barrk/katie~!

Probably = WILL
I WILL FINISH LEARNING C++.

Damn. I made a spelling mistake?
I'm so embarassed :o.
How could I let this happen? :(.
This can't be happening.
My day is ruined :rolleyes:.

Hey Matt, no biggy, the day isn't ruined, in fact, this is going to be one of the greatest days in your life :) Although i think i'm going to stay with C++ for a long long time :p

Matt mate, I think the point was that nobody ever finishes learning C++. Except maybe Bjarne Stroustrup, but he wrote it.

I see.
So there is that much to C++?
You can learn so much, and yet, you still can learn so much more?
Would you say the same for VB?

Well there really isn't much to VB. What allows you to do the fancy stuff is all API, and that's nothing to do with VB really. That's just Windows. Perhaps with VB7 or .NET or whatever, there will be some interesting inheritance and polymorphism to play with, but I'm not sure if you'd really call that VB. I suppose you could say the same for C++ though, the whole OO paradigm is pretty language-independant.

Hmm, I'm not sure really where the language stops and the other stuff starts.

Well Harry, I think getting hang of all the C++ commands/concepts doesn't mean you've learned all about C++. I think when you study algoritms, you will find there's unlimited information, just waiting for you.

Is that specifically C/C++ though? Or is it just algorithms and data structures? What's language-dependant?

Harry,

Hadn't seen your reply. DERA is the (as you know) executive agency that deals with Defence Research. It is still 'government'. Why don't you try and get into one of the Games companies if that is what you really want to do. The Civil Service is safe, but not particularly well paid and you meet too many 'time-servers' whose only function is to make you as brain-dead as they are.

Not that I've had bad experiences of the CS or anything:(

Good luck.

P.

PS Absolutely agree with you about algorithms, they are concepts that are totally language independent. You can implement a sort algorithm in C, C++, Delphi, VB or whatever - end result is the same.

Hey, i was thinking about the algoritms as language independent too, i just happened to mention C++ there ;) WEll sometimes you need to change them a bit before implementing them in different languages..

Hmm, getting tired i guess, it's 1 pm and i should get some sleep...

Hey Keddie,

Wasn't meaning any disrespect. I know you knew that, but people sometimes think that they must use Language X for Purpose Y, whereas a truly useful algorithm will be atottally independent concept - a thing of beauty unsullied by language dependent definitions.

Why are you sleeping at 1pm? Siesta - thought that was for hot blooded Latinos, not Finns:D

Cheers,

P.

hey paul!
damn i couldn't sleep now either, it's 3:20pm now, which means i've been awake for 23 hours

well, going to sleep again, hoping it works now :;9

Good Luzzzzzzzz....

P.

kedaman, are you still awake from when we were chatting before? Damn...

Katie - we still never found out if you were paid well ;)

52K/year (US dollars of course) plus awesome retirement and other benefits. I don't know if that's good or not. It helps to pay the bills though. My husband also works so it's enough for us!

[Edited by barrk on 12-07-2000 at 02:54 PM]

So..parksie...is this good or not??

I don't actually know...but in Britain lots of people would be very happy with that :)

It's fine Katie.
We can't all be rich like my Uncle Bill :rolleyes:.
But we can make a decent amount :D.

And as long as you and your family are happy and satisfied enough, that's all that matters :).

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That's true!!!

I wont get satisfied until i get as rich as Bill! Hehe just kidding...

Actually i'm economically very poor, so i'm hoping my programming skills gets me out of it..

Bah im still a student and i don't have a job but i manage to always have at least 300-1000$ on my pocket......how i do that?? i have no idea lol cause i spend like crazy....can't wait to get a job heheh

you've got to know how you get the money.....

your parents maybe?

Sounds like a stupid idea to carry that much around to me. What if you lost your wallet or got mugged? It's a lot of unnecessary cash to be carrying around. It could be earning interest too.

my parents? nope :( I think i have to hack into a banking terminal or steal a laser printer and print some money

Ked, with your programming skills you will be able to make a sh**load of money, trust me. Especially now you're learning C++ too. If you want money, My personal inkling is that it's gonna be in COM+ and DCOM for a while, and all things distributed. Of course I guess the same applies to CORBA, but I know nothing much about that except I think it's similar to COM, and competes with it.

Anyway whatever you do programming-wise you're gonna be able to make a lot of cash. Get some good experience in a working environment (if you haven't already) after you graduate and you will be able to sign up to a contracting agency and earn big bucks.

Well that's one option anyway :)

Thanks Harry for cheering me up, I'll try to look at the bright side :)

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