• @SyntaxError@lemmy.world
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      We nagged our highschool around 97-98 until we got a programming course, we wanted c++ but the IT guy thought c++ would just be a fad, so we learned turbopascal.

    • @Blackmist@feddit.uk
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      I still do.

      I wish they’d open source Delphi (and most of the libraries). Might actually breathe some life back into it.

  • katy ✨
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    rust: you’re about to get a blahaj and a tiny blue pill.

  • Dr. Moose
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    22 days ago

    I used to be very opinionated about programming languages but now I just really love all of them.

    Sure some might not be the best tool for some jobs but maintaining a language is insane and just such a mind-blowing endevour.

  • @Lysergid@lemmy.ml
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    Nope, JS is “You think you are nerd”.

    Also, why React is there? It’s a lib not a language

    • @vala@lemmy.world
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      HTML 5 is also not a programming language.

      That being said. The JS hate is kinda cringe at this point. It’s a perfectly fine language all things considered.

      • Neshura
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        I wouldn’t say it’s a perfectly fine language but I also don’t understand the people hating on JS developers. If anything kudos to them for suffering through a language filled with such BS as “==” not actually doing what you think it should do (when coming from other languages).

        • @vala@lemmy.world
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          I’m yet to find a non-LISP that doesn’t have at least one or two rough edges like that.

    • luciole (he/him)
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      Come on y’all, would you lay off the gatekeeping. Some of us still think the free web’s a good thing, lest we all end up in a walled garden hellscape. JavaScript is therefore needed if we’re being pragmatic. Just transpile it from TypeScript if you’re too stuck up for dynamic languages building something big.

      • jadedwench [they/them]
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        52 days ago

        Thankfully I suck at that, but holy crap it is prevelent in this industry. The alcohol abuse is cray. Doesn’t help when you travel constantly. I don’t travel much anymore, but the people who spend 90+% of the year in the field, while having a family, are fundamentally broken. Fun to party once in a while, but when they do this shit multiple times a week, I don’t understand.

        • @Lazycog@sopuli.xyz
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          Yeah holy shit. When I was starting out and tagged along a senior on a trip he literally hauled a big backpack of spirits with him.

          Got out of that industry after a few years when I realized why every senior was drinking. The money was just not worth it for me.

        • @PolarKraken@programming.dev
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          Couldn’t agree more. Field service is one hell of a drug. Money’s good, variety is fun, the chaos and travel are fun too, and you learn a lot quickly. The latter often because some or all of the mfg. plant you’re visiting needs you to fix your stuff so they can run, and no one is coming to BFE to help you, lol.

          But that all wears off, in time, and it starts to take a huge toll like you described. Never met a long term field service engineer with a healthy home life, or with their health in general. I got out because both of mine were crumbling, for real.

  • @expr@programming.dev
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    A real nerd would know that React is a library and HTML is a markup language, and neither are programming languages.

  • @axh@lemmy.world
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    Ah, yes. My favourite programming language (checks notes) HTML…

    If your favourite programming language is HTML, we do not grant you the title of Nerd.