12 On Jan 21, 2008 3:11 PM, P Kishor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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://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/> > <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. 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