Has any programming language ever affected your thought process in real life?
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Hello, everybody: First of all, excuse me for this extremely weird thing I'm going to say. I have the following problem: My favorite programming language, C++, is affecting the way I think in real life. I tend to assume other people have the ability (not to mention the willingness) to make huge abstractions when I talk to them. I expect them to be able to distinguish between a thing being referred and the reference itself. My ability to communicate my thoughts to the people I live, work and am supposed to have fun with is severely impaired by the fact most of these thoughts are "constructed" using concepts understandable only to C++ lawyers. Has anybody experienced a similar thing (not necessarily with C++)? Do I have to go to a psychologist or a psychiatrist? Is my problem beyond repair? Thanks in advance, Eduardo León
If you can play The Dance of Eternity (Dream Theater), then we shall make a band.
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Regular Expressions. I tend to "see" matches for certain groups of items, for example, shopping. /.*milk.*/i Whenever someone says something thought provoking, my mind starts making up regex's that will match various parts of the statement. And after a sixpack or 2, my mates aren't really sure what I mean when I slurr "slash whack dee plus slash beer".
Maybe not a programming issue, but still - when ending IM-conversations, I find that I keep writing 'exit'. So far I have realized that I was using the 'wrong syntax' before pressing enter..
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Hello, everybody: First of all, excuse me for this extremely weird thing I'm going to say. I have the following problem: My favorite programming language, C++, is affecting the way I think in real life. I tend to assume other people have the ability (not to mention the willingness) to make huge abstractions when I talk to them. I expect them to be able to distinguish between a thing being referred and the reference itself. My ability to communicate my thoughts to the people I live, work and am supposed to have fun with is severely impaired by the fact most of these thoughts are "constructed" using concepts understandable only to C++ lawyers. Has anybody experienced a similar thing (not necessarily with C++)? Do I have to go to a psychologist or a psychiatrist? Is my problem beyond repair? Thanks in advance, Eduardo León
If you can play The Dance of Eternity (Dream Theater), then we shall make a band.
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Hello, everybody: First of all, excuse me for this extremely weird thing I'm going to say. I have the following problem: My favorite programming language, C++, is affecting the way I think in real life. I tend to assume other people have the ability (not to mention the willingness) to make huge abstractions when I talk to them. I expect them to be able to distinguish between a thing being referred and the reference itself. My ability to communicate my thoughts to the people I live, work and am supposed to have fun with is severely impaired by the fact most of these thoughts are "constructed" using concepts understandable only to C++ lawyers. Has anybody experienced a similar thing (not necessarily with C++)? Do I have to go to a psychologist or a psychiatrist? Is my problem beyond repair? Thanks in advance, Eduardo León
If you can play The Dance of Eternity (Dream Theater), then we shall make a band.
Not a language but more the whole of programming has effected me. I tend to approach a problem in 'real' life just as I approach a problem in a program. Identify the problem --> divide it into smaller easier problems until solved. It's driving my parents mad, but I don't have any problems with it ;P
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Not programming language actually.. But once, I was sitting next to the computer and scribbling something on paper. I made a mistake on paper and was trying to correct it by hitting CTRL + Z on the keyboard ;P
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Hello, everybody: First of all, excuse me for this extremely weird thing I'm going to say. I have the following problem: My favorite programming language, C++, is affecting the way I think in real life. I tend to assume other people have the ability (not to mention the willingness) to make huge abstractions when I talk to them. I expect them to be able to distinguish between a thing being referred and the reference itself. My ability to communicate my thoughts to the people I live, work and am supposed to have fun with is severely impaired by the fact most of these thoughts are "constructed" using concepts understandable only to C++ lawyers. Has anybody experienced a similar thing (not necessarily with C++)? Do I have to go to a psychologist or a psychiatrist? Is my problem beyond repair? Thanks in advance, Eduardo León
If you can play The Dance of Eternity (Dream Theater), then we shall make a band.
Since I introduced COBOL's PERFORM VARYING into my home life, my wife hasn't stopped moaning.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Hello, everybody: First of all, excuse me for this extremely weird thing I'm going to say. I have the following problem: My favorite programming language, C++, is affecting the way I think in real life. I tend to assume other people have the ability (not to mention the willingness) to make huge abstractions when I talk to them. I expect them to be able to distinguish between a thing being referred and the reference itself. My ability to communicate my thoughts to the people I live, work and am supposed to have fun with is severely impaired by the fact most of these thoughts are "constructed" using concepts understandable only to C++ lawyers. Has anybody experienced a similar thing (not necessarily with C++)? Do I have to go to a psychologist or a psychiatrist? Is my problem beyond repair? Thanks in advance, Eduardo León
If you can play The Dance of Eternity (Dream Theater), then we shall make a band.
