Rudolf Olah

"Wow, down-voted for telling the truth? Amazing!" - Rudolf Olah

"What about the 20s and 30s? And what about in the 1800s? Was "rebellious independence" a natural part of youthful development back then as well? *edit: You're also talking about America. What about in the rest of the world?*" - Rudolf Olah

"Wouldn't you want to use a `do...while` loop? I assume the program is going to be executed at least once?" - Rudolf Olah

"But what if you don't believe in God? .... OH GOD :O" - Rudolf Olah

">One step better (in my opinion) is for example the approach of the HTML library that comes with Compojure in Clojure, You might like Smalltalk and Seaside then. They do the same thing." - Rudolf Olah

"Crippling the software should be an unthinkable action on the part of the software developer. This shit should count as fraud as well." - Rudolf Olah

">It has this total shitbox custom scripting language that DOESN'T INCLUDE FUCKING LOOPS OR ARRAYS. Did it at least have goto? :S" - Rudolf Olah

"THINK BEFORE YOU CODE." - Rudolf Olah

"Write your own language from scratch? Could be fun." - Rudolf Olah

">then you're stuck designing/coding/testing/maintaining $module_y yourself Except that `$module_y` will only have the exact functionality you need and you don't have to think of it as a separate piece to maintain." - Rudolf Olah

"I heard they were cutting back on those, what with the recession and all. Unit-tests are the cheapest time-killer they can afford!" - Rudolf Olah

"You can still use Tcl if you want. Programming languages are just tools, if the tool still works, then use it :) Oh, I see...you're seeking employment to use that particular tool. Apply for some GTK/Python jobs and when you go in for an interview, ask if they've already written the application or if they're about to. If they're about to, maybe you can change their minds by showing your application and how awesome it is? I don't know, companies that need software are generally assholes and somehow they choose tools without any advice on how good/bad they are." - Rudolf Olah

"Oh wow, you must live in the golden age where there's only a single computer architecture and a single library that you're mandated to use! And hey, look, a single compiler and the linker's chosen for you too! I've compiled code for x86 on Windows, GNU/Linux, and for a PowerPC Mac. I was not surprised that each platform required me to use different tools. I don't know why you would be either. It's an alright business strategy. Lots of companies have engaged in writing ports of software." - Rudolf Olah

"Computing Science or Informatics. I like those." - Rudolf Olah

"Why do they talk about "open source" instead of "free software"? They could even say "FREEDOM software"! But I guess they wanna talk about the quality of the software even if most proprietary software is crap anyway. I don't get it. Why aren't we talking about the ethics of it all?" - Rudolf Olah

"It's okay to think through the fucking problem before you write a single line of code." - Rudolf Olah

"No this is fine. As a GNU/Linux person I would prefer if the GNU concentrated less on Linux and pushed other alternatives (such as Haiku and Android)." - Rudolf Olah

"Then they have to re-write things. Which is *fine*. How many times have people re-written the same old libraries and applications anyway?" - Rudolf Olah