Re:I am writing a programming language
by SwiftyBug on Saturday June 01, 2024 @03:56AM
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Not everyone has a CS degree. Many developers get into the field by the old self-learning path that works very well to build Ruby on Rails websites, but falls short when they want to do anything more complex. Many keep building RoR CRUDs forever. Some people want to do more with what they have.
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Re:I am writing a programming language
by constantcrying on Saturday June 01, 2024 @04:09AM
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Sure and nothing wrong with that. Especially if you have no CS degree it is a valuable exercise.
But I just didn't understand the way the article frames it. It's not something "weird" to do, it is something which has been done by many, many people, usually for educational reasons.
Re:I am writing a programming language
by rasheedstarlet on Saturday June 01, 2024 @02:01PM
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how does the article frame it?
Re:I am writing a programming language
by rasheedstarlet on Sunday June 02, 2024 @03:45PM
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Exactly, in my case I got into programming through interest and started teaching myself how to build web apps in python/django and continued pursuing my interest in learning a bunch of other interesting things.
"but falls short when they want to do anything more complex." yes right! and for situations like this doing hard projects goes a long way to make you a better engineer. You don't get to do them because you weren't taught in University or in bootcamps - How many bootcamps will even teach things like that?