What was your first programming language?
When you first started to write program, what was the first programming language you learned? Please don't post repeats. If someone already posted it, just vote for it. ...
programming-culture
Programmers' last words
What would be the last words of particular kinds of programmers? For example, a Perl programmer: I don't have to write documentation. The source is formatted so well, I can read it later... or I'm just going to write a regular expression to find this, then I'm done... ...
Long-held, incorrect programming assumptions
I am doing some research into common errors and poor assumptions made by junior (and perhaps senior) software engineers. What was your longest-held assumption that was eventually corrected? For example, I misunderstood that the size of an integer is not a standard and instead depends on the language and target. A bit embarrassing to...
What is a "real" programming language?
Recently a teacher said "PHP isn't a real programming language", but only gave, in my opinion, weak justification: It's not compiled. It's scripted. It doesn't run on every platform. Is PHP not considered a "real" programming language? What is a "real" programming language? Must a language be compiled to be taken seriously? Backgr...
Are developers in Orange County, CA treated as second-class citizens?
May get mixed reactions to this question but not sure where else I can get my answer, so, worth a try. Does anyone feel like the reaction towards software developers in Orange County CA is that of second-class citizen? When someone asks me or a friend what we do for a profession and ther answer has something to do with code, myself ...
As a developer, why would I NOT want to use Dreamweaver as simply an advanced Code Editor?
I am an applications developer for a for-profit college in Virginia. At this point I could code all of what I do in notepad if I wanted to, or had to, but I prefer to use an IDE for speed and organization. As a Mac user, I've used such IDEs as NotePad++, Coda, TextMate, TextEdit, NetBeans, and of course Dreamweaver. At work my company...