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double sulk
Jul 2, 2010

Markov Chain Chomp posted:

just because you dont understand programming doesnt mean the documentation is bad

no, it's still often bad

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EVGA Longoria
Dec 25, 2005

Let's go exploring!

ahhh spiders posted:

from what i've seen most of the complaints people seem to have about various languages are because they do things differently than other languages they've used

P much yes

Gazpacho
Jun 18, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
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this does not include languages that do things in no particular way at all

Toady
Jan 12, 2009

Gazpacho posted:

is it really that hard for some people to not look at ads

it's really easy thanks to adblock

CaptainMeatpants
Jun 1, 2010

i didn't read the last like 20 pages what are some good programmin books

JawnV6
Jul 4, 2004

So hot ...

CaptainMeatpants posted:

i didn't read the last like 20 pages what are some good programmin books

camel book

Sniep
Mar 28, 2004

All I needed was that fatty blunt...



King of Breakfast

CaptainMeatpants posted:

i didn't read the last like 20 pages what are some good programmin books

K&R

JawnV6
Jul 4, 2004

So hot ...
PRM

vapid cutlery
Apr 17, 2007

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CaptainMeatpants posted:

i didn't read the last like 20 pages what are some good programmin books

the lua book

CaptainMeatpants
Jun 1, 2010



spiders why

vapid cutlery
Apr 17, 2007

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no the real lua book

vapid cutlery
Apr 17, 2007

php:
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grim fandango used lua :dukedog:

JawnV6
Jul 4, 2004

So hot ...
i feel like i should read higher order perl but i mash text around just fine w/ perl right now

CaptainMeatpants
Jun 1, 2010

what cool things can i do with a knowledge of lua

vapid cutlery
Apr 17, 2007

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CaptainMeatpants posted:

what cool things can i do with a knowledge of lua

make games in corona
make world of warcraft mods
be a lua evangelist

Sniep
Mar 28, 2004

All I needed was that fatty blunt...



King of Breakfast

ahhh spiders posted:

no the real lua book

CaptainMeatpants
Jun 1, 2010

quote:

Several versions of Lua have been released and used in real applications since its creation in 1993.

#wow #woah

vapid cutlery
Apr 17, 2007

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"it's george costanza" ?>

Sniep posted:



yea that one

blorpy
Jan 5, 2005

Sulk posted:

no, it's still often bad
nah

CaptainMeatpants
Jun 1, 2010

corona looks cool as heck maybe i will buy the lua book, thanks yosfriends

jawn i already read the camelbook sorry

Blotto Skorzany
Nov 7, 2008

He's a PSoC, loose and runnin'
came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business with
the bad ADC on his chip
bad ADC on his chiiiiip

JawnV6 posted:

i feel like i should read higher order perl but i mash text around just fine w/ perl right now

it really is pretty baller. mjd is spergy but cool as h*ck

EVGA Longoria
Dec 25, 2005

Let's go exploring!

JawnV6 posted:

i feel like i should read higher order perl but i mash text around just fine w/ perl right now

i'm reading through it on my ipad and it's pretty great. lots of interesting things you can do with perl in there

vapid cutlery
Apr 17, 2007

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im reading the art of game design on my ipad

JawnV6
Jul 4, 2004

So hot ...
ok i dont write c programs in perl i write them with perl but imma keep reading

Hammerite
Mar 9, 2007

And you don't remember what I said here, either, but it was pompous and stupid.
Jade Ear Joe
why are programming languages so bad,

Sniep
Mar 28, 2004

All I needed was that fatty blunt...



King of Breakfast

Hammerite posted:

why are programming languages so bad,

because you don't understand them, surely

passionate dongs
May 23, 2001

Snitchin' is Bitchin'
you ever notice how python drives like this

rotor
Jun 11, 2001

classic case of pineapple derangement syndrome

Sulk posted:

one of the biggest problems with many programming languages today is lovely documentation

man anyone who thinks this is literally a tiny wee baby

rotor
Jun 11, 2001

classic case of pineapple derangement syndrome

JawnV6 posted:

i feel like i should read higher order perl but i mash text around just fine w/ perl right now

all the cool perl kids seem to really like it and it's got cool illos of the dihedral group on the cover so i dont really know why you wouldn't read it.

rotor
Jun 11, 2001

classic case of pineapple derangement syndrome
hm my av ... it has change'd

vapid cutlery
Apr 17, 2007

php:
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small bort

Sinestro
Oct 31, 2010

The perfect day needs the perfect set of wheels.

rotor posted:

hm my av ... it has change'd

i wish your posts had been aBorted

Inverse Icarus
Dec 4, 2003

I run SyncRPG, and produce original, digital content for the Pathfinder RPG, designed from the ground up to be played online.

rotor posted:

hm my av ... it has change'd

the tides rise and fall

a star explodes

time marches ever forward

JawnV6
Jul 4, 2004

So hot ...
wait what does it mean if the picture gets clearer

rotor
Jun 11, 2001

classic case of pineapple derangement syndrome

JawnV6 posted:

wait what does it mean if the picture gets clearer

i dont really know, i only read the cliffs notes version, this wasnt covered and i was assured i wouldnt be tested on this

Toad King
Apr 23, 2008

Yeah, I'm the best
so the windows api has a function called GetGlyphOutline that can be used to get character glyphs from a font, which is just what i needed. but it only works for truetype fonts and just throws up an error on raster fonts. so i go off to find the raster font equivalent for that function

... oh, there is none.

:smith:

Gazpacho
Jun 18, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
Slippery Tilde
well yeah, because that information isn't in a raster font to be gotten

vapid cutlery
Apr 17, 2007

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Toad King posted:

so the windows api has a function called GetGlyphOutline that can be used to get character glyphs from a font, which is just what i needed. but it only works for truetype fonts and just throws up an error on raster fonts. so i go off to find the raster font equivalent for that function

... oh, there is none.

:smith:

How would that even work

ppp
Feb 13, 2012

by angerbot

ahhh spiders posted:

How would that even work

very carefully

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Gazpacho
Jun 18, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
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i mean you could draw a glyph into a bitmap and then trace around the pixels (including holes) but now you're talking about a whole algorithm and not just pulling data out of a file

oh and btw its an ambiguous problem when pixels are kitty cornered

Gazpacho fucked around with this message at 07:49 on May 8, 2012

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