Re: [nyphp-talk] Learning to program the right way

2012-01-26 Thread Rukbat
On 1/26/2012 12:22 PM, Tedd Sperling wrote: On Jan 26, 2012, at 11:34 AM, Ajai Khattri wrote: On 1/26/12 11:03 AM, Rukbat wrote: As someone who started by writing machine code (not assembly, bits - and in octal, which was the big thing back when we wrote code on stone with wooden chisels), I

Re: [nyphp-talk] Learning to program the right way

2012-01-26 Thread Tedd Sperling
On Jan 26, 2012, at 11:34 AM, Ajai Khattri wrote: > On 1/26/12 11:03 AM, Rukbat wrote: >> As someone who started by writing machine code (not assembly, bits - and in >> octal, which was the big thing back when we wrote code on stone with wooden >> chisels), I can say that's very true. > > As so

Re: [nyphp-talk] Learning to program the right way

2012-01-26 Thread Gary Mort
Hi David, thanks for the excellent suggestions! In all honesty, I think some people are viewing my goals as loftier than they are. I don't plan on writing a book or designing a curriculum. Instead, I want to go through one of my old "Learn to program Object Oriented PHP" and rejuggle the les

Re: [nyphp-talk] Learning to program the right way

2012-01-26 Thread Ajai Khattri
On 1/26/12 11:03 AM, Rukbat wrote: As someone who started by writing machine code (not assembly, bits - and in octal, which was the big thing back when we wrote code on stone with wooden chisels), I can say that's very true. As someone who also cut his teeth writing code on 6502 and 68000 pro

Re: [nyphp-talk] Learning to program the right way

2012-01-26 Thread Rukbat
As someone who started by writing machine code (not assembly, bits - and in octal, which was the big thing back when we wrote code on stone with wooden chisels), I can say that's very true. I've sen some C code that, when it was compiled to assembly, was absolutely terrible. (And don't get me