fishmaster

Go and nimble? Jesus christ, you can't be serious.

Because computer science isn't about programming? That's exactly why a simple and elegant language should be chosen, one that allows to express the concepts that are taught. Java is such a horrible choice that it's laughable that it enjoyed this success at universities.

For programming related things (in general, everything non mainstream), I find ddg to be nearly unusable and I always have to go back to Google. The results I get on ddg are almost always only in the general area of the search terms, while Google gives me specific results that are relevant and helpful. Sadly that's why I can't switch as much as I want to.

I didn't say anything about areas whose research focus coincides with 'real-world needs', I specifically talked about programming languages and concepts. And no, universities should not teach micro services, enterprise Java code, or the latest frontend frameworks. But yeah, keep twisting my words around.

No, because this is computer science and not software engineering. The best introductory language is the one that allows to express the concepts that are presented in the cleanest way possible. If you want "real-world needs" then drop out and work for a software company. The purpose of universities is not to cater to the needs of industry - to pump out code monkeys.

Why would this be 'the next big thing' if Google seems to be committing to Swift as its DL language of choice?

So, to not function. Great reason.

Random beeps and mouse movement are less intrusive?!

This is false.

It "is not derived from any previously used virus backbone 17". That is supposed to prove anything?

You never ever eval user input.

Nope, I tried it several times and I just can't stand ASCII graphics. I'd rather play Dota or anything else instead.

Gameplay only starts to matter once UI and graphics are appropriate.

Keep going. They risk being fined by not answering.

It sometimes rains outside, duh.

If people don't have access to clean drinking water it's simply not a first world country.

It's a basic human right. People need to have access to clean drinking water, and if they can't afford it they still need to get it. "Nothing is free" simply doesn't apply here.

I have read these comments often now and it's just something people make up to justify not being able to buy masks.

Nope, I don't like to be in an open floor plan office when I'm getting disturbed every 5 seconds. I would 100% like to work from home.

This is a great idea for pub quizzes. There's usually a puzzle sheet with one such riddle.

Sure, if you want to call eradication by brutish poaching 'preserving' then go ahead. I call it what it is.

Also, this whataboutism doesn't help anyone.

For me it was very difficult to setup/understand/use the following: build tools, dependency management, installing and using libraries, installing and using a specific library for working with unicode strings ("Camomille"), working with strings themselves, etc. I spent a couple of evenings on that and gave up because I just wasn't getting anywhere.

The chinese and their idiotic traditional 'medicine' are endangering so many animals that it's not even close. They're actively encouraging poaching.

Because they're even endangering animals in other countries and continents, so why not their own as well?

It wasn't even the language itself, just the materials like you said, the tools, etc.

Sometime in the future I would like to use ocaml, but I found the user experience from 0 so difficult that I just didn't bother at all. Haskell was much friendlier.

I recently bought the book and will work through it during the next couple of weeks. It seems well done.

I would also be interested in this, since I find Strangs style great.

I don't understand how anyone can stomach Java, especially when Kotlin exists which has the same ecosystem as and better tooling than Java.

> Today, if I'd need jvm, I'll simply take modern Java.

100% Kotlin. Doesn't even have to be Clojure or ABCL.