Friday Fun Facts! by Brian
posted by brian at 04:52 AM
Here are some random thoughts:
Every time I write a frivolous blog entry (that's all of them), I owe someone something. You can rest assured that each entry, including this one, carries with it a burden of guilt.
Case needs a web programming class, and I want need to teach it.
Girls must be really dirty, because I counted thirteen assorted bottles of stuff in a shower shared by two. What would happen if they just used soap and shampoo like normal humans?
Paul Graham's hackers-make-good-hires essay(s?) might be controversial, but I've come up with the same conclusion independently in the form "if you graduate with a CS degree and still don't consider yourself a hacker, there's something wrong." And if I were in a position to hire people, I'd be thinking the same thing.
Python happenings: TurboGears is YAPATROR (Yet Another "Python Answer to Ruby On Rails") and is almost identical to the suite of tools I already develop with, so I'm giving it a try.
I still haven't paid this semester's tuition. Someone please pay me some money (job from last semester, I'm looking at you).
Comments
1. Could you link to that essay, please? I couldn't find it on Paul's web site.
2. To everyone trying to make/find a FooLanguage version of Ruby on Rails: What's wrong with the Ruby version?
Could you link to that essay, please?
Man, I knew someone would get on my case about that. Added to the post.
What's wrong with the Ruby version?
Nothing, I'm a big fan of it and think it deserves all the hype it gets. But the marginal advantage gained from switching from Python->Ruby (especially just to make use of one framework) is so small that ditching the bigger library isn't worth it in my opinion. And you'd also be ditching all the stuff you've already written that's just waiting to be plugged into a web app to be ready to go. If you're starting from scratch, I'd say by all means give Ruby a try.
And sorry to hurt your feelings, Ruby, but I still think humans shouldn't have to parse so much punctuation.
And sorry to hurt your feelings, Ruby, but I still think humans shouldn't have to parse so much punctuation.
Well, unlike the favored characters of certain languages, at least punctuation is visible. :p
Maybe you can teach a Python class too?
Maybe you can teach a Python class too?
Maybe you can teach a Python class too?