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IwishIwasJamesBond
https://youtu.be/4A2mWqLUpzw
AllTheGoodOnesWereGone
"Python is the second-best language for every problem." (which makes it the best language to know)
folded13
Assembly wouldn't be working with words. Letters, maybe. OTOH, it would be the fastest paper to read, assuming decent optimization.
battlepants
Batch - "y'all got any more of those percent signs?"
AwesomeName
Lisp: "This thing has more punctuation that actual words in it."
agent164
)))))
datteslur
Lots of Incredibly Stupid Parenthesis
copingcabana
The most frequently used language in programming is profanity.
dumbinsults
Don't forget about BASIC.
Rodltwo
EDDDDDDD
"I understand your frustration"
SapphireXK
As a C/C++/ASM programmer: Template?
SumptuousMeat
Where's G&M code? "God damnit why's there another CRC interference error!? It's a 1/4 tool in a 1/2 Arc! Aaaaarrrrggh!"
Arcrosis
Ive heard redstone in minecraft is like programming cross electricity. Can anyone confirm? And if so, what kind of programming is it like?
zalurker
COBOL. You misspelled a word in the first paragraph. It caused 238 typos. (Fix typo) Now there are 9458 typos.
NineByNine
FORTRAN: I know i asked you to write your essay in this but I need to find some eighty year old guy to read this before I can grade it.
russolsen55
Agree about Latex! Beautiful but I have no fracking idea how to make it DO something
BixbyConsequence
Worst I had was RPG. "Coding? Hell no just fill out these forms". Fuck you.
mech4228888
Condolences. I had to work on s/38, as/400, etc - refused RPG and did COBOL instead.
BigDaddySwagLord
You just need to add some css to the flowerpot to transform it into a paper. You can even add animations
NineByNine
Random fact, this comic is old enough that it probably used flash animations without CSS. Now it would be broken due to flash being nixed.
BigDaddySwagLord
I miss flash, not from a functional perspective, but I loved all the flash games when I was 12
NineByNine
Yeah it fuckin' sucks that the only way to play anything in flash now is like, the internet archive and this other thing i forget.
GaloisGroupie
$\upvote$
Hemilio
i miss the COBOL.
JustContrary
Just put installed the latest version last month. Still relevant and is as modern as any language. And still as readable as ever.
ignoremeimsilly
Fortran is still in use too. Updated in 2019 and there's an IDE that allows Fortran plugins.
minant
Fields that do a lot of heavy computing with vectors and matrices still use Fortran extensively, though it's changed a lot since FORTRAN77.
JCrashB
Perl: $@&#!*%{}!!
vermillionpenguin
Called the "write-only language" for a reason.
HonestCommentFarmer
Perl is just what happens when the cat walks across your keyboard.
Drakhma
what, no visual basic?
BreenW
"Your essay is 2 lines?". "No, all the rest is in a COM module".
Drakhma
took a class that taught it in 2008, we made like NES style games. teacher wanted our code printed, i had 103 pages/
erwanairone360
#!/bin/bash
mech4228888
#!/usr/bin/env bash
erwanairone360
echo 'Bash is the best !' ; sudo shutdown - h now
5NoteHalf
Lost it at Unix Shell. Thanks. = )
Digicat
Fuck it: rm -rf /
hadtodownvote1
Modern rm requires --no-preserve-root for that to do what's intended
MisspentYouth333
Used LaTex to write my PhD thesis, probably the only good thing about it
BlueGummy
I'm curious, what was your thesis about/which field?
MisspentYouth333
Neuroscience. Diagnosing neurological diseases using EEG, connectivity, and machine learning.
Barkinsons
I just try to publish all my shit so other people have to to the layout
aboyincerise
Same but MSc
JCrashB
Same but Dipl.-Ing.
chrisawhitmore
I wrote a draft of my intro in LaTex. My supervisor asked for a word document. Thus ended my use of LaTex for my entire life.
dunkum09
as someone with terrible handwriting, my math professors started requiring me to type work up in LaTeX so they could even read it.
newAccountOnlyOnePurpose
I am the only one who does their algebra with latex
Imakejokesbetterbyexplainingthem
So writing a paper is not good in Latex, just thesis?
minant
The main thing that prevents you using LaTeX is whether it's acceptable to the people you're working with or submitting the work to.
