LOL, reddit comment

[Zach the Mystic via Digitalmars-d]

On Tuesday, 27 January 2015 at 01:41:31 UTC, Joakim wrote:
> I was just surfing reddit and this exchange with Walter made me 
> LOL, talking about students who learn programming for the first 
> time in college:
>
> Walter: Why would you say that? Very few of them actually even 
> studied CS - they learned programming on the side. As did I, my 
> degree is in mechanical engineering. I learned programming from 
> reading DEC reference manuals and annoying my friends with 
> idiotic questions like "what's a register?"
> Starting programming in college is not too late at all.
>
> Kasper-Hauser: I think it was too late in your case judging 
> from the fruits it has borne. D should stand for dumb. I'm 
> convinced your're a plant from the mechanical engineering 
> cartel trying to dumb down our industry.
> http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/2tou4y/techs_high_barrier_to_entry_for_the/co171cp
>
> Skimming the guy's other comments now, I guess he's a big 
> Haskell fan, and somehow looks down on D.
>
> I've often thought that it's precisely because Walter is not a 
> CS grad and has a real engineering background that D is so 
> good, particularly since it means he's less likely to go 
> chasing the CS fad of the moment.  Also, I'd guess that's where 
> his pragmatic bent with the language comes from and must 
> influence his particular sense of usability and technical 
> design.  We've certainly all heard enough about how Boeing does 
> it, particularly when it comes to failsafe reliability. ;)

Unfortunately, even Boeing isn't what it used to be:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvkEpstd9os