Comment Re: Bubble Say POP! (Score 1) 53
They're putting it into bonds, or putting it in a bank at the worst. In both cases it pays interest which goes up as inflation goes up. They aren't the ones being hurt by inflation.
Comment Re:Anyone else here do APL? (Score 1) 41
That's kind of interesting because APL was strongly associated with remote work (and very very slow modems).
Comment Re: Bubble Say POP! (Score 1) 53
The supply curve and demand curve always meet at a point. The noise is just salespeople trying to increase demand through confusion, but it doesn't change the fundamental mathematical model.
Comment Re:What a shame (Score 1) 41
SQL was never referred to as a forth generation language until recently. A lot of revisionism has been done lately, like in this article which has no relation at all to reality: https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdev.to%2Fyokwejuste%2Fprog...
Forth generation languages were usually intended to be general use programming languages, the canonical example being Forth.
Forth generation languages were usually intended to be general use programming languages, the canonical example being Forth.
Comment Re:TIOBE is BASICally bullshit. (Score 1) 41
Reminds me of this code: https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.slashdot.org%2Fcomm...
Comment Re: Bubble Say POP! (Score 1) 53
Steady inflation is healthy. It devalues hoarded cash. The wealthy currently have unprecedented cash reserves.
Yeah, but they don't put it under a rock. They put it into short term investments, where it will mostly keep up with inflation. So that strategy doesn't do anything to rich people, it only hurts unsophisticated people.
Comment Re: Bubble Say POP! (Score 1, Troll) 53
You don't think that printing money causes inflation? Not even in theory?
Comment Re:TIOBE is BASICally bullshit. (Score 0) 41
LOL you are talking like a C# programmer.
Comment Re:TIOBE is BASICally bullshit. (Score 2) 41
Imagine the programer who chose to specialize on a language at some point in their education, spent a year or two dedicated to that language to get good enough to hire for full time permanent employment and start carving out a career,
Yeah, anyone who can't learn another programming language easily should not be a programmer. I don't enjoy working with those people.
Comment Re:What a shame (Score 1) 41
but it would take decades of work to build a strong set of libraries for all the things people use R for.
That's true, people use languages because of the libraries available.
Comment Python is BASIC (Score 3, Interesting) 41
Python is just BASIC for the modern world. People learn it in school because it's easy to learn, then never learn anything else.
Comment Re:Decent look (Score 1) 20
Yeah, but which desktop is flashy? None.
Comment Re:Talk about biting the hand hat feeds you. (Score 1) 117
Why would you send new tanks to Ukraine when they'll be destroyed in a few hours on the front lines?
Because the new tanks are the best tanks, and it is conceivable that they would want Ukraine to win.
Comment Re: frowned upon by 'traditional' software enginee (Score 0) 41
It sucks as a traditional software language.
I don't know any software engineer who "frowns" at it, just use the right tool for the job.
I don't know any software engineer who "frowns" at it, just use the right tool for the job.
Comment What a shame (Score 3, Interesting) 41
APL is a far superior language to R. It lost popularity in the 80s when PCs couldn't handle keymappings, but that's not a limitation anymore.
If people are using R, it's because they are doing statistics. R doesn't compete against other languages, it fills a different niche. Its use grows or shrinks depending on the size of that niche.
If people are using R, it's because they are doing statistics. R doesn't compete against other languages, it fills a different niche. Its use grows or shrinks depending on the size of that niche.
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