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Wtd: /* Notable writings */

2011-10-18T06:45:38Z

Notable writings

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	* [[Introduction To Java]]		* [[Introduction To Java]]
	* [[Whirlwind Tour of C]]		* [[Whirlwind Tour of C]]
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		+	In progress:
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		+	[[Ballad of a Duck]]

Wtd: /* Notable writings */

2008-10-10T19:14:17Z

Notable writings

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	== Notable writings ==		== Notable writings ==

-	[[Introduction To Java]]	+	* [[Introduction To Java]]
-	[[Whirlwind Tour of C]]	+	* [[Whirlwind Tour of C]]

Wtd: /* Notable writings */

2008-10-10T19:13:37Z

Notable writings

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	[[Introduction To Java]]		[[Introduction To Java]]
		+	[[Whirlwind Tour of C]]

Wtd at 17:09, 10 October 2008

2008-10-10T17:09:22Z

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	*''"The single greatest practical benefit of object orientation as currently practiced has not been to break bad habits born of procedural programming but rather to create in most languages an implicit "self" or "this" parameter such that the ability of programmers to have parameter lists with inconsistent ordering is dramatically reduced."''		*''"The single greatest practical benefit of object orientation as currently practiced has not been to break bad habits born of procedural programming but rather to create in most languages an implicit "self" or "this" parameter such that the ability of programmers to have parameter lists with inconsistent ordering is dramatically reduced."''
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		+	== Notable writings ==
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		+	[[Introduction To Java]]

Dan at 14:51, 11 June 2007

2007-06-11T14:51:11Z

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	Wtd can frequently be found in the [[IRC channel]] helping people out or breaking their minds with new programming concepts.		Wtd can frequently be found in the [[IRC channel]] helping people out or breaking their minds with new programming concepts.
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	== WTD's accent ==		== WTD's accent ==

Wtd: /* Quotes */

2006-07-20T00:23:35Z

Quotes

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	*''"Learn the most popular language and you'll be a little fish lost in a sea of sharks. Do something different and you can stand out and do something meaningful."'' [http://compsci.ca/v2/viewtopic.php?p=89859#89859]		*''"Learn the most popular language and you'll be a little fish lost in a sea of sharks. Do something different and you can stand out and do something meaningful."'' [http://compsci.ca/v2/viewtopic.php?p=89859#89859]
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		+	*''"The single greatest practical benefit of object orientation as currently practiced has not been to break bad habits born of procedural programming but rather to create in most languages an implicit "self" or "this" parameter such that the ability of programmers to have parameter lists with inconsistent ordering is dramatically reduced."''

Tony: WTD's accent

2006-05-02T11:53:02Z

WTD's accent

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	Wtd can frequently be found in the [[IRC channel]] helping people out or breaking their minds with new programming concepts.		Wtd can frequently be found in the [[IRC channel]] helping people out or breaking their minds with new programming concepts.

		+	== WTD's accent ==
		+	WTD has an Upstate/Western/Central New York accent, with some British qualities to it. [http://www.compsci.ca/v2/viewtopic.php?t=12046#116169]

	== Quotes ==		== Quotes ==

Cervantes: /* Quotes */

2006-03-18T01:42:26Z

Quotes

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	*''"Converting a fanatic is not the same as opening a mind.<br>You got your friend to switch from Windows to Linux, or from using Java to using Ruby. Congratulations, but if he or she brings slavish, unquestioning, fanatical devotion to that new technology, then you have not done anyone a favor."''[http://www.compsci.ca/v2/viewtopic.php?p=104162#104162]		*''"Converting a fanatic is not the same as opening a mind.<br>You got your friend to switch from Windows to Linux, or from using Java to using Ruby. Congratulations, but if he or she brings slavish, unquestioning, fanatical devotion to that new technology, then you have not done anyone a favor."''[http://www.compsci.ca/v2/viewtopic.php?p=104162#104162]
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		+	*''"Learn the most popular language and you'll be a little fish lost in a sea of sharks. Do something different and you can stand out and do something meaningful."'' [http://compsci.ca/v2/viewtopic.php?p=89859#89859]

Cervantes: /* Quotes */

2006-03-18T00:55:09Z

Quotes

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	Wtd can frequently be found in the [[IRC channel]] helping people out or breaking their minds with new programming concepts.		Wtd can frequently be found in the [[IRC channel]] helping people out or breaking their minds with new programming concepts.
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	== Quotes ==		== Quotes ==
-	''"Don't reinvent the wheel if there's an existing library function to do it for you"''[http://www.compsci.ca/v2/viewtopic.php?t=9494]	+	*''"Don't reinvent the wheel if there's an existing library function to do it for you"''[http://www.compsci.ca/v2/viewtopic.php?t=9494]

-	''"I wouldn't recommend using Java as a way to start programming."''[http://www.compsci.ca/v2/viewtopic.php?p=107358#107358]	+	*''"I wouldn't recommend using Java as a way to start programming."''[http://www.compsci.ca/v2/viewtopic.php?p=107358#107358]

-	''"It's better to be wrong, and know why, than to be right by chance."''[http://www.compsci.ca/v2/viewtopic.php?p=88020#88020]	+	*''"It's better to be wrong, and know why, than to be right by chance."''[http://www.compsci.ca/v2/viewtopic.php?p=88020#88020]

-	''"Don't learn what to do from those who have succeeded. As likely as not it has been a matter of luck. Learn what NOT to do from those who have failed. It's far more likely their circumstances arose from some logical progression of events."''[http://www.compsci.ca/v2/viewtopic.php?p=88020#88020]	+	*''"Don't learn what to do from those who have succeeded. As likely as not it has been a matter of luck. Learn what NOT to do from those who have failed. It's far more likely their circumstances arose from some logical progression of events."''[http://www.compsci.ca/v2/viewtopic.php?p=88020#88020]

-	''"Converting a fanatic is not the same as opening a mind."''	+	*''"Converting a fanatic is not the same as opening a mind.<br>You got your friend to switch from Windows to Linux, or from using Java to using Ruby. Congratulations, but if he or she brings slavish, unquestioning, fanatical devotion to that new technology, then you have not done anyone a favor."''[http://www.compsci.ca/v2/viewtopic.php?p=104162#104162]

Cartoon shark at 00:49, 18 March 2006

2006-03-18T00:49:03Z

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	''"Don't learn what to do from those who have succeeded. As likely as not it has been a matter of luck. Learn what NOT to do from those who have failed. It's far more likely their circumstances arose from some logical progression of events."''[http://www.compsci.ca/v2/viewtopic.php?p=88020#88020]		''"Don't learn what to do from those who have succeeded. As likely as not it has been a matter of luck. Learn what NOT to do from those who have failed. It's far more likely their circumstances arose from some logical progression of events."''[http://www.compsci.ca/v2/viewtopic.php?p=88020#88020]
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		+	''"Converting a fanatic is not the same as opening a mind."''