Couple of weeks back I got a Motorola Milestone phone. Finally, a Motorola phone that I can carry with pride. There are lots of things to like about the phone but I will list the negatives first.
Qwerty keypad design is not good. The keys are mushed together and you don’t get good feedback. Compare … read more
Video lectures of MIT course 6-00Fall-2008 “Introduction to Computer Science and Programming” are available as part of open courseware. One of the topics is “Dynamic Programming” where the knapsack problem is discussed. The programming language used in the course is Python. I wish however that scala or haskell was used instead.
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When learning a programming language, won’t it be nice if you can get some instant feedback on your code? Of course, you cannot expect feedback on bugs in your program. But each language has some built in functionality and idioms which a beginner may not be aware of and it will be helpful to get … read more
It is a very good idea to learn several programming languages. It makes you a better programmer. But if you want to devote all your energies to becoming a proficient and productive programmer and want to learn one powerful, freely available, high level general-purpose language (not domain specific), what would you choose?
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