Comment hmm (Score 0) 217
Programming language, much like a spoken language, influences the design of the systems being implemented.
That's a no brainer.
However, there's more to this than meets the eye.
To me, a programmer is an artist. Who paints with code. Take the artist's background and experiences. Cultural values. Their language. Their gender. And more. And ask them to implement something unique in their favorite language and my bet is - chances are you will have a different implementation, every time.
But programmers, to me, are not that much different than lawyers, than doctors, than scientists, than tv show and movie produces and directors, and so on. Each may have their vision or perspective. Each may think they're being unique.
But given the tools, language, and constraints they have to work with - with time, material , and resources - my suspicion is the product created will always be different.
But then again. i am dirt poor as a homeless guy after spending 30 years with ideas to build a holodeck and software for it, and would like to do it with Windows XP, OPENGL, and Visual Basic, and accordingly, no one wants to support me on this.
especially since Microsoft discontinued support for XP.
Especially since I want to take my time on it to do it right and not worry about budget with the hopes that the hardware will manifest itself.
Yep. I'm a dreamer.
having a chaotically ordered mind who firmly believes I have seen alternate realities and timelines probably doesn't help with the credibility building in a linear based world, right? I mean. How do I convince someone that alternate realities exist because that's what I am going to be creating and would like to get funded on, when no one seems to understand it and I am the only one who's seen them??
ughhh. Life as a former programmer and (in another reality somewhere) former NSA grunt.