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geekhack Community => New Members => Topic started by: riotonthebay on Sat, 23 November 2013, 09:46:35

Title: Hello, new friends
Post by: riotonthebay on Sat, 23 November 2013, 09:46:35

Hello,

I'm a programmer and spend every day in front of a keyboard. Up until recently that meant a MBP chiclet, but as of a week ago it's been a QF Stealth with browns. I'm really enjoying it so far and I can see how this becomes addicting.

Unrelated, I love programming and am happy to talk to anyone about it.

Cheers.

Title: Re: Hello, new friends
Post by: deager4 on Sat, 23 November 2013, 12:24:12

Welcome to geekhack!! I'm pretty new here as well. Its nice to know that there are other programmers out there. What language is your favorite?

Title: Re: Hello, new friends
Post by: riotonthebay on Sat, 23 November 2013, 12:30:08

It's gotta be Clojure. I've not seen another language or community that I'm so consistently impressed with.

However, I've been very impressed recently with Julia (http://julialang.org/). It's a great language and does some really neat things, like using expressive run-time types and simple inference for performance instead of correctness.

I'd love to hear what other people pick. =)

Title: Re: Hello, new friends
Post by: deager4 on Sat, 23 November 2013, 12:52:34

That's really cool. I've never used either. I mostly program in java, python, and occasionally javascript. I just started my Computer Engineering major though, so I'll probably learn some new things over the next couple of years.

Title: Re: Hello, new friends
Post by: riotonthebay on Sat, 23 November 2013, 15:20:49

I unfortunately doubt you'll get any exposure to Clojure or Julia, but you should definitely explore outside the bounds of your degree!