On 1/21/08, Landon Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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?
what is the cut-off age from young, rarefied air to old fart? I need to situate myself on the right side of the fence. > > 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. 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