I'm in my late twenties, and my languages of choice are Java and Python. (I dabble in Ruby for customization of Google SketchUp.)
I'm guessing the old farts are using C, C++ or maybe Perl? I wonder what younger people are using? Maybe one of the Microsoft .NET languages, or one of the new languages that runs on the JVM? This is an interesting topic that I have not considered before. Landon -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sean Gillies Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 2:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Geowanking] Standard for Pseudocode Maybe, but it wouldn't be geographic. It would be demographic. Strongly determined by the age of the programming population, I suspect. Sean Anselm Hook wrote: > Mentioned before but I've often wondered if there are geographic regional > variations in favored programming languages; ranging from merely dialects to > full blown language preferences... SFO might be a php town... Seattle might > be a Python town etc... Portland a Ruby town... > > - a > > On Jan 21, 2008 2:20 PM, Artem Pavlenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> "Python is executable pseudocode. Perl is executable line noise." >> - Old Klingon Proverb >> >> HTH >> Artem >> >> >>> I was about >>> to say >>> http://www.perl.org but >>> then realized that >>> having the freedom >>> to put whitespace wherever I want >>> and >>> indentation wherever I >>> want can >>> be too >>> much wanking >>> for some people >>> : >>> ); >>> >>> On 1/21/08, Sean Gillies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> I was about to say. Or http://python.org/doc. No $@ noise and >>>> mandatory >>>> whitespace and indentation to enforce readability :) >>>> >>>> Sean >>>> >>>> Andrew Turner wrote: >>>>> What about http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/ ? >>>>> >>>>> ;) >>>>> >>>>> On Jan 21, 2008 4:26 PM, Landon Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Have any Geowankers come across a standard for pseudocode? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> We were talking about using pseudocode for programming language- >>>>>> neutral >>>>>> information on spatial reference system transformations, >>>>>> calculations and >>>>>> algorithms. This information would be part of a possible project >>>>>> at the >>>>>> OSGeo on spatial reference systems. I was hoping to find a >>>>>> pseudocode >>>>>> standard, but Google didn't turn up much: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> http://users.csc.calpoly.edu/~jdalbey/SWE/pdl_std.html<http://users.csc. calpoly.edu/%7Ejdalbey/SWE/pdl_std.html> >>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.csd.abdn.ac.uk/~pedwards/teaching/CS3007/requirements/<http:/ /www.csd.abdn.ac.uk/%7Epedwards/teaching/CS3007/requirements/> >>>>>> pseudocode.html >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks for any suggestions. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Landon >>>>>> >>>>>> Warning: >>>>>> Information provided via electronic media is not guaranteed >>>>>> against defects >>>>>> including translation and transmission errors. If the reader is >>>>>> not the >>>>>> intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, >>>>>> distribution or copying of this communication is strictly >>>>>> prohibited. If >>>>>> you have received this information in error, please notify the >>>>>> sender >>>>>> immediately. >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Geowanking mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Geowanking mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Geowanking mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking >> _______________________________________________ >> Geowanking mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Geowanking mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking Warning: Information provided via electronic media is not guaranteed against defects including translation and transmission errors. If the reader is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this information in error, please notify the sender immediately. _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking
