now they let *anybody* have a website

[M. Peck Dickens]

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http://www.linuxandmain.com
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After reading Mike's OOP rant, I must say that I am in total agreement.... 
The reusability of code coupled with code generation wizards and faster 
hardware/larger storage devices has produced a generation of programmers who 
cannot see the leaves for the tree's.... They reuse code not knowing why and 
as a consiquence, many times increasing the size of the code and/or object in 
question beyond all reason. They invoke wizards to save 5 minutes of 
programming time and as a result have 250 lines of useless sh!t mixed in with 
25 lines of productive code. I could go on and on and on and on and on and
on and on and on................................... 


What is particularly alarming about the whole thing is that many of the 
members of this generation are now teaching. As an example, My nephew is now 
attending Clemson University and is enrolled (2nd year) in thier engineering 
program. Due to his exposure (At what many would call an unreasonable age of 
5) he prefers to use vi  when programming code because he is at a minimum of 
2X the productivity level of those using the fancy IDE the school supplies 
(With lot's of eye candy, but it handles like a pig and the wizards that are 
included generate more spagetti than a good Italian resturaunt). The man who 
teaches the class (He has a Phd) got pissed. After a month of arguing with 
the teacher, my nephew finally went "underground" with the use of vi and only 
used it when no one was looking. Funny thing was that at the end of the 
semester, he and one other person were the only people in the class to get a 
"A" (Out of a class of more than 35). The fact of the matter is that Lee (My 
nephew) knows more about C or C++ programming than the teacher... 

It's a sad statement, but true.



Best

Peck