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Article #620931Re: Computer science hot major in college (article)
From: Bob Eager
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 08:46
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 08:46
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On Fri, 23 Feb 2018 07:45:27 +0000, AndyW wrote: > On 22/02/2018 09:51, Bob Eager wrote: >> I once saw a theory that programmers are carelewss with code because >> they secretly enjoy the challenge of debugging! > > possibly true but not in my case, my dream is right-first-time code so I > aim for it but the reality is lots of debugging so I make that bit easy. > >> Python? Try assembly language - or, if you are old enough to remember >> BCPL, that's a language where you can store the address of some code in >> a label and GOTO somewhere completely different... > > I do occasional dip into assembler, one of my computers in the 80s had > an in-line 6502 assembler in basic. blisteringly fast when you are used > to basic on a 1MHz machine. > Never used BCPL. > I do a lot of raspberry pi stuff so I use python a lot. There's BCPL for the Pi! Interpreted, so not so fast (but still fast). And safer. -- Using UNIX since v6 (1975)... Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org
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