Pythons & Ladders

castironpi at gmail.com castironpi at gmail.com
Thu Feb 28 15:02:57 EST 2008


On Feb 28, 12:34 pm, Jeff Schwab <j... at schwabcenter.com> wrote:
> Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch wrote:
> > Hey a flame bait.  I'll bite.

[ redirected to OP ]

>>> OP.flamebait= 1.0.
>>> bait.bite()
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
AttributeError: 'FlameBait' object has no attribute 'bite'

> Excuse me?  Somebody posts about an introductory course on C++ covering
> "dynamic arrays using pointers" and literally says "kill me now," and
> I'm the flamer for asking him not to hold the language responsible for
> the bad course?
>
> > This a bit of an overreaction unless you
> > know what the course was about.
>
> It's supposed to be about C++, according to the OP.
>
> > If the goal is to learn about the
> > computer and that basically everything is a number in the end, then C is a
> > good choice.  More portable than assembler but nearly as close to the
> > metal.
>
> And a better choice than C++ would be.
>
> > To the OP: If you try C++, don't hold that crappy language against C#, D,
> > or Java.  ;-)
>
> What's the relevance of C#, D, or Java to the OP's post?

public static void synchronized flamewar() {}
virtual void flamewar() {}
def flamewar(): pass

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Programming is very hard.  And on that note!



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