miniblog.

It's a tragedy that ; and : are often on the same key on the keyboard, are often both legal syntax, and are so visually similar. I wonder how much programmer time has been wasted.

Programming languages aren't sports teams: you don't have to choose one to root for! They're more like music genres, you can enjoy more than one. I avoid language stickers for this reason. I don't want my identity to be "I'm an X programmer".

Programming is a team activity: the vast majority of projects have multiple contributors. Yet all the films I've seen show a solo programmer at a keyboard. Have any movies got this right?