_name, last_name from address_book where id = 20, order by last_name;
That should be clear to anyone. But I’ve never taken much joy in Java, despite all my efforts to do so (and to master the thing). I’m still stuck with PHP, which I can read and understand far better than any other I’ve tried.
Happy 100th entry!
Posted by: wheat at September 14, 2003 06:14 PM
Yeah, some languages are easier to deal with than others… Productivity-wise, I guess, I deal with them only when I need them! On a purely aesthetic level, though, I appreciate extremely complex languages the most. They just look cool! (I’m glad I’m NOT a programmer.)
Posted by: timsamoff at September 15, 2003 09:40 AM