Wendy Smoak wrote:
(You think I'm _that_ easily offended?!)
Oh no, I know better :) You just happen to be the only woman I know on the lists, so you were used in the joke by default :)
> I'm just enjoying the war
stories, and trying to guess how old everyone is. When I start worrying about the long list of things I have yet to learn, it's comforting to know that most of you have at least a few years' head start. ;)
No, it's the point where you think you know everything that should worry you! Even a conceited a**hole like me doesn't think he knows it all!
I also don't ever want to be in a situation where I can't edit with vi, construct a classpath and compile code at the command line if I _really_ have to. For a reality check, I go back to comp.lang.java and see if I can answer any questions. :)
I personally think people are all too happy to think very high-level and not bother with the details. Sometimes that exactly the way to think, but not always.
I don't know about anyone else, but because I spent a lot of time doing low-level coding, my brain tends to subconsciously think at that level, even when I'm watching something at a higher level run. When I see my java app running, in the back of my mind I'm thinking about what the VM's state must look like at that point, how the OS must be allocating resources to the VM, what kinds of ops must be going on at the CPU level, etc.
Now, I don't now how much of it I have right any more, I suspect very little!, but the *concepts* are still close at least.
I don't know what good any of this does me any more, but it's still there :)
-- Wendy
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