Comment on: [Humor] How to save the princess using 8 programming languages
Comment on: What programming language SHOULDN'T you learn?
Apple Basic. Variables with only two unique letters. Oy vey.
Comment on: What programming language SHOULDN'T you learn?
I don't know. Lolcode is actually pretty fun.
Comment on: I did my very first code and I feel quite accomplished. Any tips for keep on going?
Best advice I can give is to find other people's code listings and type them in. Don't copy and paste and run it (although this can be good to try to rule out typing errors). Type it in. You'll be more inclined to understand what your typing in, or at the very least analyzing it to see what makes it tick. This is how most of us learned back in the '70's and 80's (and probably before that as well). When you type in someone else's code, you get a better understanding of how it works. Then modify that code. See what it does when you change things. Incorporate what you've learned into your own projects. At some point, you'll write some original code, publish it, and other's will learn from you. We all learn from each other. The important thing is to have fun with the code. Make it do crazy stuff. That machine sitting in front of you was made to be bent to your will. Programming a computer gives you god-like powers. Or at the very least a great sense of accomplishment that you can show off. :)
Comment on: Lazarus: A fantastic desktop application development tool
I'm amazed at how well Laz runs on really old machines. I got an old Dell Latitude a while ago (it's from around '99 or '00) and initially tried to install Linux on it but it just wasn't beefy enough memory wise (I think it's got 128 MB RAM), so I pulled out an old copy of Win2k, patched it all up with official and unofficial service packs and was pleasantly surprised that the latest version of Lazarus installed on it.
Comment on: The Ruby Programming Language community is now under siege by SJW entryists and the trojan horse Code of Conduct
I don't understand anything any more. I don't think I know any SJWs, and probably wouldn't know they were SJW's even if I did. For the Love of Mike, just code. It's very easy to put people on the /ignore list.
Comment on: 2015's Most Popular Programming Language Was Good Old Java
Because of course, TIOBE is the most authoritative source on the subject.
Not.
Comment on: Is it worth spending the time to learn Emacs today?
You could also download Virtualbox (or any other VM environment) and make a virtual *nix machine so that you could easily move back and forth between Windows and Linux. There's also some rudimentary sharing options between the host and guest OS's so you could pass files back and forth as needed either through a shared folder or possibly via drag and drop.