Re: [dev] I don't want to live on this planet anymore

2012-11-06 Thread Sébastien Lacombe
In other words, It's a big difference between the number of lines for a software and the understanding of the fonction and the operations, and I think it's the point. The Suckless meaning, in this perspective, to be easily accessible to the understanding of anybody, like the principle of unix. S

Re: [dev] I don't want to live on this planet anymore

2012-11-06 Thread Luis Anaya
Back in the '90s many companies bragged about the "thousands and thousands of lines of code in X or Y program". You seldom see those nowadays being that announcing the lines of codes is equivalent of announcing how much bloat there is in their code. Honestly, a good program does not have to be

Re: [dev] I don't want to live on this planet anymore

2012-11-01 Thread hiro
> I'd really wish if you'd stop the random banter in all threads. I forget the > last time you contributed to a discussion -_- I like that you have a strong opinion about this. I will consider coming back to your point when you really manage to get that diploma. Did you install plan9 on your unive

Re: [dev] I don't want to live on this planet anymore

2012-11-01 Thread Kurt H Maier
On Thu, Nov 01, 2012 at 12:13:50PM -0400, Calvin Morrison wrote: > > I'd really wish if you'd stop the random banter in all threads. I forget > the last time you contributed to a discussion -_- On hiro's behalf, I apologizing for disrupting important discussions regarding "I don't want to live on

Re: [dev] I don't want to live on this planet anymore

2012-11-01 Thread Calvin Morrison
On 1 November 2012 11:39, hiro <23h...@gmail.com> wrote: > calvin, please seek for a psychiatrist. > > I'd really wish if you'd stop the random banter in all threads. I forget the last time you contributed to a discussion -_-

Re: [dev] I don't want to live on this planet anymore

2012-11-01 Thread hiro
calvin, please seek for a psychiatrist.

Re: [dev] I don't want to live on this planet anymore

2012-11-01 Thread Jordi Marine
And what have you answered? "Universities are full of Knowledge; the freshmen bring a little in, the seniors take none away, and the kowledge there accumulates" On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 3:21 PM, Calvin Morrison wrote: > My 3rd year computer science professor just said: > > "In order to have a go

Re: [dev] I don't want to live on this planet anymore

2012-11-01 Thread Raphael Proust
On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 5:49 PM, Calvin Morrison wrote: > An example we had to do for a quick in class activity was writing a program > to student names (in a text files) into a list and print out their > respective grades (in another text file). With output like this: > > Joe 89 > Bob 25 > Mary

Re: [dev] I don't want to live on this planet anymore

2012-10-31 Thread Brandon Invergo
> Except that we need to learn how to use the tools thst exist instead if > implementing our own. You shouldn't need programing ability for something > like this Every programming assignment you'll receive has already been written many times over before. The point isn't to create something novel.

Re: [dev] I don't want to live on this planet anymore

2012-10-31 Thread v4hn
On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 02:59:26PM -0400, Calvin Morrison wrote: > Except that we need to learn how to use the tools thst exist instead if > implementing our own. > You shouldn't need programing ability for something like this yes and no, there are two cases here. Either you could have done this

Re: [dev] I don't want to live on this planet anymore

2012-10-31 Thread Anselm R Garbe
On 31 October 2012 15:21, Calvin Morrison wrote: > My 3rd year computer science professor just said: > > "In order to have a good program, it must be large" Your professor is a moron. -Anselm

Re: [dev] I don't want to live on this planet anymore

2012-10-31 Thread Calvin Morrison
Except that we need to learn how to use the tools thst exist instead if implementing our own. You shouldn't need programing ability for something like this On Oct 31, 2012 2:53 PM, "Brandon Invergo" wrote: > > I quickly overcame the assignment with: > > > > paste names.txt grades.txt > > > > My p

Re: [dev] I don't want to live on this planet anymore

2012-10-31 Thread Manolo Martínez
On 10/31/12 at 07:47pm, Brandon Invergo wrote: > Obviously, the assignment was simple for anyone with a couple of brain > cells to rub together but your professor wouldn't be able to assess any > of your programming capability from your solution, only that you've > somehow managed to wrap your head

Re: [dev] I don't want to live on this planet anymore

2012-10-31 Thread Brandon Invergo
> I quickly overcame the assignment with: > > paste names.txt grades.txt > > My professor responded by saying "you are doing it the wrong way". > > It's preposterous to not use the tools given to us by unix gods. You *were* doing it the wrong way. The assignment wasn't about the final result, whic

Re: [dev] I don't want to live on this planet anymore

2012-10-31 Thread Calvin Morrison
These days as long as you have a degree, it doesn't matter much where you attended, as long as you aren't in the bottom or top of the list. I do not attend this school to learn but for the degree. On 31 October 2012 13:54, Carlos Torres wrote: > You should think about transferring to another

Re: [dev] I don't want to live on this planet anymore

2012-10-31 Thread Carlos Torres
You should think about transferring to another school that's more challenging. On Oct 31, 2012 1:50 PM, "Calvin Morrison" wrote: > An example we had to do for a quick in class activity was writing a > program to student names (in a text files) into a list and print out their > respective grades

Re: [dev] I don't want to live on this planet anymore

2012-10-31 Thread Calvin Morrison
An example we had to do for a quick in class activity was writing a program to student names (in a text files) into a list and print out their respective grades (in another text file). With output like this: Joe 89 Bob 25 Mary 100 I quickly overcame the assignment with: paste names.txt grades.t

Re: [dev] I don't want to live on this planet anymore

2012-10-31 Thread Roberto E. Vargas Caballero
>My 3rd year computer science professor just said: >"In order to have a good program, it must be large" >*facepalm* This is something very common today. Teachers in the universities create minds that only can do very difficult things. I has to say that in my case was the same, and

Re: [dev] I don't want to live on this planet anymore

2012-10-31 Thread hiro
wtf, you didn't expect this when you went to study?

Re: [dev] I don't want to live on this planet anymore

2012-10-31 Thread Carlos Torres
Maybe your professor means it should be double spaced and times New Roman 14. On Oct 31, 2012 10:22 AM, "Calvin Morrison" wrote: > My 3rd year computer science professor just said: > > "In order to have a good program, it must be large" > > *facepalm* >

[dev] I don't want to live on this planet anymore

2012-10-31 Thread Calvin Morrison
My 3rd year computer science professor just said: "In order to have a good program, it must be large" *facepalm*