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To: ImJustAnotherOkie
> Then again it may have been Objective-C that I really didn’t like. Objective-C could make a rose smell like a turd.

I've never much cottoned to these newfangled languages. They make it so you can hardly do anything interesting or dangerous. It's like trying to do fine technical work with a pair of kindergarten scissors with the rounded points.

I learned to program in FORTRAN, picked up a handful of ASM for small computers, and some years later I fell in love with K&R C (ANSI C is okay). Every language after that has been a cascading flood of well-meaning but annoying crap.

Besides, a Real Programmer can write FORTRAN code in -any- language, right? :-)

7 posted on 05/21/2020 3:58:01 PM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."`)
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To: dayglored

Objective C was really strange. Most calls need to be preceded by a memory allocation.


8 posted on 05/21/2020 4:27:48 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (All I know is The I read in the papers.)
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To: dayglored

I learned 8-10 hard core languages over the years plus a dozen scripting languages.

If you want to see a bullshit tool look at Mendix.

Python is probably the best thought out tool.

WPF was my biggest challenge. But makes a great UI.


9 posted on 05/21/2020 4:38:25 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (All I know is The I read in the papers.)
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