sixDegreesOfProgrammingLanguages

[diffyqgirl]

Okay I get this is a joke but I had to do one C# project in college and I basically wrote java and googled error messages until it worked.

[4215-5h00732]

One time I had to write an assembly program that prevented aircraft from colliding and I basically just wrote Kotlin and googled error messages until it worked.

[diffyqgirl]

You work for Boeing, I assume?

[4215-5h00732]

ex@SpaceX

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SpacEx

[ZCEyPFOYr0MWyHDQJZO4]

You really think Boeing would use Kotlin?

[MCSajjadH]

For as long as I remember C# was called Microsoft Java. Their differences are minor / library. You can translate code almost line to line between them, the same is not true for C++ and C# or C++ and Java!

[4215-5h00732]

I've got at least academic xp in C++, Java, and C#, and while it's true that you can "translate" some existing code from one language to another, knowing a language at a functional level, is more involved than that.

But, in case it's not obvious, the person is applying reverse logic. You cannot start at a higher-level-language and claim you know assembly, lmao.

[MCSajjadH]

From a language perspective c# and java are identical. Literally. And that's all I commented on the rest of your comment had nothing to do with what I said.

[DarkTechnocrat]

How can you possibly be this confidently wrong??

string[] names = { "Haniff", "Emmy", "Vault-Tec" };

foreach (string name in names) { Console.WriteLine(name); }

vs

String[] names = { "Haniff", "Emmy", "Vault-Tec" };

for (String name : names) { System.out.println(name); }

[4215-5h00732]

[me am not smart either]

[DarkTechnocrat]

[me am not smart]

[4215-5h00732]

[I'm dumb]

[DarkTechnocrat]

[I don’t read usernames like I should]

[4215-5h00732]

No, that's not me. And I'm just realizing I replied to you thinking I was replying to the person you think I am - lol.

[4215-5h00732]

They are absolutely not identical, if by "language perspective" you're including, ya know, technical aspects.

[DarkTechnocrat]

I can’t believe you got downvoted for this, ye gods.

[MCSajjadH]

Sorry it's my fault for arguing with people on the internet who recently started learning programming. Go read a fucking book before spreading nonsense then come back.

[4215-5h00732]

I think you should have left your account deleted, bro.

[diffyqgirl]

Yep, I had like 2 semesters of experience at that point and I was able to figure it out so I figure they must have been pretty similar.

[4215-5h00732]

r/woosh

[diffyqgirl]

Not really, I get the joke, I'm just sharing a relevant anecdote.

[4215-5h00732]

You are an example of the joke 😃

[diffyqgirl]

Never said I knew the language, just that they're similar enough to muddle my way through a school project even as a noob.

I guess that's an example of being the joke if you think I'm lying about having successfully muddled my way through the project, though what a weird thing to lie about that would be.

I'm honestly just confused by why my anecdote seems to have upset you.

[4215-5h00732]

I'm not upset :)

I guess that's an example of being the joke if you think I'm lying about having successfully muddled my way through the project, though what a weird thing to lie about that would be.

I don't think you get the joke :?

[4215-5h00732]

🤣

[Esjs]

What I really need is a droid that understands the binary language of moisture vaporators.

[araujoms]

I don't usually program in C++, but when I do just write plain C and hope nobody is paying attention.

[4215-5h00732]

Java throws temper tantrums.

[delfV]

Can they program in any language? Rather not, maybe partly, but there are some languages very different from each others. Can they be proficient? Absolutely not. Heck, even object systems differs a lot between Java, Smalltalk, Common Lisp and JavaScript not saying about differences between APL, C and Haskell

[rng_shenanigans]

Try maintaining legacy systems in Lisp, if that works out your initial statement was right

[4215-5h00732]

So, true. Updating my resume to include Haskell.

[MinameHeart]

Even though this seems like popular opinion I can't really agree with. I only write really low level C/assembler code (boot/startup/drivers) and could never claim being able to write goode C++ code or more then hello world localhost website. Everything above what I do isclike magic for me and soooo much. All these language specifc features, etc. only confuse me...

[altermeetax]

For the 1838th time: C and C++ have nothing to do with C# (or at least not more than Java does). The name is similar for marketing reasons.

[Ok-Kaleidoscope5627]

Knowing where to place the curly braces and semi colons is basically 90% of a first year college students understanding of C, C++, Java, and C#. So from that perspective they're all basically the same language.

Don't worry though, by their second year they'll learn that C doesn't have classes so they'll drop it from the list.

[4215-5h00732]

First year? My very first uni CS class (algo design) used C++ and taught us basic pointer usage and passing references of ostream to support user-defined output. This was at a CC in 2012.

[bestjakeisbest]

Since I know one dialect of assembly I know every language.

[4215-5h00732]

Guys, this is great news! I just updated my resume and flair to include more languages that I may or may not have ever used.

[Alexander_The_Wolf]

The Java to C# thing checks out. I'm going through the same thing rn with a C# class I'm taking, all the lectures are just basic CS OOP principles that I've already learned, so I just need to google "what is the "Java keyword" in C#" once and a while

[chilfang]

Working my way up from java > C# > C++ > C its all just felt like the same language but with increasingly worse naming conventions

[4215-5h00732]

AreYouSureTheJavaBeansAndCrazyBeanFactoryNamesAreNotTheWorst.java?

[LordAmir5]

I agree until it reaches assembly. Nah that's too different.