Car repair shops turning away jobs over ‘financial restraints,’ costly tech

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ClassicHasClass

Quote from: Scott5114 on November 27, 2024, 09:57:27 PMProgramming in C is like driving a manual. They both appeal to the same sort people for the same sort of reasons.

Sort of, but the big reason I reach for C is speed, or (less commonly) systems programming that isn't available in something higher level. However, the kids nowadays will recommend Rust, Zig or even Go in that space, though I like the fact that a C compiler is available for just about everything. But I'm no longer hip.


mgk920

Quote from: vdeane on November 28, 2024, 12:24:37 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on November 27, 2024, 09:57:27 PMI don't necessarily know if knowing how to drive stick makes you a better driver, though.
Maybe not knowing how, but driving one certainly does.  Several bad habits most drivers seem to have become really annoying and/or difficult to do when you have to manually shift gears.

A manual transmission also really does give a driver better control over the car.

Mike

vdeane

Quote from: mgk920 on November 29, 2024, 01:11:39 PMA manual transmission also really does give a driver better control over the car.
Indeed.  I could not imagine trying to drive on a snow-covered road on anything else.
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Scott5114

Quote from: ClassicHasClass on November 28, 2024, 09:28:16 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on November 27, 2024, 09:57:27 PMProgramming in C is like driving a manual. They both appeal to the same sort people for the same sort of reasons.

Sort of, but the big reason I reach for C is speed, or (less commonly) systems programming that isn't available in something higher level. However, the kids nowadays will recommend Rust, Zig or even Go in that space, though I like the fact that a C compiler is available for just about everything. But I'm no longer hip.

This makes sense, although what speed you gain from C, you often lose back while you play the World Series of malloc() or try to figure out which pointer has shot off into space and segfaulted. C is fun to putter around with, but if it's something I actually intend to use on a regular basis, I normally reach for Perl. There's a greater chance I'll actually finish the thing.

I haven't ever written any Rust, but I did read its documentation once. Some of the ways it solves C's problems are pretty clever, so I keep meaning to go back and give it a fair shot.
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ClassicHasClass

Quote from: Scott5114 on November 30, 2024, 01:09:22 PMI normally reach for Perl.

Somebody else still uses Perl! I just can't get into Python.

For utilities where speed isn't critical, Perl is exactly what I usually write it in.

Scott5114

Quote from: ClassicHasClass on November 30, 2024, 03:27:44 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on November 30, 2024, 01:09:22 PMI normally reach for Perl.

Somebody else still uses Perl! I just can't get into Python.

For utilities where speed isn't critical, Perl is exactly what I usually write it in.

Perl sticks in my brain a lot better than other languages because it is just the right amount of weird for me. Any other language I have to look up what the equivalent to "chomp" is every time I use it, but Perl...well, it's chomp, that's unusual enough of a name that I remember it. Also it's nice not having your interpreter break your code every other update. (I spent way too much time once tracing down a sudden PHP bug that manifested because they made a subtle change to what evaluates to 'true' and 'false'.)
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