Imakejokesbetterbyexplainingthem
Yep that's a good point
silbendrechsler
I wrote all my MA papers in LaTeX to train for the Thesis, basically. It's certainly got a learning curve, but BibLaTeX sold me on it.
BlueGummy
My experience with how people aprouch Latex is either; This is the bane my existance, or, this is my most invaluable tool.
BlueGummy
If you're writing a story or essay there's no reason to write it in latex. If you're writing any sort of higher maths it's a goddamn angel.
Imakejokesbetterbyexplainingthem
That's why I was wondering how the only good thing can be his thesis
OldnFatBobba
That, and being snobby to anyone that pronounces it incorrectly to feel superior about one's lack of social life.
oftenly
It’s not pronounced latex?
TheDudeOrHisDudeness
https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/17509
battery1979
Guessing it's La Tex.
aneyeholeman
Right, but it's French, so it comes out la-tah
IamMelonLordeYaYaYa
That’s not how you would say that in French...
WhyWouldYouReplyToThisGuy
Close, you split it right, but it’s La Tech. I still pronounce it incorrectly though because it’s funny
dmd3eorg
I did my masters and quals in LaTeX but my PhD in... Word, because that’s what publishers want these days, the philistines.
silbendrechsler
I'm already dreading the far off day my thesis is ready for publishing and I will have to do everything again in Word because yeah ?
Leithoa
Have you heard the good news about markdown?
MisspentYouth333
No?
Leithoa
Oh...well....It's a nifty language that lets you format web pages and reports and stuff. It's pretty cool.
MisspentYouth333
That is cool actually, I’ve never made a webpage before though. I would love to have a reason to.
Leithoa
Sounds like you have one! "I want to make a web page" is a valid reason. It doesn't need to be fancy. You don't even have to put it on the
Leithoa
2)web. You can have it just for you to see on your local network.
OddBrock
Not a programmer question: is HTML the Comic Sans of programming?
turnbud
HTML is a markup language rather than a programming language.
Cilvaa
Yep. HTML defines *what* is on the page, CSS makes it look pretty, JavaScript makes it do things.
lotsofpun
^This man flowerpots.
eshank881
The comic is fairly accurate on HTML. It’s just a container, you have to do something additional to put the beauty in it
OddBrock
So like HTML + another language?
eshank881
Yeah, usually you learn HTML with CSS and JS. CSS is positioning/looks, and JS adds the ability for dynamic things to happen.
OddBrock
To continue the pot metaphor: HTML is the pot; CSS is the soil; & JS is the seeds?
eshank881
Eh the whole metaphor breaks down after a minute. They’re just inter-related languages that let you create what you want.
eshank881
HTML = container, CSS = style, JS = functionality. All 3 together makes your favorite web pages come to life
sordatos
I don't get the C++ one
Littlecat456
Yes
Optimuskhan
Now do ColdFusion.
5m4llP0X
Someone in my Discord: Can fucking confirm. LaTeX probably raises grades by 20% just cuz it looks cool
phtsl
Any Lyx users around too lazy to do LaTeX?
TheDudeOrHisDudeness
It was more or less mandatory for theses at my uni. For a good reason. I saw some older works done in Word and they were ugly as fuck.
PeteThePerv
word crashes so fucking hard on thesis level papers
Golgothanworm
I was in non art related Graduate School in the late 90's based on my BFA in Graphic design, 60% of the time, it worked every time.
schleimkeim
By default it just looks like an old book. Distinguished maybe, but not cool.
Racaboodeo
Can confirm. Grad school grades went up whole letter once started writting homework in latex. Hid caveman speech pattern.
bguerin2
And the PDFs are vectorized so it stays super crisp when you zoom in
xstickman
My brain completely switched off so I google image searched "LaTeX" to see what the code(??) looks like. It did NOT bring back code.
Flowerlady0
Squeaky Britney Spears sound
IDontWantANameGoAway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hj2UwrDj9O0&ab_channel=EpisodeClips
gyzmok
just type 'lshort' into google and hit "i'm feeling lucky". You're welcome
Ollie81217
Google overleaf instead!
00bix
The perfect nerd determination test is to use someone's browser and see what the google results for "latex" is.
sinkingotter
I'm ignorant: the heck is latex?
laDisparitionDesHeures
Typesetting language, you can see it as programming a word document.
sinkingotter
This raised more questions, but thanks!
hammersquirrel
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaTeX
SciencePetsComputers
it is a code language that lets you format/control documents and pages. It is very popular for displaying complex math formulas.