Learning C and being able to switch freely between Decimal, Hexadecimal and Octal etc. have certainly affected things... I once joined in a game of Canasta with my parents and found that I kept making runs of 8, 9, jack... leaving out the 10. - I thought I must be going mad, until I realised my mind was now thnking in base 13 instead of base 10. Maybe I should invent a game of Binary Domainos or something!
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You're no alone there. I've tried to press the power button by clicking on it. Fortunately nobody saw :doh:
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Hello, everybody: First of all, excuse me for this extremely weird thing I'm going to say. I have the following problem: My favorite programming language, C++, is affecting the way I think in real life. I tend to assume other people have the ability (not to mention the willingness) to make huge abstractions when I talk to them. I expect them to be able to distinguish between a thing being referred and the reference itself. My ability to communicate my thoughts to the people I live, work and am supposed to have fun with is severely impaired by the fact most of these thoughts are "constructed" using concepts understandable only to C++ lawyers. Has anybody experienced a similar thing (not necessarily with C++)? Do I have to go to a psychologist or a psychiatrist? Is my problem beyond repair? Thanks in advance, Eduardo León
If you can play The Dance of Eternity (Dream Theater), then we shall make a band.
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Hello, everybody: First of all, excuse me for this extremely weird thing I'm going to say. I have the following problem: My favorite programming language, C++, is affecting the way I think in real life. I tend to assume other people have the ability (not to mention the willingness) to make huge abstractions when I talk to them. I expect them to be able to distinguish between a thing being referred and the reference itself. My ability to communicate my thoughts to the people I live, work and am supposed to have fun with is severely impaired by the fact most of these thoughts are "constructed" using concepts understandable only to C++ lawyers. Has anybody experienced a similar thing (not necessarily with C++)? Do I have to go to a psychologist or a psychiatrist? Is my problem beyond repair? Thanks in advance, Eduardo León
If you can play The Dance of Eternity (Dream Theater), then we shall make a band.
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Not programming language actually.. But once, I was sitting next to the computer and scribbling something on paper. I made a mistake on paper and was trying to correct it by hitting CTRL + Z on the keyboard ;P
A friend of mine had to write the same sentence twince on a piece of paper for an exam, so he wrote it the first time and then he underlined it to select it. He then realised he had no CTRL, C and V keys on the sheet of paper. :)
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leonej_dt wrote:
First of all, excuse me for this extremely weird thing I'm going to say.
Since when did weirdness have to be excused in the Lounge? ;P
leonej_dt wrote:
Has any programming language ever affected your thought process in real life?
No.
Cheers, Vikram. (Cracked not one CCC, but two!)
Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
No.
Really ? Never ever ? Even never made an analogy such as "Yes, in programming, this would be a base class, these would be derived from it, and you could access the whole through this interface. In your case, the interface would be this and this...." ? Happens to me all the time.
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Hello, everybody: First of all, excuse me for this extremely weird thing I'm going to say. I have the following problem: My favorite programming language, C++, is affecting the way I think in real life. I tend to assume other people have the ability (not to mention the willingness) to make huge abstractions when I talk to them. I expect them to be able to distinguish between a thing being referred and the reference itself. My ability to communicate my thoughts to the people I live, work and am supposed to have fun with is severely impaired by the fact most of these thoughts are "constructed" using concepts understandable only to C++ lawyers. Has anybody experienced a similar thing (not necessarily with C++)? Do I have to go to a psychologist or a psychiatrist? Is my problem beyond repair? Thanks in advance, Eduardo León
If you can play The Dance of Eternity (Dream Theater), then we shall make a band.
