Mail Archives: geda-user/2015/07/09/06:45:57
On Thu, 9 Jul 2015, Stefan Salewski wrote:
> On Thu, 2015-07-09 at 12:46 +0930, Erich Heinzle (a1039181 AT gmail DOT com)
> [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
>> The reason I have been using Java for a few recent utilities is that
>> it is
>> what is being taught in my comp sci subjects, and practical tasks help
>> me
>> to familiarise myself with the language.
>> If we remain vaguely compatible with what the majority of comp sci and
>> engineering students
>
> Yes I heart that Java is the basic language teached at universities
> today. But my impression was that smart students do not really love that
> language.
I don't like Java at all, but I have to cite a counter-example on this. If
you look at the participants of the big international independent
programming competitions, they often use Java. Some competitions even
limit what languages you can use (for example topcoder uses C++, C# and
Java AFAIK).
The most professional contestants are really really good - they solve
problems at an incredible rate with unbelievable accuracy. Even after
doing that for 20+ hours in a row... Not only that, they are equally
good in solving "classic" (algorithmic) problems, image processing, sound
processing, hardware control, etc. I got to know this beceause in the
near past I was preparing tasks for Challenge24 during 5 full seasons.
We, as task writers, had to race them from year to year to make tasks
even harder so that the best teams won't get bored by the end of the 24
hours final.
Regards,
Igor2
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