biston7

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   by biston7 8y ago

   Yeah I just disagree. I actually think Java is a terrible teaching language. Folks for whom Java is the closest they come to the hardware tend not to understand the internals of how computers actually work well enough to do things like unde
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   by biston7 8y ago

   I wouldn't think of it in those terms. Most programmers aren't "amazingly good" at it. So, I'd say most work as ... programmers. I just wanted to make this point because I've repeatedly seen folks frustrated by
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   by biston7 8y ago

   You should learn C. Most current engineers don't, and therefore the fundamentals of things like memory allocation, data types, call stacks, etc. remain a mystery to them. I have one other comment to make. In my opinion, being a strong
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   by biston7 8y ago

   You're comparing apples and oranges. Rocketry is a domain which until very recently was completely the province of governments. Lack of competition definitely causes problems with innovation. Also, I've read some articles that sug