Tuesday, January 8, 2019
When I say something like "I would fight against the use of that particular arbitrary programming structure", it is...
When I say something like "I would fight against the use of that particular arbitrary programming structure", it is not an invitation to school me on why the language that structure is from is sooooo important.
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“Your considered, contextualized, opinion differs from my knee-jerk reaction, so I assumed you would welcome my efforts to fix you.”
ReplyDelete"You do not the same level of history with a particular software product, therefore I must fix you."
ReplyDeleteIf they want to be re-enactors they should be required to wear period-appropriate fashions.
ReplyDeleteEdit: This was probably not useful. Never mind me.
ReplyDeletexkcd.com - xkcd: Duty Calls except IRL?
ReplyDeleteTechnically, you guys, it was online. Some dude told me that something called Fortran is a good thing and that defining variable type by first letter of the variable name is a good idea.
ReplyDeleteLike wtf d00d.
I dunno William, I kind of feel like if you throw down a gauntlet, you can't then be offended if the person you threw it at picks it up. You said you wanted to fight over it, and you apparently don't even know the name of the thing you were saying you'd fight over (unless you are being facetious with your comment about "something called Fortran"). Them explaining it to you seems... within the bounds of the situation.
ReplyDeleteI am, in point of fact, being facetious. I at least kinda know about Fortran.
ReplyDeleteMy attempted interloculoter claimed it was a good thing that Fortran declare variable type based upon the first letter of the variable.
I said that if my shop did anyting like that, I'd fight against it. Which is kinda my job.
He then went on a rant about how important Fortran is because of how old it is.
Okay, then, I agree that's him being a dick. The situation as originally presented was less clear cut to me.
ReplyDeleteI object to any argument that insists that the statement "I hate this and will fight against it if necessary," is an invitation to debate.
ReplyDeleteIt really is not. It is, in fact, the exact opposite of that. It is saying "I do not want to have any such debate, and will be upset and angry if I am obliged to. Please do not enter into such a debate with me lightly."
I do understand that people use similar structures ironically, precisely to invite debate ("Star Trek presents a more realistic society than Firefly ... fight me!") But the fact that people sometimes say things ironically does not imply that everything is irony.
William Nichols I work on Fortran90 at my job-job. Please kindly tell him to die in a fire.
ReplyDeleteMy first coding job involved porting fortran77 code to fortran95. There is nothing worth saving from that language that isn't still around...
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