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You are not logged in. #26 2012-10-20 10:40:01
Re: CodingHow the heck can anyone get bored of C++? Like those Java coders, never could understand them. In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them. 90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics. I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on. #27 2012-10-21 00:57:22
Re: CodingIt's kinda mainstream... Everybody is used to it... The limit operator is just an excuse for doing something you know you can't. “It's the subject that nobody knows anything about that we can all talk about!” ― Richard Feynman “A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón #28 2012-10-21 05:19:50
Re: CodingFrankly, C++ is too...procedural. I tried Perl, but prefer Ruby instead. And I agree with Stefy, C++ is as if you are instantaneously doing something you have to, rather then enjoying programming. Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world. -Archimedes My maturity level depends on the people I am around. #29 2012-10-21 07:16:06
Re: Coding
In your educational system or at work you will soon enough run into a functional rather than procedural language. In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them. 90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics. I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on. #30 2012-10-22 07:59:56
Re: CodingI still prefer other languages over C++. Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world. -Archimedes My maturity level depends on the people I am around. #31 2012-10-22 08:42:13
Re: CodingI prefer functional over procedural. But once you learned procedural first, forever will you think that way. In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them. 90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics. I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on. #32 2012-10-23 06:08:03
Re: CodingHave you two ever tried something of the sorts of APL and J? The limit operator is just an excuse for doing something you know you can't. “It's the subject that nobody knows anything about that we can all talk about!” ― Richard Feynman “A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón #33 2012-10-23 10:14:12
Re: CodingHi; In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them. 90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics. I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on. #34 2012-10-23 18:54:36
Re: CodingSo, you have tried Lisp or Prolog? The limit operator is just an excuse for doing something you know you can't. “It's the subject that nobody knows anything about that we can all talk about!” ― Richard Feynman “A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón #35 2012-10-24 00:25:58
Re: CodingI have tried Lisp. Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world. -Archimedes My maturity level depends on the people I am around. #36 2012-10-24 00:27:35
Re: CodingMathematica uses prolog. Maxima uses lisp. I have used lisp for a while. In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them. 90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics. I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on. #37 2012-10-24 00:31:43
Re: CodingI did not like Lisp. Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world. -Archimedes My maturity level depends on the people I am around. #38 2012-10-24 00:38:09
Re: Coding( * 1 2 3 4 5 ) yields 120 In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them. 90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics. I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on. #39 2012-10-24 00:39:39
Re: CodingUm, okay. Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world. -Archimedes My maturity level depends on the people I am around. #40 2012-10-24 00:43:09
Re: CodingDon't remember all that much about the language but I do remember writing a package to do multiprecision arithmetic in it. In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them. 90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics. I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on. #41 2012-10-24 00:43:44
Re: CodingI like creating compression systems. On IDE based languages anyways... Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world. -Archimedes My maturity level depends on the people I am around. #42 2012-10-24 04:43:53
Re: CodingI am very impressed by the shortness of coded that gets written in J. I.e. it takes only 4 characters to sum a matrix +/+/... The limit operator is just an excuse for doing something you know you can't. “It's the subject that nobody knows anything about that we can all talk about!” ― Richard Feynman “A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón #43 2012-10-24 06:42:56
Re: CodingSum a matrix? In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them. 90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics. I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on. #44 2012-10-24 08:17:46
Re: CodingI meant sum the elements of a matrix of numbers... The limit operator is just an excuse for doing something you know you can't. “It's the subject that nobody knows anything about that we can all talk about!” ― Richard Feynman “A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón #45 2012-10-24 08:27:34
Re: CodingBut look at the awesome power of lisp Code:(mapcar #'+ '(1 2 3 4 5) '(10 20 30 40 50) yields (11 22 33 44 55) In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them. 90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics. I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on. #46 2012-10-24 09:11:39
Re: CodingJ can do that too. Code:1 2 3 4 5+11 12 13 14 15 12 14 16 18 20 Last edited by anonimnystefy (2012-10-24 09:12:03) The limit operator is just an excuse for doing something you know you can't. “It's the subject that nobody knows anything about that we can all talk about!” ― Richard Feynman “A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón #47 2012-10-24 09:16:17
Re: CodingCan J do this? In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them. 90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics. I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on. #48 2012-10-24 09:21:37
Re: CodingYou must remeber J is neither a mathematical package nor a symbolic manipulator... The limit operator is just an excuse for doing something you know you can't. “It's the subject that nobody knows anything about that we can all talk about!” ― Richard Feynman “A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón #49 2012-10-24 09:25:23
Re: CodingSo then why should anyone use it? In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them. 90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics. I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on. #50 2012-10-24 09:34:10
Re: CodingWhy use Lisp? The limit operator is just an excuse for doing something you know you can't. “It's the subject that nobody knows anything about that we can all talk about!” ― Richard Feynman “A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón |