LaunchAcademy: "Java one of the oldest programming languages" What?
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I was interested in online learning in an attempt to help someone new to code. I stumbled upon LaunchAcademy.com (a bootcamp). Costs $15,000! What? Then, in the "what language will I learn" section there is this:
Java is one of the oldest* programming languages and is _readable on many different platforms_. This means it is easier for developers to write a string of code that can be run on just about anything. Python, like Ruby, emphasizes readability and allows developers to create powerful programs with fewer lines of code than Java or C++. (1)
Oldest*? Oh, right let's forget about C++, C, Ada, Fortran, COBOL, ad infinitum... "readable on many different platforms" Uh, you can generally read any source code on any platform. Running however... But even worse, if you look up Java and Python on wikipedia you will see : Python : first appeared around 1991 Java: first appeared around 1995 If I had any confidence in the $15,000 program before reading that, it was at that point that it evaporated. (1)Launch Academy: A Full-Stack Bootcamp[^]
My forthcoming book, Launch Your Android App, is available for pre-sale at Amazon.com -- releases on April 1, 2016 (no joke). :)
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I was interested in online learning in an attempt to help someone new to code. I stumbled upon LaunchAcademy.com (a bootcamp). Costs $15,000! What? Then, in the "what language will I learn" section there is this:
Java is one of the oldest* programming languages and is _readable on many different platforms_. This means it is easier for developers to write a string of code that can be run on just about anything. Python, like Ruby, emphasizes readability and allows developers to create powerful programs with fewer lines of code than Java or C++. (1)
Oldest*? Oh, right let's forget about C++, C, Ada, Fortran, COBOL, ad infinitum... "readable on many different platforms" Uh, you can generally read any source code on any platform. Running however... But even worse, if you look up Java and Python on wikipedia you will see : Python : first appeared around 1991 Java: first appeared around 1995 If I had any confidence in the $15,000 program before reading that, it was at that point that it evaporated. (1)Launch Academy: A Full-Stack Bootcamp[^]
My forthcoming book, Launch Your Android App, is available for pre-sale at Amazon.com -- releases on April 1, 2016 (no joke). :)
Then once you sign up the course is actually about javascript.
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Then once you sign up the course is actually about javascript.
F-ES Sitecore wrote:
Then once you sign up the course is actually about javascript.
LOL!!! :laugh: Well, at least LaunchAcademy is providing the laughs. :)
My forthcoming book, Launch Your Android App, is available for pre-sale at Amazon.com -- releases on April 1, 2016 (no joke). :)
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I was interested in online learning in an attempt to help someone new to code. I stumbled upon LaunchAcademy.com (a bootcamp). Costs $15,000! What? Then, in the "what language will I learn" section there is this:
Java is one of the oldest* programming languages and is _readable on many different platforms_. This means it is easier for developers to write a string of code that can be run on just about anything. Python, like Ruby, emphasizes readability and allows developers to create powerful programs with fewer lines of code than Java or C++. (1)
Oldest*? Oh, right let's forget about C++, C, Ada, Fortran, COBOL, ad infinitum... "readable on many different platforms" Uh, you can generally read any source code on any platform. Running however... But even worse, if you look up Java and Python on wikipedia you will see : Python : first appeared around 1991 Java: first appeared around 1995 If I had any confidence in the $15,000 program before reading that, it was at that point that it evaporated. (1)Launch Academy: A Full-Stack Bootcamp[^]
My forthcoming book, Launch Your Android App, is available for pre-sale at Amazon.com -- releases on April 1, 2016 (no joke). :)
raddevus wrote:
Oh, right let's forget about C++, C, Ada, Fortran, COBOL, ad infinitum...
Other than C/C++; none of those are reasonable choices for new development; and thus irrelevant to the target audience. Python might have a few more years on the odometer; but AFAIK lingered in obscurity for a while vs Java exploding all over the place when first released.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
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raddevus wrote:
Oh, right let's forget about C++, C, Ada, Fortran, COBOL, ad infinitum...
Other than C/C++; none of those are reasonable choices for new development; and thus irrelevant to the target audience. Python might have a few more years on the odometer; but AFAIK lingered in obscurity for a while vs Java exploding all over the place when first released.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
The humor of the situation was lost on you. :) You are correct about all of your points, but far less funny than the incongruity of calling Java "one of the oldest languages".
My forthcoming book, Launch Your Android App, is available for pre-sale at Amazon.com -- releases on April 1, 2016 (no joke). :)
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The humor of the situation was lost on you. :) You are correct about all of your points, but far less funny than the incongruity of calling Java "one of the oldest languages".
My forthcoming book, Launch Your Android App, is available for pre-sale at Amazon.com -- releases on April 1, 2016 (no joke). :)
Yeah, created by Java Man back in the day.
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raddevus wrote:
Oh, right let's forget about C++, C, Ada, Fortran, COBOL, ad infinitum...
Other than C/C++; none of those are reasonable choices for new development; and thus irrelevant to the target audience. Python might have a few more years on the odometer; but AFAIK lingered in obscurity for a while vs Java exploding all over the place when first released.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
Ahem. If you're doing mathematical processing, Fortran is still a fine choice today.
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Ahem. If you're doing mathematical processing, Fortran is still a fine choice today.
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
Ahem. If you're doing mathematical processing, Fortran is still a fine choice today.
And if you're writing financial transaction software to run on a mainframe for a large >50 year old bank, COBOL is a fine choice today. Likewise for ADA and DoD Avionics. All're very small niches today; and poor choices to start with if you're interested in general employability within a few weeks as seems to be the main goal for bootcamp attendees. And at that, AFAIK Python + NumPy has been steadily eroding Fortran's share of scientific computing from the bottom up.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
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I was interested in online learning in an attempt to help someone new to code. I stumbled upon LaunchAcademy.com (a bootcamp). Costs $15,000! What? Then, in the "what language will I learn" section there is this:
Java is one of the oldest* programming languages and is _readable on many different platforms_. This means it is easier for developers to write a string of code that can be run on just about anything. Python, like Ruby, emphasizes readability and allows developers to create powerful programs with fewer lines of code than Java or C++. (1)
Oldest*? Oh, right let's forget about C++, C, Ada, Fortran, COBOL, ad infinitum... "readable on many different platforms" Uh, you can generally read any source code on any platform. Running however... But even worse, if you look up Java and Python on wikipedia you will see : Python : first appeared around 1991 Java: first appeared around 1995 If I had any confidence in the $15,000 program before reading that, it was at that point that it evaporated. (1)Launch Academy: A Full-Stack Bootcamp[^]
My forthcoming book, Launch Your Android App, is available for pre-sale at Amazon.com -- releases on April 1, 2016 (no joke). :)
Relatively speaking C, C++ and Ada are fairly new. Around 1980. Ada was supposed to be a 4th generation language but I have yet to figure how that is true. Guess it is sort of like saying the F-35 is so much better than the F-16. FORTRAN 1957 Ada 1980 Algol 1958 Basic 1964 C 1978 C++ 1983 COBOL 1957 APL 1964 Pascal 1970
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Relatively speaking C, C++ and Ada are fairly new. Around 1980. Ada was supposed to be a 4th generation language but I have yet to figure how that is true. Guess it is sort of like saying the F-35 is so much better than the F-16. FORTRAN 1957 Ada 1980 Algol 1958 Basic 1964 C 1978 C++ 1983 COBOL 1957 APL 1964 Pascal 1970
Clifford Nelson wrote:
Pascal 1970
I recently picked up an old copy of Niklaus Wirth's, Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs (Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs (Prentice-Hall Series in Automatic Computation): Niklaus Wirth: 9780130224187: Amazon.com: Books[^]) It's amazing how much of that book is completely relevant today. But, of course, no one reads that kind of stuff today. Just online tutorials. :)
My forthcoming book, Launch Your Android App, is available for pre-sale at Amazon.com -- releases on April 1, 2016 (no joke). :)
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Clifford Nelson wrote:
Pascal 1970
I recently picked up an old copy of Niklaus Wirth's, Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs (Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs (Prentice-Hall Series in Automatic Computation): Niklaus Wirth: 9780130224187: Amazon.com: Books[^]) It's amazing how much of that book is completely relevant today. But, of course, no one reads that kind of stuff today. Just online tutorials. :)
My forthcoming book, Launch Your Android App, is available for pre-sale at Amazon.com -- releases on April 1, 2016 (no joke). :)
I still have my copy of this book from my university days - should go take a flip through it again...
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I still have my copy of this book from my university days - should go take a flip through it again...
Andreas Mertens wrote:
I still have my copy of this book from my university days
:thumbsup::thumbsup: It has some very interesting, succinct algorithms in it.
My forthcoming book, Launch Your Android App, is available for pre-sale at Amazon.com -- releases on April 1, 2016 (no joke). :)
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Then once you sign up the course is actually about javascript.
and to learn that javascript was first developed in the late 1800s. :sigh:
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Relatively speaking C, C++ and Ada are fairly new. Around 1980. Ada was supposed to be a 4th generation language but I have yet to figure how that is true. Guess it is sort of like saying the F-35 is so much better than the F-16. FORTRAN 1957 Ada 1980 Algol 1958 Basic 1964 C 1978 C++ 1983 COBOL 1957 APL 1964 Pascal 1970
LISP 1958 (contemporaneous with Algol same year) COBOL 1959 (based on Adm. Grace Hoppper's FLOW-MATIC of 1955-1959)
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