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perlapp (Score:1)
Something that is on my todo is to learn wxWindows, so I can write stuff that will work on Linux/OS X/Windows. I attempted to learn it once but found the lack of documentation frustrating. I don't really have much of a choice as I've had bad feedback from TK apps because they don't look very professional.
Getting back to Joel, I enjoy reading his articles but find him very negative sometimes. He's goes on about how hard programming is, how leaky abstrations are but doesn't offer a solution. Sometimes you have to accept things aren't perfect and live with them.
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Re:perlapp (Score:2)
I have to confess that I also disagree with him from time to time. For example, in his latest article, he writes the following:
On the surface, I agree with that. I was certainly one of those cocksure "I can program anything" types and I faced my comeuppance once I started hanging out at Perl
Re:perlapp (Score:1)
The idea being that in university you pick up your theoretical knowledge, all the concepts and ideas, and have some practical applications of said knowledge (usually in some either ancient or obscure language).
With that knowledge, you can pick up any language.
You then have the joy of adjusting to management who give 'fun' specifications.
Others seem to think that theory is bunk and you become a good programmer merely by doing lots of prog
---ict / Spoon