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"our wooden computer can simulate what an electric cable does." Theoretically, yes, but I still think that using C for all your programming needs is closer to
by zeteo 16y ago
"our wooden computer can simulate what an electric cable does."
Theoretically, yes, but I still think that using C for all your programming needs is closer to the degree of difficulty of "using only a hammer for all your woodwork" rather than the degree of difficulty of "replacing all your electric cables with miniature wooden computers".
- raganwald 16y agoWell, that's very true. But you know, if I meet someone who calls themselves a "C Programmer," I would be surprised if they were trying to build a client-side web application as a browser plug-in in C. C Programmers tend to ply their trade in places where their skills provide value, so "using C for all of their programming needs" might work out with very little difficulty, just as a carpenter would be unlikely to try to wire a house. Then again, there's nothing like expanding your horizons a little. While it's fun and surprisingly instructive (for me, at least) to think things like this through, I'm sure people will grant that debating how much the metaphor leaks says nothing about what you or I might think of C, or Javascript, or the benefits of learning a new programming language every year.
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- castis 16y agoI have become completely lost in this conversation and am now contemplating writing my next project in wood.
- raganwald 16y agotry Lego: http://aleptu.com/images/2009/04/lego_difference_engine.jpg http://aleptu.com/images/2009/04/lego_difference_engine.jpg
- jpr 16y agoHere's a wood compiler: http://bitbucket.org/cheery/z_woodc/overview http://bitbucket.org/cheery/z_woodc/overview
- mkramlich 16y agoYou can almost do that in Minecraft. Some folks have built simple computers in the game using blocks of stone, water, torches and explosives.