A computer question.

[rake]

Somewhere in recent times Programs became Applications .

So;

Are the Computer Programmers now known as Computer Applicators? 



Inquiring minds just need to know????

[shooter]

at least they're soft when applying stuff 


programmers died during Y2K, they were replaced by coders, which are dyeing as we type, replaced by programs the computer creates on it's own, artificially of course

[acheld]

Well, no.       But good thought!

I have a number of "programmer" friends who would pull out their knives if they read this.  No sure why,  but they do not like being labelled as a programmer.

They call themselves:  Coders, software engineers, (just) engineers, analysts, but NOT "programmers."  I have no clue why this is so.

I programmed Fortran in HS/college and later as a hobby; I was definitely a programmer, but not a pro.  Maybe that's the difference.

[Rontone]

which are dyeing as we type

And typing as they die...  [ba dum tishhh]

[rake]

I figured with everyone I know angry at how MicroSlop is flushing themselves right down the pishadoo a bit of
computer levity was in order. Actually I went to an open mic at a comedy club with a few friends and they ragged on me to get up.
This got a really good response. So did my other stuff but the mods might have to scramble for the delete button! 

[shooter]

I started writing code circa '79 at machine level, 1101.....advanced to Assemblers n dis-assemblers, MOV F2 LOC 3A, jumped up to tiny-BASIC, FOR X = 1 to 10.   but at heart I've always been the hardware guy


the whole field of programming has gone the way of College sports, a once honorable pursuit has become corrupted by chasing the money


to paraphrase the original Tesla;
"Physic's was an honorable field of endeavor until the mathematicians got involved"

[acheld]

to paraphrase the original Tesla;
"Physic's was an honorable field of endeavor until the mathematicians got involved"

  Careful now, that's exactly why I got into Fortran . . .

As I heard the story, Tesla couldn't stand imaginary numbers.  That said, he was a competent maths guy.

[bmccowan]

the whole field of programming has gone the way of College sports, a once honorable pursuit has become corrupted by chasing the money

Love it!
Of course we can also:
the whole field of (insert a pursuit of choice) has gone the way of College sports, a once honorable pursuit has become corrupted by chasing the money

[shooter]

Tesla couldn't stand imaginary numbers

 
imagine the math guy; "That can't work, the math says so" as the Physicist is MEASURING "it" working
so math goes n creates an imaginary friend


when I was 1st made to crank out complex equations just to "prove I could", I was all in the teachers stuff.


I went down the rabbit hole of "history of imaginary numbers"
supposedly some Euro-dude of 1800-somethins was waiting on his date so he was just putting random numbers into quadratic equations n stumbled on a number-set that "wouldn't calculate", spent the next few days coming up with a "work-around"   


coming from the field of super-conductors, the physics guys had no problem accepting "It's working" without getting all panty-bunched that "Normal math" couldn't account for it's working


was always humbled working on those spooky-math systems