Comments on: How Devotees of Older, More Traditional Programming Language X See Newer, Different Programming Language Y http://www.globalnerdy.com/2008/02/17/how-devotees-of-programming-language-x-see-newer-different-programming-language-y/ Tech Evangelist Joey deVilla on Shopify, startups, software development, tech news and other nerdy stuff Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:18:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: BenRifkah http://www.globalnerdy.com/2008/02/17/how-devotees-of-programming-language-x-see-newer-different-programming-language-y/comment-page-1/#comment-982 BenRifkah Sun, 17 Feb 2008 23:49:36 +0000 http://globalnerdy.com/2008/02/17/how-devotees-of-programming-language-x-see-newer-different-programming-language-y/#comment-982 A funny variation on A. Clarke's third law. <blockquote><a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufficiently_advanced_technology' rel="nofollow"> Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic</a></blockquote> I've been searching for a way to voice this particular corollary for some time. Such as "Any sufficiently terse syntax is indistinguishable from line noise". Such as Perl as seen from a Pythoners perspective. A funny variation on A. Clarke’s third law.


Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic

I’ve been searching for a way to voice this particular corollary for some time. Such as “Any sufficiently terse syntax is indistinguishable from line noise”. Such as Perl as seen from a Pythoners perspective.

]]> By: » How ICT Toronto Sees the Local Tech Community » The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century : Joey deVilla’s Personal Blog http://www.globalnerdy.com/2008/02/17/how-devotees-of-programming-language-x-see-newer-different-programming-language-y/comment-page-1/#comment-981 » How ICT Toronto Sees the Local Tech Community » The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century : Joey deVilla’s Personal Blog Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:16:38 +0000 http://globalnerdy.com/2008/02/17/how-devotees-of-programming-language-x-see-newer-different-programming-language-y/#comment-981 [...] use the same comic for a slightly different purpose over at this article in Global Nerdy.) This entry was written by Joey deVilla and posted on February 17, 2008 at 4:12 pm and filed [...] [...] use the same comic for a slightly different purpose over at this article in Global Nerdy.) This entry was written by Joey deVilla and posted on February 17, 2008 at 4:12 pm and filed [...]

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