SciencePetsComputers
this has some easy to understand examples of how it works displaying math https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Mathematics#Greek_letters
CourtneyRocks
Yeah I'm confused too. I wanna say condoms?
Ulthirm
Just a very advanced mark up language, basically it lets you have a very indepth control on the look of your document. Imagine BBCode but
Ulthirm
better for math and non latin letters.
westbino
I mean, I use it purely cause it makes reports look cool
laDisparitionDesHeures
As a CS prof, I have the solid impression that students that take the time to typeset are usually better. Also, some handwritings are awful.
DarthDrizzt42
Just started grad school and I'm using mathtype in word while I figure out latex. It's already worthwhile IMO
laDisparitionDesHeures
You can use markup languages with latex support that can export to pdf (markdown is popular, org is more powerful). Enough for 60% of papers
lackluster83
I’m in grad school learning R studio for biometrics - can not get anything into LaTeX yet. Frustrating.
madwookie
If you know Word comfortably enough, it'll do all you need it to with the inclusion of LaTeX-like commands for its mathtype stuff.
Boksha
Honestly though, MathType is one of the things Word does pretty well. Writing formulas in LaTeX is a rabbithole of weird plugins and hacks.
BlueGummy
The heck kinda formulae are ya using that makes you need pluggins?
Boksha
Good question. It's been almost 8 years so I don't quite remember, but I was doing computational plasma physics, so there were a lot of 1/2
fake40nedeso
Presentation is everything! We had a beautiful and well rehearsed presentation on a pile of crap. Were stunned to get great grades. We 1/2
fake40nedeso
didn’t think that professors could be fooled so easily.
DanniLuxgarbe
"Your premise is garbage, but it doesn't hurt my eyes to look at. 85%."
PoorSucker
My favorite programming language is Simula.
dobroweigh
As a Batman who not to brag but single-handedly ended all crime in my city I believe you.
jAppDog
ADA is best
erwanairone360
What is simula?
PoorSucker
Norwegian programming language, the first object oriented language, C++ is developed from C and Simula.
DiminishingCapacity
... how old are you, dude???
PoorSucker
53
DiminishingCapacity
Im about the same, and it wasn't around already when I started. I think that you have learned Simula by yourself. Why?
PoorSucker
Learnt it in University in Sweden, 1989.
CyberAkuma
And here I thought HTML would have been a teapot
TheBoysInTheLab
TheBeesElise
HTTeaPot
minant
GLSL is a teapot.
agonarch
Depends on if you open it in Chrome, gmail frame, outlook, other outlook, other outlook, Firefox, Safari or on mobile.
Cilvaa
A little CSS will sort that right out
AFistfulOfDollHairs
Did anyone else ever hear LaTeX being pronounced as lay-teck?
delecti
I've never heard it discussed IRL, but read online it was pronounced like that, and that's what it sounds like in my head. Is it not?
dunkum09
that's how i've always heard it. granted i only had to use it for like 2 years
GondwanaCraton
Huh, and here I thought it was pronounced "jiff."
xizar
That's how it's pronounced. You can get away with saying it like Hitman Absolution nuns, but people will hit you with a newspaper.
Neednoggle
Yes, someone told me that that's the proper pronunciation.
fruust
At my uni it was pronounced lah-tesh : S
Eniff
I have also heard it pronounced it la-teck.
justshutyourpiehole
Not quite, usually more like "lah-teck"
Imakejokesbetterbyexplainingthem
no
BlastFX
Yeah, the teacher told us first thing. Of course, I always say laytex to make people uncomfortable.
AFistfulOfDollHairs
Like: “what’s your job?” “Oh, I work with latex.” “?”
mrputter
Yes, because that's... how... it's pronounced.
hadtodownvote1
Why is it pronounced like that though? (if you know, or anyone else)
mrputter
https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/17502/what-is-the-correct-pronunciation-of-tex-and-latex
hadtodownvote1
Thank you :) Links are fine. Summarized as I understand it though: TeX is greek for tech/art, so it uses the greek pronunciation
mrputter
(Not trying to be an ass be sending a link; just that there's more there than easily fits into an Imgur comment.)