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Edited by tim@...
Updated - 30th Mar 2012
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I'm waiting...
...for Google's gCode app, that will change your prose description of software into actual software. That's going to be a game-changer!
Posted by dmm99
28th Mar 2012
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dah di dah dit dah dah dah dah di dit dit DIT !
Learned THAT code long before the American schools started on Latin and German.
Posted by ka5s@...
29th Mar 2012
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Coding ISN'T language
Sorry, but having worked in both worlds; while computer languages resemble spoken and written languages, they aren't the same thing.
And equating them at the college level for course credit and requirements was, and still is, a major disservice to students.
Learning a foreign country's language opens many more job opportunities than "merely" learning a computer language.
And equating them at the college level for course credit and requirements was, and still is, a major disservice to students.
Learning a foreign country's language opens many more job opportunities than "merely" learning a computer language.
Posted by Dr_Zinj
29th Mar 2012
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Market
People go where the market is. Development is booming currently, but there will always be a need for translators.
Posted by rygood
29th Mar 2012
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languages...
In Ireland, it's difficult to find IT professionals, and expensive if you rind one, while everyone else is struggling to get by. So we're now looking for domain experts (high school teachers) with even a smattering of IT skills to work in our company.
I also happen to be a language nut, and here's my comments on languages I know:
Dutch: useless, they all speak English fluently;
Finnish: great for me, I lived there for 1.5 yrs and had a ball
Swedish: fun, easy, but has never been useful to me
East timorese (Tetun) : very useful, none of them speak English
Russian : would have been useful if I'd learnt enough to be conversational
Mandarin Chinese : don't speak it but I'm very keen to have my son learn it.
In short, I think these people learning programming languages are the smart ones.
I also happen to be a language nut, and here's my comments on languages I know:
Dutch: useless, they all speak English fluently;
Finnish: great for me, I lived there for 1.5 yrs and had a ball
Swedish: fun, easy, but has never been useful to me
East timorese (Tetun) : very useful, none of them speak English
Russian : would have been useful if I'd learnt enough to be conversational
Mandarin Chinese : don't speak it but I'm very keen to have my son learn it.
In short, I think these people learning programming languages are the smart ones.
Posted by tim@...
Updated - 30th Mar 2012