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Hello, everybody: First of all, excuse me for this extremely weird thing I'm going to say. I have the following problem: My favorite programming language, C++, is affecting the way I think in real life. I tend to assume other people have the ability (not to mention the willingness) to make huge abstractions when I talk to them. I expect them to be able to distinguish between a thing being referred and the reference itself. My ability to communicate my thoughts to the people I live, work and am supposed to have fun with is severely impaired by the fact most of these thoughts are "constructed" using concepts understandable only to C++ lawyers. Has anybody experienced a similar thing (not necessarily with C++)? Do I have to go to a psychologist or a psychiatrist? Is my problem beyond repair? Thanks in advance, Eduardo León
If you can play The Dance of Eternity (Dream Theater), then we shall make a band.
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Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
No.
Really ? Never ever ? Even never made an analogy such as "Yes, in programming, this would be a base class, these would be derived from it, and you could access the whole through this interface. In your case, the interface would be this and this...." ? Happens to me all the time.
Rage wrote:
Even never made an analogy such as "Yes, in programming, this would be a base class, these would be derived from it, and you could access the whole through this interface. In your case, the interface would be this and this...." ?
OK, slowly step away from the computer, and pull the plug in one quick motion. If-else branching: existed long before computers, doesn't count. Looping: OK, excusable in the real world. Inheritance: You need help. ;P
Cheers, Vikram. (Cracked not one CCC, but two!)
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Regular Expressions. I tend to "see" matches for certain groups of items, for example, shopping. /.*milk.*/i Whenever someone says something thought provoking, my mind starts making up regex's that will match various parts of the statement. And after a sixpack or 2, my mates aren't really sure what I mean when I slurr "slash whack dee plus slash beer".
When i'm among fellow programmer classmates i tend to reply with 1 or 0 on a boolean based question. Or i tend to write sentences\songs in a programming language. while(!touch($this)) // MC Hammer sing('na na na na, na na, na na'); At work when i ring the doorbell and a colleague awnsers the bell we do the 3way handshake. I say SYN, he sais SYN-ACK, i say ACK. And he opens the door for me. Am i too much of a geek? ;)
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Rage wrote:
Even never made an analogy such as "Yes, in programming, this would be a base class, these would be derived from it, and you could access the whole through this interface. In your case, the interface would be this and this...." ?
OK, slowly step away from the computer, and pull the plug in one quick motion. If-else branching: existed long before computers, doesn't count. Looping: OK, excusable in the real world. Inheritance: You need help. ;P
Cheers, Vikram. (Cracked not one CCC, but two!)
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Learning C and being able to switch freely between Decimal, Hexadecimal and Octal etc. have certainly affected things... I once joined in a game of Canasta with my parents and found that I kept making runs of 8, 9, jack... leaving out the 10. - I thought I must be going mad, until I realised my mind was now thnking in base 13 instead of base 10. Maybe I should invent a game of Binary Domainos or something!
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Hello, everybody: First of all, excuse me for this extremely weird thing I'm going to say. I have the following problem: My favorite programming language, C++, is affecting the way I think in real life. I tend to assume other people have the ability (not to mention the willingness) to make huge abstractions when I talk to them. I expect them to be able to distinguish between a thing being referred and the reference itself. My ability to communicate my thoughts to the people I live, work and am supposed to have fun with is severely impaired by the fact most of these thoughts are "constructed" using concepts understandable only to C++ lawyers. Has anybody experienced a similar thing (not necessarily with C++)? Do I have to go to a psychologist or a psychiatrist? Is my problem beyond repair? Thanks in advance, Eduardo León
If you can play The Dance of Eternity (Dream Theater), then we shall make a band.
No specific programming language has affected my thought processes in real life. I have always thought about things differently than my family and most of my friends anyway. :) What programming has done to me is that when I have to write, or type something I suddenly find that I am using Pascal or Camel case. The amount of paper I have wasted because of that is probably responsible for at least half of global warming. :-D
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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Hello, everybody: First of all, excuse me for this extremely weird thing I'm going to say. I have the following problem: My favorite programming language, C++, is affecting the way I think in real life. I tend to assume other people have the ability (not to mention the willingness) to make huge abstractions when I talk to them. I expect them to be able to distinguish between a thing being referred and the reference itself. My ability to communicate my thoughts to the people I live, work and am supposed to have fun with is severely impaired by the fact most of these thoughts are "constructed" using concepts understandable only to C++ lawyers. Has anybody experienced a similar thing (not necessarily with C++)? Do I have to go to a psychologist or a psychiatrist? Is my problem beyond repair? Thanks in advance, Eduardo León
If you can play The Dance of Eternity (Dream Theater), then we shall make a band.