Subtlety in Code

The more I deal with various languages, the more I realize that some resonate with me with a power far beyond what I was initially expecting. I prefer languages like Python, Scala and Ruby, and my preference for these types of languages is incredibly strong. Interestingly, I think that if my wife programmed, she would prefer Java or C#, or maybe even vanilla C. Why? The answer has nothing to do with the...

Language and Culture

I’ve been out of the tech blogging loop lately working on a really big contract creating a GUI for a big modeling application in .NET. It’s a good contract, with lots of hard aspects and challenges (which I like) but many of the challenges involve things that, while difficult for me, are easy for people who code in C# more than once every 5 years.1 I like writing blog posts as I learn things- to add to...