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A little off-topic, but it makes me a little sad that the exemplar my_great_project it mentions is in JavaScript. It's not because of the language itself. It's

A little off-topic, but it makes me a little sad that the exemplar my_great_project it mentions is in JavaScript. It's not because of the language itself. It's because it's implied that the platform my_great_project would be built on is "Chrome, the new C runtime". This is the "platform of the future" and that makes me kinda sad. EDIT: clarified

ihuman 13y ago
How come? JavaScript is a pretty popular language nowadays.
- sneak 13y ago
  Macklemore is a pretty popular rapper these days, too. Doesn't make 'em any good, though.
Zikes 13y ago
Programming languages are a means to an end. Greatness can be achieved in a variety of environments.
- sdegutis 13y ago
  It's not because of the language itself. It's because it's implied that the platform my_great_project would be built on is "Chrome, the new C runtime". This is the "platform of the future" and that makes me kinda sad.
  - Zikes 13y ago
    C/C++ won't be going anywhere for a long, long time. Don't worry. However, if it really bugs you that much, why not create a Great C Club? The necessity of a good community web site to power it notwithstanding.
    - sdegutis 13y ago
      It's not that I'm attached to C and C++. It's that I think the Web as a development platform is kind of a Rube Goldberg machine, and I think we as a community of programmers could probably do a whole lot better.
      - frou_dh 13y ago
        It's not about what's better or worse. It's about where the audience is. The web absolutely nailed reach, but if you're fine with forfeiting that, you're still free to build with whatever you fancy.
      - bithive123 13y ago
        Are the lower layers really any less Goldbergian though? I would bet that everything from the physical hardware on up is laden with path dependencies, workarounds, and efficiency vs portability tradeoffs. There's more to goodness than technical aesthetics -- ubiquity is important and arguably harder to achieve.
macournoyer 13y ago
I guess it's safe to say that most web dev know JavaScript. That's why I chose to use it as an example and will also use it to present projects in the club.
- m0a0t0 13y ago
  So is it just for web devs then?
  - macournoyer 13y ago
    Not at all. But I'm assuming some knowledge of web development. For example, one project will be to code an HTML5 game, but you can choose to implement it in C or Java. You'll need to be able to understand JavaScript/HTML to learn from the screencasts that will present the project since I will be using JS and HTML5 canvas. That's just an example, another project idea I have atm is implementing language or compiler.

ihuman 13y ago

How come? JavaScript is a pretty popular language nowadays.

sneak 13y ago
Macklemore is a pretty popular rapper these days, too. Doesn't make 'em any good, though.

Zikes 13y ago

Programming languages are a means to an end. Greatness can be achieved in a variety of environments.

sdegutis 13y ago
It's not because of the language itself. It's because it's implied that the platform my_great_project would be built on is "Chrome, the new C runtime". This is the "platform of the future" and that makes me kinda sad.
- Zikes 13y ago
  C/C++ won't be going anywhere for a long, long time. Don't worry. However, if it really bugs you that much, why not create a Great C Club? The necessity of a good community web site to power it notwithstanding.
  - sdegutis 13y ago
    It's not that I'm attached to C and C++. It's that I think the Web as a development platform is kind of a Rube Goldberg machine, and I think we as a community of programmers could probably do a whole lot better.
    - frou_dh 13y ago
      It's not about what's better or worse. It's about where the audience is. The web absolutely nailed reach, but if you're fine with forfeiting that, you're still free to build with whatever you fancy.
    - bithive123 13y ago
      Are the lower layers really any less Goldbergian though? I would bet that everything from the physical hardware on up is laden with path dependencies, workarounds, and efficiency vs portability tradeoffs. There's more to goodness than technical aesthetics -- ubiquity is important and arguably harder to achieve.

macournoyer 13y ago

I guess it's safe to say that most web dev know JavaScript. That's why I chose to use it as an example and will also use it to present projects in the club.

m0a0t0 13y ago
So is it just for web devs then?
- macournoyer 13y ago
  Not at all. But I'm assuming some knowledge of web development. For example, one project will be to code an HTML5 game, but you can choose to implement it in C or Java. You'll need to be able to understand JavaScript/HTML to learn from the screencasts that will present the project since I will be using JS and HTML5 canvas. That's just an example, another project idea I have atm is implementing language or compiler.