Telemetry data download and storage (FTP and web services)

[[)roi(]]

I will ignore droid on this. Whatever allows me to belt out working , decent apps in the minimal time is where I would go.

Yes, I started with machine code and assembler in 1993....am not going back to that, if I can say "loadxml (filename) " and it works, that's where I'm gonna go

out of context -- my comment was related to best mindset to approach C.

Pssst. we did that in the 80s, but even then I still benefit from it, e.g. Hopper app is my favourite goto for difficult to resolve *nix bugs... & assembly is part and parcel.

 

[Hamish McPanji]

out of context -- my comment was related to best mindset to approach C.

Pssst. we did that in the 80s, but even then I still benefit from it, e.g. Hopper app is my favourite goto for difficult to resolve *nix bugs... & assembly is part and parcel.

I think the thing Thor has to learn is to use the best tool for the job in question.

While it would be totally awesome for me to build a Wendy house with a pocket knife and some vine rope....it will take me **** long to do, and it probably not hold together very well.

 

[[)roi(]]

I think the thing Thor has to learn is to use the best tool for the job in question.

While it would be totally awesome for me to build a Wendy house with a pocket knife and some vine rope....it will take me **** long to do, and it probably not hold together very well.

You assume wrongly that it's faster to code in JavaScript or PHP; all code has a cost, and any monkey can write thousands of lines of code -- performance, robustness and extensibility is however never a given.

PS. I never pushed him to attempt C; but I certainly would advise any JS or PHP wanting to learn another mainstream language (and yes JS doesn't count)

 

[Hamish McPanji]

You assume wrongly that it's faster to code in Javascript or PHP; all code has a cost, and any monkey can write thousands of lines of code -- performance, robustness and extensibility is however never a given.

It generally is. And that's good enough for me, and my purpose.

Any monkey can write thousands of lines of code, and if they have started doing it a very low level, the potential for failure and bugs is a lot higher

 

[[)roi(]]

It generally is. And that's good enough for me, and my purpose.

Any monkey can write thousands of lines of code, and if they have started doing it a very low level, the potential for failure and bugs is a lot higher

Unsupported by fact.

 

[Hamish McPanji]

Unsupported by fact.

Supported simply by logic. You assume all programmers are competent and are able to build things well from the ground up.

I put it to you that if a few of the lower levels are prebuilt, tried and tested by a large test group, that foundation is likely to be stronger

 

[[)roi(]]

Supported simply by logic. You assume all programmers are competent and are able to build things well from the ground up.

I put it to you that if a few of the lower levels are prebuilt, tried and tested by a large test group, that foundation is likely to be stronger

Assumptions; precluding this for your comparison.
Still not fact; but bias is clear.