Comments on: What I Learned From X That Makes Me a Better Programmer in Y http://jeffperrin.com/2007/10/03/what-i-learned-from-x-that-makes-me-a-better-programmer-in-y/ Jump the Fence or Walk Around Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:42:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: ActiveEngine Sensei http://jeffperrin.com/2007/10/03/what-i-learned-from-x-that-makes-me-a-better-programmer-in-y/#comment-58 ActiveEngine Sensei Sat, 08 Dec 2007 16:09:32 +0000 http://www.jeffperrin.com/index.php/2007/10/03/what-i-learned-from-x-that-makes-me-a-better-programmer-in-y/#comment-58 Nice post. A lot of developers I have worked with cannot bridge the gap between their toolset and good concepts that exist just outside of their current framework. Nice post. A lot of developers I have worked with cannot bridge the gap between their toolset and good concepts that exist just outside of their current framework.

]]> By: Matt Blodgett http://jeffperrin.com/2007/10/03/what-i-learned-from-x-that-makes-me-a-better-programmer-in-y/#comment-57 Matt Blodgett Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:31:04 +0000 http://www.jeffperrin.com/index.php/2007/10/03/what-i-learned-from-x-that-makes-me-a-better-programmer-in-y/#comment-57 Excellent post, Jeff. I'm a C# programmer who's pretty enamored at the moment with some of Ruby's abstractions. Excellent post, Jeff.

I’m a C# programmer who’s pretty enamored at the moment with some of Ruby’s abstractions.

]]> By: Reg Braithwaite http://jeffperrin.com/2007/10/03/what-i-learned-from-x-that-makes-me-a-better-programmer-in-y/#comment-56 Reg Braithwaite Thu, 04 Oct 2007 13:15:39 +0000 http://www.jeffperrin.com/index.php/2007/10/03/what-i-learned-from-x-that-makes-me-a-better-programmer-in-y/#comment-56 Great post, thanks! Great post, thanks!

]]> By: Chris K http://jeffperrin.com/2007/10/03/what-i-learned-from-x-that-makes-me-a-better-programmer-in-y/#comment-55 Chris K Thu, 04 Oct 2007 09:19:52 +0000 http://www.jeffperrin.com/index.php/2007/10/03/what-i-learned-from-x-that-makes-me-a-better-programmer-in-y/#comment-55 The final Java is much better, but I note that it still betrays that you are in the Kingdom of Nouns... http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2006/03/execution-in-kingdom-of-nouns.html The final Java is much better, but I note that it still betrays that you are in the Kingdom of Nouns…

http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2006/03/execution-in-kingdom-of-nouns.html

]]> By: Ramon Leon http://jeffperrin.com/2007/10/03/what-i-learned-from-x-that-makes-me-a-better-programmer-in-y/#comment-54 Ramon Leon Thu, 04 Oct 2007 07:32:34 +0000 http://www.jeffperrin.com/index.php/2007/10/03/what-i-learned-from-x-that-makes-me-a-better-programmer-in-y/#comment-54 I had pretty much the same experience a few years ago coming from C# and discovering Smalltalk. It didn't take long before I was leaving little commented out one liners of Smalltalk in my C# code that'd be 8 to 10 lines or more to do exactly the same thing that little one liner did. I had pretty much the same experience a few years ago coming from C# and discovering Smalltalk. It didn’t take long before I was leaving little commented out one liners of Smalltalk in my C# code that’d be 8 to 10 lines or more to do exactly the same thing that little one liner did.

]]> By: Dave Doyle http://jeffperrin.com/2007/10/03/what-i-learned-from-x-that-makes-me-a-better-programmer-in-y/#comment-53 Dave Doyle Thu, 04 Oct 2007 05:46:41 +0000 http://www.jeffperrin.com/index.php/2007/10/03/what-i-learned-from-x-that-makes-me-a-better-programmer-in-y/#comment-53 Excellent post. Great to hear someone take positive things from other languages and apply them to their own expertise instead of bashing. I'm a Perl guy but reading a book on Rails and various PHP code snippets helped me come to realizations on how I could do some things better in my language of choice. Excellent post. Great to hear someone take positive things from other languages and apply them to their own expertise instead of bashing. I’m a Perl guy but reading a book on Rails and various PHP code snippets helped me come to realizations on how I could do some things better in my language of choice.

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