It always makes me giggle whenever someone comments on this "tech" site and exposes a laughably narrow and counterproductive view of programming tools, computers, or anything else related to technology.
Or COBOL ones. Mind you, most of them don't know what interwebs are so you're unlikely to ever meet one unless you walk into a pub and there's a Fairport Convention tribute band playing.
That's interesting. Enjoy your giggles. I've got one screen, and if I'm programming, that's what I want to use it for. I find a book doesn't shove my program into the background, cover it up, and attempt to hide it. And this is even without using something that trys to pretend that the front application is the only one I could possibly be interested in seeing.
Books. Heh. (Score:1)
It always makes me giggle whenever this "tech" site publishes a review of something static and made of dead trees.
How about firing up some reviews of blogs for people who like to keep up with emerging tech instead?
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You assume that books cannot change, but books kept in an electronic format can, and do, receive updates.
Especially when your provider is threatened with a lawsuit of some kind and they pull it from your account.
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I know what you mean.
It always makes me giggle whenever someone comments on this "tech" site and exposes a laughably narrow and counterproductive view of programming tools, computers, or anything else related to technology.
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Did you stop giggling when you found out it's an e-book?
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You know, perl programmers never say anything quite as inane as this.
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Or COBOL ones. Mind you, most of them don't know what interwebs are so you're unlikely to ever meet one unless you walk into a pub and there's a Fairport Convention tribute band playing.
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Hey COBOL is awesome, especially the SCREEN SECTION :)
Why futz about with (n)curses for a day when you can knock out a beautifully laid out text UI in a 10 minutes!
(I'm 50% serious here..)
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That's interesting. Enjoy your giggles. I've got one screen, and if I'm programming, that's what I want to use it for. I find a book doesn't shove my program into the background, cover it up, and attempt to hide it. And this is even without using something that trys to pretend that the front application is the only one I could possibly be interested in seeing.