Posted on 09/04/2013 12:51:44 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Save CPU time? Bwahahaha! Today’s twerps don’t care about resources. They write code that eats memory, bandwidth, and disk space like it’s free.
Yes, and then they call me (or at least my company) to find out why. XML parsing is one of the first things I look for.
It's becoming a significant consumer of resources. The developers and designers don't realize how much effort it requires, and doesn't scale well for very large datasets or millions of small messages.
I used to script in Perl. Then, I rewrote one of my workhorse scripts (coincidentally, a log file analyzer) in Python. It ran in 1/3rd of the time.
I use regular expressions heavily. The re module in Python seems to be a lot faster than Perl.
Even better is the requirement for 5-10 years of experience in a technology that is only 3-4 years old....
On the one hand you say UML is "general" purpose, but then restrict its use to "OO software-intensive solutions." It's a modeling language which captures attributes, relationships, dynamism inherit in all kinds of systems. It's a broad spectrum tool that is used by non-OO realtime embedded developers as well as by enterprise engineers.
It reflects a SKILL that all programmers should have, but few often do. Some know a little UML, but do not understand the unified development process.
I think the list reflects poorly on software development expertise in the 21st century, if indeed this is what hiring managers are looking for in resumes (and I think it is).
i was coding RPG back around 88-89
Thanks. I’ve been playing with Python more lately and didn’t think it was any faster. Will take a look.
*grin* I was shooting and dodging some around the same timeframe, mate!
well thanks for your service
Mono? ;-)
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