Going to split this into different paragraphs as i've got a few things from different topics to say.
Programming:F*** yeah! I got a 93 on my C programming test. It's the first test in my programming course on C (or Xcode for Mac). So it was pretty easy but still. man it's surprising how all the concepts we're being taught i already know so well. GML has actually helped me understand programming way more than i thought. Still C syntax is scary… what a ridiculously strict way to code.Human behavior:One thing that i've noticed while posting at the GMC's religious topics, is just how dangerous human belief can be. People blindly follow things that are illogical, cannot be proven, have no evidence for and that have no possible benefit for practicing. Now modernly religion isn't as extreme as it used to be but it's brought about some of the worst events in all of the world's history. I can't believe that people used to think that slavery was okay. It's just terrible to think about. Almost everyone thought it was okay to beat someone and force them to work to death with no pay. It's amazing a few good-hearted and smart humans were able to create a big enough movement to change the world! it's almost a miracle if you think about it. It's difficult as hell to convince somebody once the belief has settled in.Look at Hitler, how the hell was someone able to convince a whole nation that killing all the Jews would be a good thing to do? It's horrifying what humans are capable of and it's equally horrifying just how stupid humans can get. Following blindly to their own death. that's what i see being a soldier on Hitler's side was like.Comp project:haven't been working on it. I got a big ass biology exam to study for. this shit is complicated as hell and cramming all this knowledge in is hard. It's too much useless information. i love learning concepts and interesting things about biology but schools try their best to bore you with memorizing how many electrons can be in the valence shell of x element. or other shit like … see? i already forgot!It seems the human brain quickly dumps information it doesn't find useful or interesting. one reason why i hate the education system. learn a bunch of stuff that has nothing to do with your major and that won't be useful to you or interesting for you. anyway after the test on Tuesday i'll get back to the project. Should start working on more rooms i guess. the map system is going to be a pain with that side-scrolling style i have going.
hmm normally i hear "C++ is easier than C" so now i have no idea what to believe… not that i care, i'm still going to learn both anyway.
The analogy is that both will kill you, but C++ is better at killing you than C will ever be.
…huh.Paradox.Learning anything other than Game Maker is a waste of time, you can even make your own OS in Game Maker. I'm making a MMORPG so I'd know about these things. Visit my really active forum on http://www.geocities.com/~DigimonBallZ2003RPG/index.html
lol@edit*whooooosh*We recently finished doing C++ in my CompSci course.
Still use it over Java though.It's basically a load of OO stuff stapled onto C. So you get to use proper C++ strings instead of C's arrays of characters, but you still have those around and sometimes I tear my hair out because of how stupid it is to have two types of strings.As a semi-non-programmer, I view C as C++ except with classes, and complicated enough not to let me compile a copy-pasted "hello world" code example.
#include <iostream> int main() { std::cout << "Hello, World!"; return 0; }#include <stdio.h> int main() { printf("Hello, World!"); return 0; }Ah. C. The language that lets you do this.
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